Paweł Kowal
Paweł Kowal | |
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| Member of the Sejm | |
| Assumed office 13 October 2019 | |
| Constituency | 13 – Kraków |
| Member of the Sejm | |
| In office 25 September 2005 – 10 June 2009 | |
| Constituency | 12 – Chrzanów |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 7 June 2009 – 25 May 2014 | |
| Constituency | Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 July 1975 (age 49) Rzeszów |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party | Civic Coalition (2019-) |
| Other political affiliations | Law and Justice (2005–2010) |
| Website | www |
Paweł Robert Kowal (born 22 July 1975) is a Polish politician and former Member of the European Parliament. During his time in the EP, he served as the Chairman of the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee in the European Parliament.
Kowal was elected to the Sejm in the 2005 election for Law and Justice, from the 12 – Chrzanów district. He won re-election in 2007.
In 2009, he ran for the European Parliament in the Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie constituency. He came second amongst PiS candidates, behind Zbigniew Ziobro, taking the second Law and Justice seat won. He resigned his seat in the Sejm three days later.
During the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election Kowal was the head of the delegation of the European Parliament's observers. He joined Poland Comes First when that party split from Law and Justice in 2010. In December 2013, he joined the new centre-right Poland Together party formed by Jarosław Gowin, the former minister of justice, formerly of Civic Platform.
In 2019 he was re-elected to the Sejm from Civic Coalition. He became deputy chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee. He was re-elected in 2023 and now serves as the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. As a member of the Civic coalition, he is seen as one of the coalition's most conservative members.