Michaele Schreyer | |
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 Schreyer in 2010 | |
| European Commissioner for Budget | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Erkki Liikanen |
| Succeeded by | Marcos Kyprianou |
| State Minister for Urban Development of Berlin | |
| In office 2000–2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-08-09)9 August 1951 (age 73) Cologne,West Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne |
Michaele Schreyer (born 9 August 1951) is a German politician ofAlliance 90/The Greens who served as aEuropean Commissioner from September 1999 to November 2004, holding thebudget portfolio.
Schreyer wrote her doctoral thesis on tax federalism at theUniversity of Cologne.[1]
From 1983 until 1987, Schreyer worked as an advisor on financial policy to the Green Party's parliamentary group in theBundestag.[2]
In 1989, Schreyer was appointed State Minister for Urban Development in the government ofGoverning MayorWalter Momper ofBerlin.[2] In the 1990 state elections, she was elected to theAbgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. Between 1995 and 1997, she served as chairwoman of the Sub-Committee on Public Housing.[2] In 1998, she assumed the leadership of the Green Party's parliamentary group, alongsideRenate Künast.[3]
In 2000, Germany'sChancellorGerhard Schröder nominated Schreyer, alongsideGünter Verheugen, as one of two German members of theEuropean Commission under PresidentRomano Prodi. In theProdi Commission, Schreyer took on an enlarged portfolio for control of the 80 billion euro ($83.73 billion)budget of the European Union.[4]
During Schreyer's time in office, the European Commission filed a high-profile civil lawsuit in the United States againstPhilip Morris International andR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company seeking damages for what it called their involvement with organized crime in smuggling cigarettes into Europe.[5] By 2004, Schreyer and Philip Morris had negotiated asettlement under which the company agreed to pay about $1 billion over 12 years.[citation needed]
Schreyer is co-author (withLutz Mez) of the publication "ERENE – European Community for Renewable Energy".
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