About me

My name is Arkadiusz Mularczyk

Since June 2024, I have had the honor of representing Poland as a Member of the European Parliament. For years, my public activity has focused on defending Poland's interests, strengthening our country's position on the international stage, and working to build solidarity and justice in Europe.

I am a lawyer by education. I graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, as well as Postgraduate Studies in Human Rights at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. After completing my legal apprenticeship and passing the bar exam in 2001, I worked as an attorney in the Legislative Office of the Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic of Poland.

My professional and political activity

Since 1998, I have been actively involved in public and political life:

• Local government: From 1998 to 2002, I served as a City Councilor in Nowy Sącz, where I gained my first experience working for the local community and learning how local government administration functions.
• Polish Parliament: I served as a Member of the Polish Parliament (the Sejm) for six consecutive terms from 2005 to 2024. During my work in the national parliament, I held the following positions: Deputy Chair of the Justice and Human Rights Committee, Deputy Chair of the Constitutional Accountability Committee, and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Legislative Committee. In 2017, I initiated the work of the Parliamentary Group for estimating the amount of compensation owed to Poland by Germany and Russia for the damage caused during the Second World War.
• Government of the Republic of Poland: From 2022 to 2023, I served as Secretary of State for Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and as the Government Plenipotentiary for the Compensation of Damages Caused by the German Aggression and Occupation in 1939–1945.
• International engagement: From 2012 to 2024, I was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Between 2021 and 2024, I served as the head of the delegation of the Polish Sejm and Senate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Between 2021 and 2024, I also served as Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
• Other involvement: From 2019 to 2023, I was a member of the National Council of the Judiciary, and from 2020 to 2023, I also served as its Vice-Chair. From July 2022 to December 2023, I chaired the Council of the Jan Karski Institute of War Losses. In 2023, I was a member of the Council of the Western Institute. I am also a co-author of "The Report on the Losses Sustained by Poland as a Result of German Aggression and Occupation during the Second World War, 1939–1945, created under the auspices of the Jan Karski Institute of War Losses".

As a Member of the European Parliament, I am currently taking action to strengthen Poland's position in the European Union, and to protect Poland's interests in key areas such as the policy concerning reparation and compensation, sustainable development, and the promotion of human rights.

Private life

I am a happy husband and father. In my free time, I value spending time with my family, traveling, and exploring history, especially the tragic events of the 20th century that shaped modern Europe.