Maroš Šefčovič

Maroš Šefčovič (2017)

Maroš Šefčovič (born July 24, 1966 in Bratislava ) is a Slovak diplomat and politician ( non-party ). He has been a member of the European Commission since 2009 .

education

Šefčovič studied from 1984 to 1985 at the Bratislava University of Economics and from 1985 to 1990 at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations . In 1990 he completed his studies with a professional doctorate (JUDr.) In law at the Comenius University in Bratislava ; from 1996 to 2000 he added a PhD degree, also at Comenius University.

Political career

In 1990, Šefčovič worked as an advisor to the Deputy Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia . From 1991 he pursued a diplomatic career, during which he worked in Harare ( Zimbabwe ) and Ottawa ( Canada ), among others . In 1998 he was briefly the office manager of the Slovak Foreign Minister, after which he became Deputy Head of the Slovak Representation to the European Union and in 1999 Ambassador to Israel . From 2003 he was Director General in the European Affairs Department of the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the following year, after Slovakia joined the EU , he became the permanent representative of his country to the EU.

In 2009 he became a member of the Barroso I Commission, succeeding Ján Figeľ , where he was Commissioner for Education, Training and Culture . From February 10, 2010 to October 31, 2014, he was Vice-President of the Barroso II Commission and Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Administration . Since November 1, 2014, Šefčovič has been Vice-President of the Juncker Commission and Commissioner for the Energy Union .

In the presidential election in Slovakia in 2019 , he ran as an independent candidate, but was by the ruling party Direction - Social Democracy supported (Smer-SD). In the first ballot on March 16, 2019, he was in second place with 18.8 percent of the vote, behind Zuzana Čaputová with 40.6 percent; in the runoff election on March 30, 2019, he was defeated by Čaputová with 41.59 to 58.40 percent of the vote.

Since December 1, 2019, he has been Vice President of the EU Commission and Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight in the Von der Leyen Commission .

Private

Šefčovič is married and has three children.

Web links

• Maroš Šefčovič in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

1. ^ President Barroso introduces his new team. European Union, November 27, 2008 (press release).
2. ↑ Till Hoppe, Hans-Peter Siebenhaar: EU Commissioner Šefčovič wants to become the new Slovak President. In: Handesblatt Online . 3rd February 2019.
3. ↑ Civil rights activist wins first ballot. In: Spiegel Online . 17th March 2019.
4. ^ Civil rights activist Caputova wins the first round of the presidential election. In: Welt Online . 17th March 2019.
5. ↑ dpa: The new commissioners: From old hands and newcomers - the new EU Commission . In: The time . November 27, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).