Nicolas Schmit
Nicolas Schmit | |
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Schmit in 2024 | |
| European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights | |
| In office 1 December 2019 – 30 November 2024 | |
| Commission | Von der Leyen I |
| Preceded by | Marianne Thyssen |
| Succeeded by | Roxana Mînzatu |
| Member of the European Parliament for Luxembourg | |
| In office 1 July 2019 – 30 November 2019 | |
| Succeeded by | Marc Angel |
| Minister of Labour, Employment and Social and Solidarity Economy | |
| In office 23 July 2009 – 5 December 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Claude Juncker Xavier Bettel |
| Preceded by | François Biltgen |
| Succeeded by | Dan Kersch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 December 1953 Differdange, Luxembourg |
| Party | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
| Other political affiliations | Party of European Socialists |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Sciences Po Aix Aix-Marseille University |
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Nicolas Schmit (born 10 December 1953) is a Luxembourgish politician who served as European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), he was the EU-wide Spitzenkandidat of the centre-left PES at the 2024 EU elections. He was previously a member of the government of Luxembourg from 2004 to 2019 and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2019.