Janusz Lewandowski
| Janusz Lewandowski | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget | |
|
In office 9 February 2010 – 1 July 2014 |
|
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Algirdas Šemeta |
| Succeeded by | Andris Piebalgs (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Janusz Antoni Lewandowski 13 June 1951 Lublin, Poland |
| Political party |
Solidarity (1980–1988) Liberal Democratic Congress (1988–1994) Freedom Union (1994–2001) Civic Platform (2001–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Gdańsk |
Janusz Antoni Lewandowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjanuʂ lɛvanˈdɔfskʲi]; born 13 June 1951) is a Polish politician and economist belonging to the Gdańsk liberals group, and a former member of the European Parliament (elected on 13 June 2004), Chairman of the Committee on Budgets. On 27 November 2009 he obtained the post of Budget and Financial Programming Commissioner of the European Commission and is affiliated to the European People's Party (EPP).
Lewandowski was born in Lublin. He graduated in economics from University of Gdańsk, received a doctorate and was a lecturer there until 1984. Later he worked for Polish Oceanic Lines (Polskie Linie Oceaniczne). He was also a lecturer at Harvard University and the founder of the Research Institute for Market Economy in Gdańsk (Instytut Badań nad Gospodarką Rynkową w Gdańsku).
He is an author of a book on famous liberals and he also writes short articles for several newspapers and magazines, including Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Wyborcza, Parkiet, Polityka, Wprost and Newsweek.
From 1980–1989 he was an economics adviser to the Solidarity anti-communist movement, and in 1988 he was one of the founders of the Liberal Democratic Congress. He was the Minister of Privatization in the cabinets of Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1990–1991) and Hanna Suchocka (1992–1993). His major successes were the foundation of the and the mass privatization programme (Program Powszechnej Prywatyzacji).
...
Wikipedia