Rafał Romanowski

Rafał Romanowski (born 15 February 1978) He is a graduate of studies in journalism and public relations at the Faculty of Political Science of the Pułtusk Academy of Humanities and in the field of marketing and advertising at the same university. He completed Executive MBA postgraduate studies at the University of Management in Warsaw. In 2022, he obtained a PhD in social sciences from the Military University of Technology in Warsaw.

He worked at local television in Ciechanów and at Polkomtel. Then, from 2006, he was an advisor to Henryk Kowalczyk (then Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), as well as the head of his office as the government plenipotentiary for shaping the agricultural system. From 2009, he worked for the commercial law company Stadnina Koni "Nowe Jankowice", among others. as a proxy. From 2009, he was also vice-president of the management board of a limited liability company called Grupa Hodowcy Koni "Cold-blooded Horse".

In the 2019 European election, he ran for the European Parliament in the Masovian constituency winning 11,420 votes but being too far down the list to be elected. In the parliamentary election later that year he ran for the Sejm in Constituency 16. In January 2020, he left the position of deputy minister. In March 2020, he became the plenipotentiary of the Minister of State Assets, Jacek Sasin with responsibility for agri-food. In November 2021, he returned to the position of Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

In February 2022, he obtained the right to take up the parliamentary seat vacated by Łukasz Szumowski. In the same month, he moved to the position of secretary of state in the Ministry of Agriculture, and also became the government's plenipotentiary for shaping the agricultural system. He lost his seat in the October 2023 Polish parliamentary election. In November 2023, he was elected MEP of the 9th term, replacing Zbigniew Kuźmiuka. As a result, he ended his position as deputy minister. In the European Parliament he joined the group of European Conservatives and Reformists.

Medals He was awarded the Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence.