The Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget is the member of the European Commission

European Commission

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. The current commissioner is Janusz Lewandowski

Janusz Lewandowski

Janusz Antoni Lewandowski is a Polish politician and economist belonging to the Gdansk liberals group, and a member of the Europea n Parliament , Chairman of the Committee on Budgets...

.

The portfolio is primarily responsible for the management of the budget of the

European Union Budget

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 European Union

European Union

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 and related financial issues except for budgetary discharge which falls under the Admin Commissioner.

Current commissioner

Commissioner Grybauskaitė was approved by the European Parliament

European Parliament

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 in 2004 as Commissioner for Financial Programming & the Budget, a position expanded since the Prodi Commission

Prodi Commission

The Prodi Commission was the European Commission in office between 1999 and 2004. The administration was led by former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi.-History:...

 to include Financial Programming.

The Commissioner's 121.6 billion euro

Euro

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 2008 budget proposed that for the first time, the budget towards sustainable growth

Sustainable development

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 (€57.2 billion) would be higher than that of the Common Agricultural Policy

Common Agricultural Policy

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 (€56.3 billion), traditionally the largest source of expenditure in the EU. There would be an increase in cohesion funds

Structural Funds and Cohesion Funds

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, energy

Energy policy of the European Union

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 and transport

European Commissioner for Transport

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 of 14%, research

European Commissioner for Science & Research

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 by 11% and lifelong learning by 9%. There would also be an increase in the administrative budget, aid to Kosovo

Kosovo

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 and Palestinian

Palestinian National Authority

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 institutions and funds towards the Galileo project

Galileo positioning system

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List of commissioners

	Name	Country	Period	Commission
1	Albert Coppé Albert Coppé Albert Coppé was a Belgian and European politician and economist. He was a founding member of the CDV party and served in the European Commission as Commissioner for Social Affairs, Transport & Budget under the Malfatti & Mansholt Commissions...	Belgium	1967–1973	Malfatti Commission Malfatti Commission The Malfatti Commission is the European Commission that held office from 1 July 1970 to 21 March 1972. Its President was Franco Maria Malfatti.- Work :... , Mansholt Commission Mansholt Commission The Mansholt Commission is the European Commission that held office from 22 March 1972 to 5 January 1973. Its President was Sicco Mansholt.- Work :It was the successor to the Malfatti Commission and was succeeded by the Ortoli Commission...
2	Wilhelm Haferkamp Wilhelm Haferkamp Wilhelm Haferkamp was a long time member of the European Commission. Born in Germany, he was a social democratic politician. He was appointed by to the Commission by the West German government in 1967. He served in a number of posts including Vice President until 1985...	Germany	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission Ortoli Commission The Ortoli Commission is the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1973 to 5 January 1977. Its President was François-Xavier Ortoli.-Work:...
3	Christopher Tugendhat	United Kingdom	1977–1985	Jenkins Commission Jenkins Commission (EU) The Jenkins Commission is the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1977 to 6 January 1981. Its President was Roy Jenkins.-Work:It was the successor to the Ortoli Commission and was succeeded by the Thorn Commission... , Thorn Commission Thorn Commission The Thorn Commission was the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1981 until 5 January 1985. Its President was Gaston Thorn.-Work:...
4	Henning Christophersen Henning Christophersen Henning Christophersen is a Danish politician, a former vice-president of the European Commission , former leader of the Danish liberal party Venstre and former member of the European Convention....	Denmark	1985–1989	Delors Commission Delors Commission The Delors Commission was the administration of Jacques Delors, the 8th President of the European Commission. Delors presided over the European Commission for three terms The Delors Commission was the administration of Jacques Delors, the 8th President of the European Commission. Delors presided...  I
5	Peter Schmidhuber Peter Schmidhuber Peter Schmidhuber is a former German and European politician from the Bavarian CSU party.-Biography:Schmidhuber was born in Munich, Bavaria. He studied law and economics at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich from 1951, gaining his license to practice as a lawyer in 1960...	Germany	1989–1995	Delors Commission Delors Commission The Delors Commission was the administration of Jacques Delors, the 8th President of the European Commission. Delors presided over the European Commission for three terms The Delors Commission was the administration of Jacques Delors, the 8th President of the European Commission. Delors presided...  II & III
6	Erkki Liikanen Erkki Liikanen Erkki Liikanen is a Finnish social democratic politician and the Governor of the Bank of Finland.-Career:...	Finland	1995–1999	Santer Commission Santer Commission The Santer Commission was the European Commission in office between 23 January 1995 and 15 March 1999. The administration was led by Jacques Santer .... , Marín Commission Marín Commission The Marín Commission is an interim European Commission that served in office from 16 March 1999 to 12 September 1999. It consisted of its president, Manuel Marín, and the other commissioners....
7	Michaele Schreyer Michaele Schreyer Michaele Schreyer was a commissioner of the European Commission from September 1999 to November 2004. She was in charge of the budget portfolio...	Germany	1999–2004	Prodi Commission Prodi Commission The Prodi Commission was the European Commission in office between 1999 and 2004. The administration was led by former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi.-History:...
8	Marcos Kyprianou	Cyprus	2004	Prodi Commission Prodi Commission The Prodi Commission was the European Commission in office between 1999 and 2004. The administration was led by former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi.-History:...
9	Dalia Grybauskaitė Dalia Grybauskaitė Dalia Grybauskaitė is the current President of Lithuania, inaugurated on 12 July 2009. She had previously been Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finance Minister, and European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget...	Lithuania	2004–2009	Barroso Commission Barroso Commission The Barroso Commission is the European Commission that has been in office since 22 November 2004 and is due to serve until 2014. Its president is José Manuel Barroso, who presides over 26 other commissioners...  I
10	Algirdas Šemeta Algirdas Šemeta Algirdas Gediminas Šemeta is a Lithuanian economist and the European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud. He has held this post since July 2009....	Lithuania	2009–2010	Barroso Commission Barroso Commission The Barroso Commission is the European Commission that has been in office since 22 November 2004 and is due to serve until 2014. Its president is José Manuel Barroso, who presides over 26 other commissioners...  I
11	Janusz Lewandowski Janusz Lewandowski Janusz Antoni Lewandowski is a Polish politician and economist belonging to the Gdansk liberals group, and a member of the Europea n Parliament , Chairman of the Committee on Budgets...	Poland	2010 onwards	Barroso Commission Barroso Commission The Barroso Commission is the European Commission that has been in office since 22 November 2004 and is due to serve until 2014. Its president is José Manuel Barroso, who presides over 26 other commissioners... II

External links

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