Janez Potočnik
Janez Potočnik [ ˈjaːnɛz poˈtɔtʃnɪk ] (born March 22, 1958 in Kropa ) is a Slovenian politician and former EU Commissioner .
education
Potočnik studied economics at the University of Ljubljana until 1989 . He then became an assistant professor at the law school. In 1993 he received his doctorate in economics.
Career in Slovenia
From 1993 to 2001 he worked at the Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and Development in Ljubljana, but in 1998 he became Slovenia's chief negotiator in the accession negotiations with the EU. In 2002 he became Slovenia's European Minister and finally in 2004 European Commissioner.
Career in the European Union
On May 1st, 2004 he became EU enlargement commissioner together with Günter Verheugen . Verheugen had held the office since 1999, when Slovenia joined the EU . In the Barroso I Commission , which was in office from November 18, 2004 until the end of its mandate on October 31, 2009, Potočnik was responsible for science and research policy.
In the successor commission ( Commission Barroso II ) he was commissioner for the environment . In 2011, in his position as EU Environment Commissioner, Potocnik was asked by the animal welfare organization Peta to change the REACH directive with regard to animal testing with chemicals, since, according to PETA, around 200,000 animals would be killed in avoidable tests per year. In addition, he campaigned for a joint EU-wide fight against "introduced" animal and plant species, which pollute the European ecosystem and cause damage of around € 12 billion per year.
Awards
- 2013: Champions of Earth Award
- 2015: Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz Sustainability Award 2015 in the "Europe" category
- 2015: Adam Smith Prize for market-based environmental policy from the Ecological-Social Market Economy Forum
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ openPR Mobile - REACH: EU fails to regulate lethal animal experiments / PETA demands measures from the EU Commission
- ↑ EU wants to stop ambrosia invasion - Knowledge & Environment - DW.DE
- ↑ FREE PRESS from October 31, 2015, accessed on October 31, 2015
- ^ FÖS of November 23, 2015, accessed on November 25, 2015
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Additions:
Joaquín Almunia (from April 2004) |
Péter Balázs (from May 2004) |
Jacques Barrot (from April 2004) |
Joseph Borġ (from May 2004) |
Stavros Dimas (from March 2004) |
Ján Figeľ (from May 2004) |
Dalia Grybauskaitė (from May 2004) |
Danuta Hübner (from May 2004) |
Siim Kallas (from May 2004) |
Sandra Kalniete (from May 2004) |
Márkos Kyprianoú (from May 2004) |
Janez Potočnik (from May 2004) |
Olli Rehn (from July 2004) |
Pavel Telička (from May 2004)
Joaquín Almunia | José Manuel Barroso | Jacques Barrot | Joseph Borġ | Stavros Dimas | Benita Ferrero-Waldner | Ján Figeľ (until October 2009) | Mariann Fischer Boel | Franco Frattini (until May 2008) | Dalia Grybauskaitė (until July 2009) | Danuta Hübner (until July 2009) | Siim Kallas | László Kovács | Neelie Kroes | Márkos Kyprianoú (until March 2008) | Peter Mandelson (until October 2008) | Louis Michel (until July 2009) | Andris Piebalgs | Janez Potočnik | Charlie McCreevy | Viviane Reding | Olli Rehn | Vladimír Špidla | Günter Verheugen | Margot Wallström
Additions:
Catherine Ashton (from October 2008) |
Karel De Gucht (from July 2009) |
Meglena Kunewa (from January 2007) |
Leonard Orban (from January 2007) |
Paweł Samecki (from July 2009) |
Maroš Šefčovič (from October 2009) |
Algirdas Šemeta (from July 2009) |
Antonio Tajani (from May 2008) |
Androulla Vassiliou (from March 2008)
Joaquín Almunia | László Andor | Catherine Ashton | Michel Barnier | José Manuel Barroso | Tonio Borg | Dacian Cioloș | John Dalli | Maria Damanaki | Karel De Gucht | Jacek Dominik (from July 2014) | Štefan Füle | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | Kristalina Georgieva | Johannes Hahn | Connie Hedegaard | Siim Kallas | Jyrki Katainen (from June 2014) | Neelie Kroes | Janusz Lewandowski (until June 2014) | Cecilia Malmström | Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (from July 2014) | Günther Oettinger | Andris Piebalgs | Janez Potočnik | Viviane Reding (until June 2014) | Olli Rehn (until June 2014) | Martine Reicherts (from July 2014) | Maroš Šefčovič | Algirdas Šemeta | Antonio Tajani (until June 2014) | Androulla Vassiliou
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Potočnik, Janez |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian politician and former EU commissioner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kropa |