Maroš Šefčovič Politician

Maroš Šefčovič (born 24 July 1966) is a Slovak diplomat and the current Vice President of the European Commission, in charge of Energy Union. He was previously European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration from 2010 to 2014. His area of responsibility includes the administration of the Commission, including management of some of the Commission's Internal Services; in particular consolidation of administrative reform, personnel and administration, European Schools and security. A recent nomination would have him be promoted to the Vice President of the Commission for the Energy Union, he was previously slated to become the Commissioner for Transport. He is a former Slovak ambassador to Israel. From 2004–2009, he was the Slovak Permanent Representative to the European Union. He is married and has three children.He replaced Ján Figeľ as European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth on 1 October 2009. José Manuel Barroso was Acting Commissioner in his stead, from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the European Parliament. He ultimately decided not to take up his seat.

Personal facts

Maroš Šefčovič
Birth dateJuly 24, 1966
Birth place
Czechoslovakia , Bratislava
Education
Comenius University in Bratislava
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
University of Economics in Bratislava

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Office holder

office
European Commissioner for Education Training Culture and Youth
European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy
European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration
party
Direction – Social Democracy
president
successor

Maroš Šefčovič on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/2010/mediaGallery.cfm?&gallery=yes&sitelang=en#9640
  2. http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/sefcovic/index_en.htm