Danuta Hubner

Professor Danuta Hübner (born April 8th, 1948), prominent Polish economist, co-creator of Polish economic policy since the early 1990s, instrumental in leading Poland toward membership in the European Union and the OECD. She became the first Minister for European Affairs in the Polish government, as well as the first Polish EU Commissioner. As Commissioner, and before that as UN Undersecretary General, she has served in some of the highest posts in global institutions. In her work as Commissioner, she was responsible for Regional Policy.

Since 2009 she is a Member of the European Parliament. She is the Chair of the Regional Development Committee, and also works in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis. She is a member of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the United States, and the Delegation for Relations with Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and to the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee, and she works closely with the Baltic-Europe Intergroup, the Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Intergroup, the Federalist Intergroup and the URBAN Intergroup.

She received her Masters degree in 1971 from the Foreign Trade Department at the Warsaw School of Economics. She was awarded her PhD in 1974 by the same institution. In 1980 she received her postdoctoral degree (Habilitation), and on February 18th, 1992, she was awarded the title of Professor of Economics by the President of Poland. At present she continues to teach at the Warsaw School of Economics in the Development Economics and Political Economy Department. She is the author and co-author of many scholarly articles and books.