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.

• 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

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
• 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.

External Links

http://europa.eu.int/comm/commission_barroso/grybauskaite/profile_en.htm