Editing Janusz Lewandowski (section)

{{short description|Polish politician and economist (born 1951)}}
{{for|a diplomat of the Communist Poland|Janusz Lewandowski (diplomat)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Janusz Lewandowski
| image               = Janusz Lewandowski 2024 (cropped).jpg
| office              = [[European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget]]
| president           = [[José Manuel Barroso]]
| term_start          = 9 February 2010
| term_end            = 1 July 2014
| predecessor         = [[Algirdas Šemeta]]
| successor           = [[Andris Piebalgs]] {{small|(Acting)}}
| birthname           = Janusz Antoni Lewandowski
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1951|6|13|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Lublin]], [[People's Republic of Poland|Poland]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]] {{small|(1980–1988)}}<br />[[Liberal Democratic Congress]] {{small|(1988–1994)}}<br />[[Freedom Union (Poland)|Freedom Union]] {{small|(1994–2001)}}<br />[[Civic Platform]] {{small|(2001–present)}}
| alma_mater          = [[University of Gdańsk]]
| office1             = [[Member of the European Parliament]]<br />for [[Poland (European Parliament constituency)|Poland]]
| termstart1          = 1 July 2014
| caption             = Lewandowski in 2024
}}
'''Janusz Antoni Lewandowski''' ({{IPA|pol|ˈjanuʂ lɛvanˈdɔfskʲi}}; born 13 June 1951) is a [[politics of Poland|Polish politician]] and economist belonging to the Gdańsk liberals group, and a former member of the [[European Parliament]] (elected on 13 June 2004), Chairman of the [[Committee on Budgets]]. On 27 November 2009 he obtained the post of [[European Commissioner for Financial Programming & the Budget|Budget and Financial Programming Commissioner]] of the [[European Commission]] and is affiliated to the [[European People's Party]] (EPP).<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8378401.stm "Barroso gets new EU Commission team"], BBC News, 25 November 2009; accessed 28 November 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.epp.eu/newsdetail.php?hoofdmenuID=4&newsID=572&submenuID=49&subsubmenuID=147 "Barroso II: 13 EPP Commissioners receive key portfolios"]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, European People's Party, 27 November 2009; accessed 28 November 2009</ref> He was re-elected for the 8th term (2014–2019) of the European Parliament, as a member of the EPP group.