- European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget
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The Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget is the member of the European Commission. The current commissioner is Janusz Lewandowski.
The portfolio is primarily responsible for the management of the budget of the European Union and related financial issues except for budgetary discharge which falls under the Admin Commissioner.
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Current commissioner
Commissioner Grybauskaitė was approved by the European Parliament in 2004 as Commissioner for Financial Programming & the Budget, a position expanded since the Prodi Commission to include Financial Programming.
The Commissioner's 121.6 billion euro 2008 budget proposed that for the first time, the budget towards sustainable growth (€57.2 billion) would be higher than that of the Common Agricultural Policy (€56.3 billion), traditionally the largest source of expenditure in the EU. There would be an increase in cohesion funds, energy and transport of 14%, research by 11% and lifelong learning by 9%. There would also be an increase in the administrative budget, aid to Kosovo and Palestinian institutions and funds towards the Galileo project. [1]
List of commissioners
Name Country Period Commission 1 Albert Coppé 
Belgium1967–1973 Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission 2 Wilhelm Haferkamp 
Germany1973–1977 Ortoli Commission 3 Christopher Tugendhat 
United Kingdom1977–1985 Jenkins Commission, Thorn Commission 4 Henning Christophersen 
Denmark1985–1989 Delors Commission I 5 Peter Schmidhuber Germany1989–1995 Delors Commission II & III 6 Erkki Liikanen 
Finland1995–1999 Santer Commission, Marín Commission 7 Michaele Schreyer Germany1999–2004 Prodi Commission 8 Marcos Kyprianou 
Cyprus2004 Prodi Commission 9 Dalia Grybauskaitė 
Lithuania2004–2009 Barroso Commission I 10 Algirdas Šemeta Lithuania2009–2010 Barroso Commission I 11 Janusz Lewandowski 
Poland2010 onwards Barroso Commission II See also
- Directorate-General for Budget
- European Union Budget
External links
Current European Commission Portfolios 
Agriculture and Rural Development · Climate Action · Competition · Development · Digital Agenda · Economic and Monetary Affairs · Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth · Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion · Energy · Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy · Environment · Financial Programming and Budget · Health and Consumer Policy · High Representative · Home Affairs · Industry and Entrepreneurship · Internal Market and Services · International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response · Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration · Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship · Maritime Affairs and Fisheries · Regional Policy · Research, Innovation and Science · Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud · Trade · Transport
Categories:- Government budgets
- Portfolios in the European Commission
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