Minister - Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka

Born on May 20, 1984 in Poznań.

A graduate of global economy at the Poznań University of Economics, postgraduate studies in diplomacy at Collegium Civitas and doctoral studies at the Warsaw School of Economics.
She completed a multimedia journalism course at Reuters in London, the School of Political Leaders, the Leadership Academy for Poland (a program in cooperation with the Harvard Kennedy School) and the CEU Democracy Institute Leadership Academy in Budapest.

Recognized by the German Marshall Fund as one of the future leaders of Europe in the The German Marshall Fund Brussels Forum Young Professionals Summit program. Speaker at conferences such as the UCL Leaders Conference in London or the European Economic Congress in Katowice. Member of the Program Council of the Economic Forum in Karpacz. Expert of the Team Europe Direct project, dealing with expert education regarding the European Union in Poland. Founder of the nationwide association "Kobiety w Centrum", which promotes and supports equal rights.

In 2016-2018, she worked at the European Commission in Brussels, specializing in economic topics, defense and space policy. Previously, she was a correspondent of "Wiadomości" TVP in Brussels, a reporter of Panorama TVP2 and "Wydarzeń" Polsat. She reported on national and international politics, including: elections in the US, terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, EU summits and Brexit.

In the years 2019-2023, she was the head of the team of advisors to Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, and in 2020, the head of staff in his presidential campaign.

On January 4, 2024, appointed Undersecretary of State in the European Union Affairs Division.