Marcin Korolec
Appointed Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy on 23 November 2005
Born 24 December 1968 in Warsaw. Graduated from Ecole Nationale d'Administration in Paris (1996) and also from Warsaw University, first the Faculty of History and then the Faculty of Law and Administration.
From October 2004 to November 2005 he carried out EU funds consulting as a partner in Euroidea firm.
In 2001–2004 Minister's Counsellor at the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE), in Minister D. Hübner's office. From 1999 to 2001 adviser to Jan Kułakowski, the Government Plenipotentiary for Poland's Accession Negotiations with the European Union, in charge of the following negotiation fields: free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, agriculture, competition policy, consumers and health protection. From March 1998 to July 1999 aide to Jan Kułakowski, the Government Plenipotentiary for Poland's Accession Negotiations with the EU.
From June 1993 to December 1994, and also from June 1997 to March 1998 worked as a lawyer in law firms. From January to April 1995 a lawyer at the Foreign Affairs Ministry's Legal and Treaty Department.
Also carried out teaching activities in, among other fields, structural funds and coordination of Poland's European policies (workshops at the National School of Public Administration, Warsaw University's Faculty of Journalism and Political Sciences).
Author of publications on Poland's accession negotiations: chapter “Organization and Course of Accession Negotiations in the Field of Social Policy and Employment”, in: Social policy and Employment (Chancellery of the Prime Minister, Warsaw, 2001); chapters: “Free Movement of Goods”, and “Agriculture”, in: Membership of Poland in the European Union: On What Principles? (UKIE, Warsaw, 2003).
Fluent speaker of English and French.
His hobbies include skiing and long-distance running.
Wife Olga, three sons: Jan, Bartłomiej and Krzysztof.