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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska" title="Elżbieta Bieńkowska – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Elżbieta Bieńkowska" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BB%CE%B6%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%86%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B1" title="Ελζμπιέτα Μπιενκόφσκα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ελζμπιέτα Μπιενκόφσκα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska" 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title="ელიჟბიეტა ბენკოვსკა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ელიჟბიეტა ბენკოვსკა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska" title="Elżbieta Bieńkowska – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Elżbieta Bieńkowska" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B6%D0%B1%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%91%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Елжбјета Бјенковска – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Елжбјета Бјенковска" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" 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Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Elżbieta Bieńkowska" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska" title="Elżbieta Bieńkowska – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Elżbieta Bieńkowska" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F,_%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B6%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Беньковская, Эльжбета – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Беньковская, Эльжбета" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" 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searchaux" style="display:none">Polish politician (born 1964)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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/>Internal Market and Services</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 November 2014 – 30 November 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Juncker" title="Jean-Claude Juncker">Jean-Claude Juncker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michel_Barnier" title="Michel Barnier">Michel Barnier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Breton" title="Thierry Breton">Thierry Breton</a> <small>(Internal Market)</small></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner_for_Industry_and_Entrepreneurship" title="European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship">European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 November 2014 – 30 November 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Juncker" title="Jean-Claude Juncker">Jean-Claude Juncker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ferdinando_Nelli_Feroci" title="Ferdinando Nelli Feroci">Ferdinando Nelli Feroci</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Poland" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Poland">Deputy Prime Minister of Poland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />27 November 2013 – 22 September 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski" title="Bronisław Komorowski">Bronisław Komorowski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Tusk" title="Donald Tusk">Donald Tusk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jacek_Rostowski" title="Jacek Rostowski">Jacek Rostowski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tomasz_Siemoniak" title="Tomasz Siemoniak">Tomasz Siemoniak</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Infrastructure_and_Development_(Poland)" title="Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (Poland)">Minister of Infrastructure and Development</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />27 November 2013 – 22 September 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski" title="Bronisław Komorowski">Bronisław Komorowski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Tusk" title="Donald Tusk">Donald Tusk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Wasiak" title="Maria Wasiak">Maria Wasiak</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Regional_Development_(Poland)" title="Ministry of Regional Development (Poland)">Minister of Regional Development</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 November 2007 – 27 November 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski" title="Lech Kaczyński">Lech Kaczyński</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski" title="Bronisław Komorowski">Bronisław Komorowski</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_Poland" title="Acting President of Poland">Acting</a>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bogdan_Borusewicz" title="Bogdan Borusewicz">Bogdan Borusewicz</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_Poland" title="Acting President of Poland">Acting</a>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Grzegorz_Schetyna" title="Grzegorz Schetyna">Grzegorz Schetyna</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_Poland" title="Acting President of Poland">Acting</a>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski" title="Bronisław Komorowski">Bronisław Komorowski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Tusk" title="Donald Tusk">Donald Tusk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gra%C5%BCyna_G%C4%99sicka" title="Grażyna Gęsicka">Grażyna Gęsicka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office abolished</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1964-02-04</span>) </span>4 February 1964<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 61)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Katowice" title="Katowice">Katowice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Poland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Civic_Platform" title="Civic Platform">Civic Platform</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Artur Bieńkowski<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jagiellonian_University" title="Jagiellonian University">Jagiellonian University</a><br />Polish National School of Public Administration<br /><a href="/wiki/SGH_Warsaw_School_of_Economics" title="SGH Warsaw School of Economics">SGH Warsaw School of Economics</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Elżbieta Ewa Bieńkowska</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Polish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="pl-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish" title="Help:IPA/Polish">[ɛlʐˈbʲiɛta<span class="wrap"> </span>bʲiɛɲˈkɔfska]</a></span>; <i>née</i> <b>Moycho</b>; born on 4 February 1964) is a Polish politician who served as Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Transport before becoming a <a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="European Commissioner">European Commissioner</a> in the team of <a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Juncker" title="Jean-Claude Juncker">Jean-Claude Juncker</a> from 2014 to 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bieńkowska was <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Regional_Development_of_the_Republic_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Regional Development of the Republic of Poland">Minister of Regional Development</a> in <a href="/wiki/First_Cabinet_of_Donald_Tusk" title="First