Danuta Maria Hübner, née Młynarska ( or ; born 8 April 1948) is a Polish politician and Diplomat and Economist and Member of the European Parliament. She has served as European Commissioner for Regional Policy from 22 November 2004 until 4 July 2009, when she resigned to become a Member of European Parliament for the Civic Platform. In 2012, Professor Hübner became a member of the International Honorary Council of the European Academy of Diplomacy. Education Hübner received her MSc in Economics, SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Central School of Planning and Statistics) in 1971, her PhD in economics, SGH Warsaw School of Economics 1974 Visiting scholar at the Centre for European Studies at the University of Sussex in 1974, and her post-doctoral degree in international trade relations, SGH Warsaw School of Economics in 1980. Hübner was a 1988–1990 Fulbright scholar at the University of California, Berkeley and received an honorary Degree in Laws of Sussex University in 2005. Academics In the 1970s Hübner was a visiting scholar at Universidad Autonoma in Madrid. Since 1971 she has been a professor at the Warsaw School of Economics. For 1981–1987 she was Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Developing Countries, Warsaw School of Economics. She has been a full Professor, Warsaw School of Economics, since 1992, currently on leave. For 1991–1994 she was Deputy Director, Institute for Development and Strategic Studies, Warsaw. Publishing For 1991–1997 Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Ekonomista, a Polish bi-monthly, and for 1994–1997 she was Editor-in-Chief of Gospodarka Narodowa, a Polish economics monthly. Political career Early beginnings 1997–1998 Minister Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski 1996–1997 Government Plenipotentiary for establishing the Committee for European Integration (KIE), Secretary of KIE with the rank of Secretary of State and Head of the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE) 1995–1996 Chief Negotiator for accession to OECD 1994–1996 Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Industry and Trade 1994–1995 Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Co-author of the Government Programme Strategy for Poland 1992–1996 Chairperson of the Council for Social Planning, Central Office for Planning In the years 1970–1987 she was a member of communist Polish United Workers' Party PZPR United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 1998–2001 2000–2001 United Nations Under Secretary General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva 1998–2001 Economic Advisor to the