Danuta Hübner

Danuta Hübner (born 8 April 1948 in Nisko) is a Polish economist, academic, and policy maker, currently serving as European Commissioner for Regional Policy.

[edit] Academic C.V.

1992 Professor
1991-1994 Deputy Director, Institute for Development and Strategic Studies, Warsaw
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 Ph.D. 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 Scholar at the Warsaw School of Economics (currently on leave)
1971 MSc in Economics, Warsaw School of Economics (Central School of Planning and Statistics)

since 1 May 2004 Member of the European Commission, since November 2004 responsible for Regional Policy
2003-2004 Minister for European Affairs
2001-2003 Head of Office of the Committee for European Integration and Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2000-2001 United Nations Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva
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

Current posts in foundations or similar bodies

Member of the Programme Council of Nowe Życie Gospodarcze, Polish economic bi-weekly magazine
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
Member of the Board of Directors, Policy Network and Communications Ltd., London

Posts in educational institutions

Member of the Programme Board of the Polish Institute of Oncology, Warsaw
President of the Programme Board of the Management Institute, Warsaw
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 Council of the European Business Academy for Enterprises, Warsaw
1998-2001 Economic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Poland
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 1994-1997 Editor-in-Chief of Gospodarka Narodowa, Polish monthly
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
1991-1997 Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Ekonomista, Polish bi-monthly
1987-1996 Member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, Geneva

Preceded by: Jacques Barrot	European Commissioner for Regional Policy 2004–2009	Succeeded by: —
Preceded by: Pascal Lamy	European Commissioner for Trade 2004 (jointly with Pascal Lamy)	Succeeded by: Peter Mandelson
Preceded by: —	Polish European Commissioner 2004–2009	Succeeded by: —