Cabinet of Donald Tusk">Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Cabinet</a> from 16 November 2007 until 27 November 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-mrr_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrr-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when she was appointed <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Prime Minister">Deputy Prime Minister</a> of <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Poland">Poland</a> while continuing her previous responsibilities at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bieńkowska graduated from <a href="/wiki/Jagiellonian_University" title="Jagiellonian University">Jagiellonian University</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">Master's degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oriental_studies" title="Oriental studies">Oriental</a> <a href="/wiki/Philology" title="Philology">Philology</a> in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-mrr_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrr-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has also received a post-graduate <a href="/wiki/Diploma" title="Diploma">Diploma</a> from the Polish <a href="/wiki/National_School_of_Public_Administration_(Poland)" title="National School of Public Administration (Poland)">National School of Public Administration</a> and afterwards a postgraduate studies <a href="/wiki/MBA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA">MBA</a> from <a href="/wiki/SGH_Warsaw_School_of_Economics" title="SGH Warsaw School of Economics">SGH Warsaw School of Economics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mrr_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrr-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bieńkowska's career in public administration started at Katowice City Council where she worked on regional contracts being promoted, in 1999, as head of Katowice's Department for Economy. Later that year, she was appointed Director of Regional Development for the <a href="/wiki/Silesian_Voivodeship" title="Silesian Voivodeship">Silesian Voivodeship</a>, where she served until 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_in_politics">Career in politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career in politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bieńkowska describes herself as a <a href="/wiki/Technocracy" title="Technocracy">technocrat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is not a party member, and was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Poland" title="Senate of Poland">Senate of Poland</a> in 2011 as an independent candidate, backed by the <a href="/wiki/Civic_Platform" title="Civic Platform">Civic Platform</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Elżbieta_Bieńkowska_–_Hidden_asset_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elżbieta_Bieńkowska_–_Hidden_asset-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_for_Infrastructure_and_Development,_2007–2013"><span id="Minister_for_Infrastructure_and_Development.2C_2007.E2.80.932013"></span>Minister for Infrastructure and Development, 2007–2013</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Minister for Infrastructure and Development, 2007–2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the government of <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Poland" title="Prime Minister of Poland">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Donald_Tusk" title="Donald Tusk">Donald Tusk</a>, Bieńkowska served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_(government)" title="Minister (government)">Minister</a> for <a href="/wiki/Infrastructure" title="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</a> and <a href="/wiki/Economic_development" title="Economic development">Development</a> for Poland, as well as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Prime Minister">Deputy Prime Minister</a> from the end of 2013 until the end of September 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this capacity, she was charge of allocating European Union funding and the country's transport infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under her leadership, the ministry was Poland's second-largest department after the ministry of finance, with 1,600 employees and nine deputy ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-Elżbieta_Bieńkowska_–_Hidden_asset_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elżbieta_Bieńkowska_–_Hidden_asset-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2013, she secured €105.8 billion from the <a href="/wiki/Budget_of_the_European_Union" title="Budget of the European Union">EU budget for 2014-20</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Elżbieta_Bieńkowska_–_Hidden_asset_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elżbieta_Bieńkowska_–_Hidden_asset-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_the_European_Commission,_2014–2019"><span id="Member_of_the_European_Commission.2C_2014.E2.80.932019"></span>Member of the European Commission, 2014–2019</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Member of the European Commission, 2014–2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 3 September 2014, Bieńkowska was announced as the Polish nominee to the European Commission, in place of foreign affairs minister <a href="/wiki/Radek_Sikorski" class="mw-redirect" title="Radek Sikorski">Radek Sikorski</a>, who had been put forward in August in a bid to secure the post of <a href="/wiki/High_Representative_of_the_Union_for_Foreign_Affairs_and_Security_Policy" title="High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy">High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 September 2014, Juncker designated Bieńkowska as <a href="/wiki/European_Commissioner" class="mw-redirect" title="European Commissioner">European Commissioner</a> for <a href="/wiki/Internal_Market" class="mw-redirect" title="Internal Market">Internal Market</a>, <a href="/wiki/Industrial_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial sector">Industry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Entrepreneurship" title="Entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Small_and_medium-sized_enterprises" class="mw-redirect" title="Small and medium-sized enterprises">SMEs</a>, following which, on 1 November 2014, she took office in the <a href="/wiki/Juncker_Commission" title="Juncker Commission">Juncker Commission</a>. </p><p>In her capacity as Commissioner, Bieńkowska was in charge of the industrial part of the EU’s defence and security strategy<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and chaired the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a>'s High-level Group of Personalities on Defence Research from 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, she proposed the <a href="/wiki/European_Defence_Fund" title="European Defence Fund">European Defence Fund</a> and the accompanying European Defense Industrial Development Program, as part of the response to <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Britain’s decision to leave the EU</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also during her time in office, Bieńkowska pushed for the European Commission to have oversight powers to supervise national controls and tests for cars in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal" title="Volkswagen emissions scandal">Volkswagen emissions scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, she called for investing <a href="/wiki/Horizon_Europe" title="Horizon Europe">Horizon Europe</a> funds of €20 billion into <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> research.