- Danuta Hübner
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Danuta Hübner European Commissioner for Regional Policy In office
22 November 2004 – 4 July 2009President José Manuel Barroso Preceded by Jacques Barrot Succeeded by Paweł Samecki European Commissioner for Trade In office
1 May 2004 – 22 November 2004
Serving with Pascal LamyPresident Romano Prodi Preceded by Pascal Lamy Succeeded by Peter Mandelson Member of the European Parliament Incumbent Assumed office
7 June 2009Personal details Born 8 April 1948
Nisko, PolandPolitical party Civic Platform Alma mater Warsaw School of Economics Profession Economist Danuta Hübner (Polish pronunciation: [daˈnuta ˈxʲybnɛr] or [ˈxʲibnɛr], born 8 April 1948 in Nisko, Poland) is a Polish economist, academic, and policy maker. She served as European Commissioner for Regional Policy from 22 November 2004 until 4 July 2009, when she resigned to become a Member of European Parliament for the Civic Platform.[1]
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Academic C.V.
- 2005 Honorary Degree in Laws of the Sussex University
- since 1992 full Professor, Warsaw School of Economics, currently on leave
- 1994–1997 Editor-in-Chief of Gospodarka Narodowa, Polish economics monthly
- 1991–1994 Deputy Director, Institute for Development and Strategic Studies, Warsaw
- 1991–1997 Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Ekonomista, Polish bi-monthly
- 1988–1990 Fulbright scholar, University of California, Berkeley
- 1981–1987 Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Developing Countries, Warsaw School of Economics
- 1980 Post-doctoral degree in international trade relations, Warsaw School of Economics
- 1974 PhD in economics, Warsaw School of Economics 1974 Visiting scholar at the Centre for European Studies at the University of Sussex
- 1970's Visiting scholar Universidad Autonoma in Madrid
- since 1971 professor at the Warsaw School of Economics
- 1971 MSc in Economics, Warsaw School of Economics (Central School of Planning and Statistics)
Political, policy and administrative C.V.
- On 15 September 2010 Hübner supported the new initiative Spinelli Group in the European Parliament, which was founded to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union (EU). Other prominent supporters are: Jacques Delors, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Guy Verhofstadt, Andrew Duff, Elmar Brok.
- 7 June 2009 elected MEP for Poland in Warsaw Constituency (from Civic Platform)
- since 1 May 2004 Member of the European Commission, since November 2004 Commissioner for Regional Policy
- 2003–2004 Minister for European Affairs, Poland
- 2001–2003 Head of Office of the Committee for European Integration and Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland
- 2000–2001 United Nations Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva
- 1998–2001 Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland
- 1998–2000 Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva
- 1997–1998 Minister Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
- 1996–1997 Government Plenipotentiary for establishing the Committee for European Integration (KIE), Secretary of KIE with the rank of Secretary of State and Head of the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE)
- 1995–1996 Chief Negotiator for accession to OECD
- 1994–1996 Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Industry and Trade
- 1994–1995 Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Co-author of the Government Programme Strategy for Poland
- 1992–1996 Chairperson of the Council for Social Planning, Central Office for Planning
- In the years 1970–1987 she was a member of communist Polish United Workers' Party PZPR
Professional and other affiliations
- 1996–1998 Member of the Scientific Board of Economic Sciences Institute of the Polish Academy of Science
- 1995–1997 Member of the National Statistics Council of Poland
- 1987–1996 Member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, Geneva
- Member of the Programme Council of Nowe Życie Gospodarcze, Polish economic bi-weekly magazine
- Member of the Programme Council of the European Business Academy for Enterprises, Warsaw
- President of the Programme Board of the Management Institute, Warsaw
- Member of the Board of Directors, Policy Network and Communications Ltd., London
- Member of the Scientific Council of the State Veterinary Institute in Puławy
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Central Mining Institute, Katowice
- Member of the Programme Board of the Polish Institute of Oncology, Warsaw
- Member of the association for counteracting social exclusion of persons suffering from psychiatric disorders MOST, Bydgoszcz
- Honorary member of Soroptimist International Poland – Dom Polski Association, Warsaw
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Political offices New office Polish European Commissioner
2004–2009Succeeded by
Paweł SameckiPreceded by
Pascal LamyEuropean Commissioner for Trade
2004
Served alongside: Pascal LamySucceeded by
Peter MandelsonPreceded by
Jacques BarrotEuropean Commissioner for Regional Policy
2004–2009Succeeded by
Paweł SameckiBarroso Commission I (2004–2009) Joaquín Almunia · Catherine Ashton6 · José Manuel Barroso1 · Jacques Barrot2 · Joe Borg · Karel De Gucht9 · Stavros Dimas · Benita Ferrero-Waldner · Ján Figeľ10 · Franco Frattini2, 5 · Mariann Fischer Boel · Dalia Grybauskaitė7 · Danuta Hübner8 · Siim Kallas2 · László Kovács · Neelie Kroes · Meglena Kuneva3 · Markos Kyprianou4 · Peter Mandelson6 · Charlie McCreevy · Louis Michel9 · Leonard Orban3 · Andris Piebalgs · Janez Potočnik · Viviane Reding · Olli Rehn · Paweł Samecki8 · Maroš Šefčovič10 · Algirdas Šemeta7 · Vladimír Špidla · Antonio Tajani2, 5 · Androulla Vassiliou4 · Günter Verheugen2 · Margot Wallström21 = President. 2 = Vice President. 3 = Served from 1 January 2007. 4 = Vassiliou replaced Kyprianou on 3 March 2008. 5 = Tajani replaced Frattini on 18 June 2008. 6 = Ashton replaced Mandelson on 3 October 2008. 7 = Šemeta replaced Grybauskaitė on 1 July 2009. 8 = Samecki replaced Hübner on 4 July 2009. 9 = De Gucht replaced Michel on 17 July 2009. 10 = Šefčovič replaced Figeľ on 1 October 2009. European Commissioners for Trade Rey • Deniau • Dahrendorf • Soames • Haferkamp • De Clercq • Andriessen • Brittan • Lamy • Hübner • Mandelson • Ashton • Ferrero-Waldner • De GuchtDanuta Hübner | Paweł Samecki | Janusz LewandowskiCategories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- People from Nisko
- Polish diplomats
- Polish economists
- Polish European Commissioners
- Polish United Workers' Party members
- Civic Platform MEPs
- MEPs for Poland 2009–2014
- Female MEPs for Poland
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