On 11 October 2018, Mr. Maciej Szpunar was appointed First Advocate General of the Court of Justice. Mr. Szpunar has been serving as Advocate General at the Court of Justice since 2013.

Prof. Dr. Maciej Szpunar holds degrees in law from the University of Silesia/Poland and the College of Europe, Bruges/Belgium.

Before joining the CJEU, he served as Undersecretary of State in the Polish Office of the Committee for European Integration (2008-09), then in the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010-13) as well as agent of the Polish Government in a large number of cases before the European Union judicature.