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative (TBVI), Member of the Governance Board<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Una Europa Association, Member of the Advisory Board<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_decorations">Honours and decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Honours and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Den_kongelige_norske_fortjenstorden_kommand%C3%B8r_med_stjerne_stripe.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Den_kongelige_norske_fortjenstorden_kommand%C3%B8r_med_stjerne_stripe.svg/40px-Den_kongelige_norske_fortjenstorden_kommand%C3%B8r_med_stjerne_stripe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Den_kongelige_norske_fortjenstorden_kommand%C3%B8r_med_stjerne_stripe.svg/60px-Den_kongelige_norske_fortjenstorden_kommand%C3%B8r_med_stjerne_stripe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Den_kongelige_norske_fortjenstorden_kommand%C3%B8r_med_stjerne_stripe.svg/80px-Den_kongelige_norske_fortjenstorden_kommand%C3%B8r_med_stjerne_stripe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="94" data-file-height="27" /></a></span> - Commander (with Sash), <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Order_of_Merit" title="Royal Norwegian Order of Merit">Royal Norwegian Order of Merit</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:POL_Z%C5%82oty_Medal_za_Zas%C5%82ugi_dla_Obronno%C5%9Bci_Kraju_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/POL_Z%C5%82oty_Medal_za_Zas%C5%82ugi_dla_Obronno%C5%9Bci_Kraju_BAR.svg/40px-POL_Z%C5%82oty_Medal_za_Zas%C5%82ugi_dla_Obronno%C5%9Bci_Kraju_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/POL_Z%C5%82oty_Medal_za_Zas%C5%82ugi_dla_Obronno%C5%9Bci_Kraju_BAR.svg/60px-POL_Z%C5%82oty_Medal_za_Zas%C5%82ugi_dla_Obronno%C5%9Bci_Kraju_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/POL_Z%C5%82oty_Medal_za_Zas%C5%82ugi_dla_Obronno%C5%9Bci_Kraju_BAR.svg/80px-POL_Z%C5%82oty_Medal_za_Zas%C5%82ugi_dla_Obronno%C5%9Bci_Kraju_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> - <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Merit_for_National_Defence" title="Medal of Merit for National Defence">Fire Service Medal (Gold)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Katowice" title="Katowice">Katowice</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bieńkowska is married and has three children.<sup id="cite_ref-Elżbieta_Bieńkowska_–_Hidden_asset_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elżbieta_Bieńkowska_–_Hidden_asset-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bie%C5%84kowski_coat_of_arms" title="Bieńkowski coat of arms">Bieńkowski coat of arms</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=El%C5%BCbieta_Bie%C5%84kowska&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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<tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gra%C5%BCyna_G%C4%99sicka" title="Grażyna Gęsicka">Grażyna Gęsicka</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Regional_Development_(Poland)" title="Ministry of Regional Development (Poland)">Minister of Regional Development</a> </b><br />2007–2013 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Position abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jacek_Rostowski" title="Jacek Rostowski">Jacek Rostowski</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Poland" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Poland">Deputy Prime Minister of Poland</a> </b><br />2013–2014 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tomasz_Siemoniak" title="Tomasz Siemoniak">Tomasz Siemoniak</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New office</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Infrastructure_and_Development_(Poland)" title="Ministry of Infrastructure and Development (Poland)">Minister of Infrastructure and Development</a> </b><br />2013–2014 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Wasiak" title="Maria Wasiak">Maria Wasiak</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jacek_Dominik" title="Jacek Dominik">Jacek Dominik</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> 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Tusk</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Original members</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tomasz_Arabski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tomasz Arabski (page does not exist)">Tomasz Arabski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartosz_Ar%C5%82ukowicz" title="Bartosz Arłukowicz">Bartosz Arłukowicz</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Elżbieta Bieńkowska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Boni" title="Michał Boni">Michał Boni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miko%C5%82aj_Budzanowski" title="Mikołaj Budzanowski">Mikołaj Budzanowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacek_Cichocki" title="Jacek Cichocki">Jacek Cichocki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaros%C5%82aw_Gowin" title="Jarosław Gowin">Jarosław Gowin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcin_Korolec" title="Marcin Korolec">Marcin Korolec</a></li> <li><a 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Kolarska-Bobińska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%C5%82gorzata_Omilanowska" title="Małgorzata Omilanowska">Małgorzata Omilanowska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janusz_Piechoci%C5%84ski" title="Janusz Piechociński">Janusz Piechociński</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart%C5%82omiej_Sienkiewicz" title="Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz">Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mateusz_Szczurek" title="Mateusz Szczurek">Mateusz Szczurek</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Juncker_Commission_(2014–2019)249" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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Georgieva</a><sup>2</sup><sup>4</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Hahn" title="Johannes Hahn">Johannes Hahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hill,_Baron_Hill_of_Oareford" title="Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford">Jonathan Hill</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hogan" title="Phil Hogan">Phil Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C4%9Bra_Jourov%C3%A1" title="Věra Jourová">Věra Jourová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_King_(diplomat)" title="Julian King (diplomat)">Julian King</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Juncker" title="Jean-Claude Juncker">Jean-Claude Juncker</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyrki_Katainen" title="Jyrki Katainen">Jyrki Katainen</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Malmstr%C3%B6m" title="Cecilia Malmström">Cecilia Malmström</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neven_Mimica" title="Neven Mimica">Neven Mimica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Moedas" title="Carlos Moedas">Carlos Moedas</a></li> <li><a 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