Born in 1967. Dolno-Slaskie Region. Master of Arts in philology at Wroclaw University, 1994. Spokesman of the City Executive in Wroclaw, 1998-2001. Member of the Lower Silesian Regional Assembly, 1998-2001. Chairman of the Civic Platform in Wroclaw, 2003. Member of the National Council of the Civic Platform, 2001. Vice-President of the Board of the Polish National Tourism Organisation, 2000-2001. Member of Parliament, 2001-2004. Observer Member of the European Parliament, 2003-2004, since 2004 Member of the European Parlament, Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with Belarus, Deputy Head of the Polish delegation in the EPP Group. MEP since 2004.