Professor Danuta Hübner, Ph. D. -  European Commissioner for Regional Policy

Personal Details

Nationality: Polish
Born on April 8, 1948, in Nisko, Poland
Two daughters: Ewa and Karolina

Education and academic career

2005
Honorary Degree in Laws of the Sussex University
1992
Scientific title of Professor conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland
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
As of 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)

Professional career

As of 1st of May 2004
Member of the European Commission, Brussels
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
1998-2000
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, Poland

Extraprofessional activities

Currently
Posts in foundations or similar bodies
Member of the Scientific Board of the 'Bank and Credit', Polish monthly magazine
Honorary Chairman of the Programming Board of the "Euroregiony", Polish magazine published in Katowice.
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
Member of the Advisory Board, Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin
Member of the Advisory Council of BELA Foundation, Berlin

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 Pulawy
Member of the Scientific Council of the Central Mining Institute, Katowice
Member of the Programme Council of the European Business Academy for Enterprises, Warsaw
Member of the Economic Sciences Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2007-2010), 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
For more information, please visit Mrs. Hübner's website.