Dalia Grybauskaitė (born on 1 March 1956 in Vilnius) is a former Lithuanian Minister of Finance and currently European Union Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget.
Academic C.V.
Mrs. Grybauskaitė speaks English and the three languages spoken in Lithuania: Lithuanian, Russian and Polish.
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
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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
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1 May 2004 European Commissioner, since November 2004 responsible for Financial Programming and Budget.
External Links
http://europa.eu.int/comm/commission_barroso/grybauskaite/profile_en.htm
Last updated: 05-27-2005 16:39:01