Mr. Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP

Mr. Saryusz-Wolski is a Polish diplomat, politician and MEP. He was formerly a professor at the University of Łódź and is an expert on European Communities. Mr. Saryusz-Wolski was nominated the first Polish plenipotentiary for European integration and foreign aid when this office was created by the prime minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki in 1991. He held this position until 1996. In 2000 he was nominated Secretary of the European Integration Committee. Mr. Saryusz-Wolski played an important role in the negotiations in Nice in 2000. He was elected an MEP in June 2004, and held the position of Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2004-2007. He has been the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs since 2007 and is also a member of the Budget Committee and the Delegation for relations with Russia.