Viviane Reding
Viviane Reding | |
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Reding in 2014 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 30 October 2018 – 30 September 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Elisabeth Margue |
| Constituency | Centre |
| In office 13 July 1999 – 6 August 1999 | |
| Constituency | Centre |
| In office 6 July 1979 – 21 July 1989 | |
| Constituency | Centre |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 1 September 2018 | |
| Constituency | Luxembourg |
| In office 25 July 1989 – 15 September 1999 | |
| Constituency | Luxembourg |
| European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship | |
| In office 9 February 2010 – 1 July 2014 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Jacques Barrot (Justice, Freedom and Security) |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Hahn (Acting) |
| European Commissioner for Information Society and Media | |
| In office 22 November 2004 – 9 February 2010 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Ján Figeľ Olli Rehn (Enterprise and Information Society) |
| Succeeded by | Neelie Kroes (Digital Agenda) |
| European Commissioner for Education and Culture | |
| In office 13 September 1999 – 21 November 2004 Served with Dalia Grybauskaitė | |
| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Marcelino Oreja (Culture) |
| Succeeded by | Ján Figeľ (Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Viviane Adélaïde Reding 27 April 1951 |
| Party | Luxembourgish Christian Social People's Party EU European People's Party |
| Spouse | Dimitri Zois (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
Viviane Reding (born 27 April 1951) is a Luxembourgish former politician of the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party. She served as Luxembourg's European Commissioner from 1999 to 2014, holding the portfolios of Education and Culture from 1999 to 2004, Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010 and Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014. She was subsequently a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2018 and of Luxembourg's Chamber of Deputies from 2018 to 2022, when she retired from politics.
Before starting a professional career as a journalist for the leading newspaper in Luxembourg, the Luxemburger Wort, Reding obtained a doctorate in human sciences at the Sorbonne. From 1986 to 1998, she was President of the Luxembourg Union of Journalists. On 27 November 2009, she was elevated in the "Barroso II Commission" to vice-president responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. She is also an advisor for the transatlantic think-tank European Horizons.