Maroš Šefčovič
Maroš Šefčovič | |
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| European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration | |
| Assumed office 9 February 2010 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Margot Wallström (Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy) Siim Kallas (Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud) |
| European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth | |
| In office 1 October 2009 – 9 February 2010 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Ján Figeľ |
| Succeeded by | Androulla Vassiliou (Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 July 1966 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Political party | Direction-Social Democracy |
| Alma mater | University of Economics in Bratislava Moscow State Institute of International Relations Hoover Institution Alliance française Salzburg Global Seminar Comenius University in Bratislava |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Maroš Šefčovič (born 24 July 1966) is a Slovak diplomat and the current European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration. His area of responsibility includes the administration of the Commission, including management of some of the Commission's Internal Services; in particular consolidation of administrative reform, personnel and administration, European Schools and security.
He is a former Slovak ambassador to Israel. From 2004–2009, he was the Slovak Permanent Representative to the European Union. He is married and has three children.
He replaced Ján Figeľ as European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth on 1 October 2009.
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