Mirosław Wróblewski - President of the Personal Data Protection Office

Attorney-at-law and certified internal auditor in public finance sector entities (having passed the examination administered by the Minister of Finance in 2005), he graduated in law and political science (specialisation in international relations) from Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He is the author or editor of more than 100 academic publications on constitutional, international and European law and the protection of human rights, with a particular focus on personal data protection and new technologies. His most recently published article is entitled “Human Intervention as a Limit to the Automation of Administrative Decisions – The Relationship between Article 22 GDPR and Articles 14 and 86 of the Artificial Intelligence Act” (Europejski Przegląd Sądowy, August 2026, pp. 4–10).

He has taught law at numerous universities in Poland, including Jagiellonian University, SWPS University, WSB University and Kozminski University, as well as at foreign institutions, including the Academy of European Law in Trier. He has conducted research commissioned by the National Science Centre and the European Commission. He has been a scholarship holder of the Stanisław Estreicher Foundation of Jagiellonian University and the ASKO Stiftung Europe. He is a certified tutor in the Council of Europe's HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) programme. He was Director of the Rule of Law Clinic at Central European University in Budapest from 2023 to 2024 and currently holds the position of Senior Research Fellow.

From 1997 to 2002, he worked as a journalist for the Kraków press and public radio. From 2002 to 2006, he worked as a civil servant in the government administration. Between 2007 and 2024, he held the position of Director of the Constitutional, International and European Law Department at the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, where he led a team of experts and provided legal assistance. His responsibilities included representing the Commissioner for Human Rights in proceedings before ordinary courts, supreme courts and tribunals in Poland, including the Constitutional Tribunal, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court, as well as before international courts, including the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, including in proceedings before the Grand Chambers of both courts. In this role, he also carried out tasks relating to the application of administrative law, including preparing general submissions by the Commissioner for Human Rights and legal opinions in the legislative process. Within the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, he also coordinated the Programme for Cooperation among Ombudsmen of the EU Eastern Partnership Countries, initiated by the Commissioner. In addition, he was Junior Project Leader in an EU twinning project supporting the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan.

He was a member of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), based in Vienna, for the 2012–2017 term. In 2012, he was elected Chair of the FRA Budget Committee, and in 2014, he was elected by the Management Board to the Agency's four-member Executive Board. From March 2019 to January 2024, he was a member of the Board of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), based in Brussels.

He has been invited to serve as an expert by international institutions, including the Council of Europe, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), the European Commission and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as by national institutions in Europe and Asia. He is a member of the Polish Association of European Law and the Polish Constitutional Association, and was a member of the now-defunct Prof. Zbigniew Hołda Association. He has also worked as a legal expert for the Ius et Lex Foundation and the Institute of Law and Society (INPRIS).

He was Chair of the Human Rights Commission of the National Council of Attorneys at Law from 2021 to 2024.

In 2005, he was awarded the Bronze Medal for Merit in National Defence by President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński. He has twice received the Silver Badge of Merit for the Self-Government of Attorneys at Law, awarded by the Regional Chambers of Attorneys at Law in Kraków and Warsaw, respectively. In 2020, he was included among the 100 individuals recognised for their contribution to the development of digital skills in Poland. In 2025, he received the “Outstanding Personality of the Year 2025 – Legal Visionary” award in recognition of his significant contribution to law, data protection and the defence of human rights.

Ex officio member of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB); in 2025, he was also elected as the EDPB’s representative to the High-Level Group on the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

He is fluent in English and French and has a working knowledge of Russian.