Dalia Grybauskaitė

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Dalia Grybauskaitė (pronounced /daˈljɛ griːbausˈkaiteː/) (born 1 March 1956 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget. She was previously Lithuania's finance minister.

Contents 1 Academic C.V. 2 Political C.V. 3 European Commission 4 External link

[edit] Academic C.V.

• 1983 Leningrad University, economics
• 1988 Moscow Academy of Public Sciences, Ph.D. in economics
• 1990-1991 Head of Department for Science, Institute of Economics
• 1991 Georgetown University (Washington DC), School of Foreign Service, Special Program for Senior Executives

Grybauskaitė speaks Lithuanian, English, Russian and Polish.

[edit] Political C.V.

• 1990-1991 - Head of Department for Science, Institute of Economics
• 1991 Program Director, Prime Minister's Office
• 1991-1993 Director of the European Department, Ministry of International Economic Relations of the Republic of Lithuania
• 1993-1994 Director of the Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania; Chairperson of the Aid-Co-ordination Committee (PHARE and G-24);Chief Negotiator for the Free Trade Agreement with the EU
• 1994-1995 - Extraordinary Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister at the Lithuanian Mission to the EU; Deputy Chief Negotiator for the Europe Agreement with the EU; Representative of the National Aid Co-ordinator in Brussels
• 1996-1999 - Plenipotentiary Minister at the Lithuanian Embassy in the USA
• 1999-2000 - Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania; Chief Negotiator with IMF and World Bank
• 2000-2001 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Deputy Head of the Lithuanian Delegation for the EU Accession negotiations
• 2001-2004 - Minister of Finance; National Aid Coordinator
• 1 May 2004 European Commissioner, since November 2004 responsible for Financial Programming and Budget.

[edit] European Commission

In November 2005 Dalia Grybauskaitė was named "Commissioner of the Year" in the European Voice Europeans of the Year poll. She was nominated "for her unrelenting efforts to shift EU spending towards areas that would enhance competitiveness such as research and development". She commented: "I don't usually participate in contests, so this is a very pleasant surprise for me. I consider it a distinction not for me personally, but for all the new EU Member States, both small and large, as an acknowledgment of their bringing a new and fresh perspective to the EU. I think that it’s also a prize for having the courage to speak the often difficult truth and to point out the real price of political rhetoric in Europe. As for results, we still have to wait for them. An agreement on the budget for 2007-2013, which Europe really needs, is most important.”

[edit] External link

• Official website

Preceded by Michaele Schreyer (Budget)	European Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget 2004–2009	Succeeded by —
Preceded by Viviane Reding	European Commissioner for Education and Culture 2004 (jointly with Viviane Reding)	Succeeded by Ján Figeľ (as part of wider portfolio)
Preceded by —	Lithuanian European Commissioner 2004–2009	Succeeded by —