Frans Timmermans

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Frans Timmermans (2018)

Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria "Frans" Timmermans (born May 6, 1961 in Maastricht ) is a Dutch politician ( PvdA / SPE ). He has been Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Climate Protection in the von der Leyen Commission since December 1, 2019 . From 1998 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2012 he was a member of the national parliament of the Netherlands for the social democratic Partij van de Arbeid . From 2007 to 2010 Timmermans was State Secretary for European Affairs in the Balkenende IV cabinet and from November 5, 2012 to October 31, 2014, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands.

Origin and education

Timmermans comes from a Roman Catholic family. His father worked in the diplomatic service of the Netherlands, his grandfathers worked as miners. Timmermans studied French literature at Radboud University Nijmegen and spent a year at Nancy University .

Professional activities

After graduating, he worked, among other things, as a guest lecturer at the Instituut Clingersael. He was a board member for the European Movement in the Netherlands. He worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and for the Dutch embassy in Moscow. From 1994 to 1995 Timmermans worked for the EU Commissioner Hans van den Broek and from 1995 to 1998 as a consultant and private secretary for Max van der Stoel in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe .

Political career

From 1998 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2012 Timmermans was a member of the national parliament of the Netherlands for the social democratic Partij van de Arbeid . From 2007 to 2010 Timmermans was State Secretary for European Affairs in the Balkenende IV cabinet and from November 5, 2012 to October 31, 2014, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands.

EU commissioner

Timmermans during the opening ceremony at the beginning of the Romanian Presidency from January 1, 2019

On September 10, 2014 it was announced that Timmermans will hold the post as one of the seven deputies of the EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in the new EU Commission. In the Juncker Commission , he is the first Vice President of the EU Commission and Juncker's direct deputy. He also became EU Commissioner for Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights .

In December 2014, Timmermans announced that the EU Commission would concentrate on the most important tasks in the future; in order to make this a reality, the EU commission dropped 83 legislative initiatives. The often criticized EU Eco-Design Directive is frozen, as many regulations within the framework of the directive were criticized as too bureaucratic and caused anger among the population. B. the ban on incandescent lamps or the regulation of vacuum cleaners.

In the Von der Leyen Commission, he has been one of the three Executive Vice-Presidents and Commissioner for the European Green Deal since 2019.

PES top candidate in the 2019 European elections

Timmermans at an election campaign event in Vienna (2019)

In November 2018, the Party of European Socialists (PES) agreed on Timmermans' candidacy for the office of EU Commission President and on Timmermans as the top candidate for the 2019 European elections after competitor Maroš Šefčovič withdrew his candidacy. Timmermans renounced his mandate in the EU Parliament , instead of him Lara Wolters moved into the EU Parliament in the 9th electoral term .

Personal

Timmermans is married for the second time. He has two children from his first marriage and two from his second marriage.

In addition to his two mother tongues, Dutch and Limburgish , Timmermans speaks fluent German , English , French , Russian and Italian .

Trivia

Frans Timmermans is nicknamed Fransrapid (after the high-speed train Transrapid ) because of his quick-wittedness .

Awards

Fonts

  • Good luck for! Het relaas van een Limburgse Europeaan . 1st edition. Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 2010, ISBN 978-90-351-3593-2 .

Web links

Commons : Frans Timmermans  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “The Dutch should speak more German” , Die Welt, November 12, 2012.
  2. ^ Peter Riesbeck: EU: Timmermanns wants to delete legislative initiatives , FR, December 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ The EU Commission 2019. Retrieved on November 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ European elections: Timmermans is the top candidate of the Social Democrats . Spiegel Online, 5 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Frans Timmermans neemt zetel in Europees Parlement niet in. July 2, 2019, accessed on July 6, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Biography: Frans Timmermans ( memento of October 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), elsevier.nl, June 17, 2010.
  7. ↑ Frans Timmermans to be super commissioner , Stuttgarter Zeitung, September 3, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Timmermans, Frans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Timmermans, Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Maastricht