Adam Szłapka
Adam Stanisław Szłapka is a Polish politician. He has been a member of the Sejm for the 8th, 9th, and 10th terms. He has served as the leader of the Modern Party from 2019–25 and had been the Minister for European Union Affairs in Donald Tusk's third government from 2023 to 2025.
Early life and education
Szłapka was born in 1984 in Kościan, Greater Poland Voivodeship. He graduated from the Oskar Kolberg High School No. 1 in Kościan. He subsequently graduated in political science and Eastern studies from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.Political career
He was an activist of Młode Centrum, a youth organization of the Freedom Union and Democratic Party. Between 2006-2012 he worked as the general secretary of these organizations.Between 2006-10, he served as town councillor in Kościan representing the Self-Government Democratic Forum. In 2010, he unsuccessfully ran for office in the local government elections. He was director of the Fundacja: Projekt Polska. From 2011-15, he worked as an expert in the Chancellery of the President Bronisław Komorowski.
In 2015, he assumed the post of general secretary of the Modern party. The same year, he stood for election to the Sejm and won a seat from the Kalisz constituency. He was appointed a member of the Foreign Affairs Parliamentary Committee as well as the Secret Service Committee. In the 2019 Polish parliamentary election, he was re-elected as member of parliament receiving 51,951 votes in the Poznań constituency. On 24 November 2019, he succeeded Katarzyna Lubnauer as leader of the Modern political party. He has expressed his support for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Poland.
Following the 2023 election, on 13 December 2023, he assumed the post of Minister for the European Affairs in Donald Tusk's third cabinet. During a European Parliament debate on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Szłapka was reportedly seen laughing with a colleague while Belgian MEP Marc Botenga addressed the issue. Botenga later called him out for his behavior. The incident sparked outrage, with critics condemning it as a sign of disregard for Palestinian lives.
He visited his town Kościan 28 November 2025, when he entered the Oskar Kolberg High School No. 1 and told about his education here from 1999 to 2003.