Head of the Office of the President of the Republic of Poland from 1997 to 1998; Head of the Office of the Committee for European Integration from 2001 to 2003; Minister and Member of the Council of Ministers in Leszek Miller’s government from 2003 to 2004; Poland’s first Commissioner to the European Union (for regional policy), Member of the European Parliament for the 7th, 8th and 9th terms. 2009 Honorary doctorate, Université de Valenciennes, France 2009 Honorary doctorate, Poznań University of Economics 2008 Honorary doctorate in political science, Università degli Studi di Camerino, Italy 2007 Honorary doctorate, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria 2005 Honorary doctorate, University of Sussex, United Kingdom 1992 Appointed Professor of Economics 1988–1990 Fulbright scholarship, University of California, Berkeley, USA 1980 Habilitation (international economic relations), SGPiS (now SGH), Warsaw 1974 Doctorate (economics), SGPiS (now SGH), Warsaw 1971 Master’s degree in economics, Faculty of Foreign Trade, SGPiS