Maroš Šefčovič
Maroš Šefčovič | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security and for Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen II |
| Preceded by | Valdis Dombrovskis (Trade) Věra Jourová (Transparency) |
| Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal | |
| In office 22 August 2023 – 30 November 2024 Acting: 22 August 2023 – 5 October 2023 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen I |
| Preceded by | Frans Timmermans |
| Succeeded by | Teresa Ribera |
| Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations | |
| In office 1 December 2019 – 30 November 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen I |
| Preceded by | Frans Timmermans |
| Succeeded by | Himself, as commissioner |
| In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014 | |
| Commission | Barroso II |
| Preceded by | Margot Wallström (Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy) Siim Kallas (Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud) |
| Succeeded by | Frans Timmermans |
| European Commissioner for Climate Action Acting | |
| In office 22 August 2023 – 9 October 2023 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen I |
| Preceded by | Frans Timmermans |
| Succeeded by | Wopke Hoekstra |
| European Commissioner for Digital Single Market Acting | |
| In office 3 July 2019 – 30 November 2019 | |
| Commission | Juncker |
| Preceded by | Andrus Ansip |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice President) |
| European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy Acting | |
| In office 16 October 2012 – 28 November 2012 | |
| Commission | Barroso II |
| Preceded by | John Dalli |
| Succeeded by | Tonio Borg |
| European Commissioner for Energy | |
| In office 1 November 2014 – 30 November 2019 | |
| Commission | Juncker |
| Preceded by | Günther Oettinger |
| Succeeded by | Kadri Simson |
| European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth | |
| In office 1 October 2009 – 9 February 2010 | |
| Commission | Barroso I |
| Preceded by | Ján Figeľ |
| Succeeded by | Androulla Vassiliou (Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth) |
| Ambassador of Slovakia to the European Union | |
| In office 2004 – 30 September 2009 | |
| Ambassador of Slovakia to Israel | |
| In office 1999–2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 July 1966 |
| Party | Smer–SD (1999–present) |
| Other political affiliations | KSČ (before 1990) |
| Spouse | Helena Šefčovičová |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations Comenius University |
Maroš Šefčovič (Slovak: [ˈmarɔʂ ˈʂeftʂɔʋitʂ] ⓘ; born 24 July 1966) is a Slovak diplomat and politician serving as European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency (2024–2029) in the Von der Leyen Commission II. Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal from 2023 to 2024, as well as Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations since 2019, previously holding the office from 2010 to 2014. He has been a member of the European Commission since 2009. Šefčovič also stood for office in the 2019 Slovak presidential election, which he lost to Zuzana Čaputová.
Šefčovič served as European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth from 2009 to 2010 and Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration from 2010 to 2014. He served as European Commissioner for Energy from 2014 to 2019. In 2019, Šefčovič was appointed Vice-President for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight.