Globetrotting economist
By Vladislav Velev - 04.11.2010 / 04:23 CET
Kristalina Georgieva was the last member of the Commission, and has been kept busy.
Please log in to read this article:
Don't have a login yet?
Discover your benefits and register for free now! It only takes a minute.
© 2012 European Voice. All rights reserved.
|
Stickers left on cars of EU civil servants as Unions warn of rising anti-EU aggression. |
 |
|
Commission to move into the Orban building. |
 |
|
A new name for the directorate-general for information society and media. |
 |
Kristalina Georgieva, as seen by Marco Villard.
Fact file
Curriculum Vitae
1953: Born, Sofia
1976: Master's degree in political economy and sociology, Karl Marx Higher Institute of Economics, Sofia
1977-93: Assistant, then associate, professor, University of National and World Economy, Sofia
1986: Doctorate in environmental economics
1987-88: Research fellow, London School of Economics
1991: Visiting professor, University of the South Pacific, Fiji, and Australian National University
1991-92: Visiting scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1992: Consultant to the World Bank on environmental policy in central and eastern Europe
1993-97: Environmental economist, Europe and central Asia, World Bank
1997-98: Environmental sector manager for East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank
2000-04: Director, environment department, World Bank
2004-07: Director of Russia programmes, World Bank
2007-08: Director of strategy, operations and sustainable development, World Bank
2008-10: Vice-president of the World Bank
2010-: European commissioner for internation co-operation, humanitarian aid and crisis response
Progress on the first European Citizens' Initiatives.
The Czechs' accidental European commissioner.
Patrick Lambert on a career that led from British Gas to leadership of the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation.
Stickers left on cars of EU civil servants as Unions warn of rising anti-EU aggression.
