Maroš Šefčovič

Maroš Šefčovič

European Commissioner for Energy Union
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2014
President	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Günther Oettinger (Energy)
European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy Acting
In office 16 October 2012 – 28 November 2012
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	John Dalli
Succeeded by	Tonio Borg
European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration
In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Margot Wallström (Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy) Siim Kallas (Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud)
Succeeded by	Frans Timmermans (Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights)
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	(1966-07-24) 24 July 1966 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Political party	Direction-Social Democracy
Alma mater	University of Economics Moscow State Institute of International Relations Comenius University

Maroš Šefčovič (born 24 July 1966) is a Slovak diplomat and the current European Commissioner for Energy Union. He was previously European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration from 2010 to 2014. 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. A recent nomination would have him be promoted to the Vice President of the Commission for the Energy Union, he was previously slated to become the Commissioner for Transport.

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. José Manuel Barroso was Acting Commissioner in his stead, from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the European Parliament.^[1] He ultimately decided not to take up his seat.

References

^ EU Observer – Six Commissioners Head for EU Election Campaign Trail

External links

Official Media Gallery
Official website

Political offices
Preceded by Ján Figeľ	Slovak European Commissioner 2009–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Ján Figeľ	European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth 2009–2010	Succeeded by Androulla Vassiliou as European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth
Preceded by Margot Wallström as European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy	European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration 2010–2014	Succeeded by Frans Timmermans as European Commissioner for Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights
Preceded by Siim Kallas as European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud
Preceded by John Dalli	European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy Acting 2012	Succeeded by Tonio Borg
Preceded by Günther Oettinger as European Commissioner for Energy	European Commissioner for Energy Union 2014–present	Incumbent

Barroso Commission I (2004–09)

Joaquín Almunia Catherine Ashton⁶ José Manuel Barroso¹ Jacques Barrot² Joe Borg Karel De Gucht⁹ Stavros Dimas Benita Ferrero-Waldner Ján Figeľ¹⁰ Franco Frattini^{2, 5} Mariann Fischer Boel Dalia Grybauskaitė⁷ Danuta Hübner⁸ Siim Kallas² László Kovács Neelie Kroes Meglena Kuneva³ Markos Kyprianou⁴ Peter Mandelson⁶ Charlie McCreevy Louis Michel⁹ Leonard Orban³ Andris Piebalgs Janez Potočnik Viviane Reding Olli Rehn Paweł Samecki⁸ Maroš Šefčovič¹⁰ Algirdas Šemeta⁷ Vladimír Špidla Antonio Tajani^{2, 5} Androulla Vassiliou⁴ Günter Verheugen² Margot Wallström²

1 = President. 2 = Vice President. 3 = Served from 1 January 2007. 4 = Vassiliou replaced Kyprianou on 3 March 2008. 5 = Tajani replaced Frattini on 18 June 2008. 6 = Ashton replaced Mandelson on 3 October 2008. 7 = Šemeta replaced Grybauskaitė on 1 July 2009. 8 = Samecki replaced Hübner on 4 July 2009. 9 = De Gucht replaced Michel on 17 July 2009. 10 = Šefčovič replaced Figeľ on 1 October 2009.

Barroso Commission II (2009–14)

Foreign Affairs and Security Policy	Catherine Ashton¹ (2010–14)

Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship	Viviane Reding² (2010–2014) Martine Reicherts (2014)

Competition	Joaquín Almunia² (2010–14)

Transport	Siim Kallas² (2010–14)

Digital Agenda	Neelie Kroes² (2010–14)

Industry and Entrepreneurship	Antonio Tajani² (2010–14) Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (2014)

Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration	Maroš Šefčovič² (2010–14)

Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro	Olli Rehn² (2010–14) Jyrki Katainen² (2014)

Environment	Janez Potočnik (2010–14)

Development	Andris Piebalgs (2010–14)

Internal Market and Services	Michel Barnier² (2010–14)

Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth	Androulla Vassiliou (2010–14)

Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud	Algirdas Šemeta (2010–14)

Trade	Karel De Gucht (2010–14)

Health	John Dalli (2010-12) Tonio Borg (2012–14)

Research, Innovation and Science	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (2010–14)

Financial Programming and the Budget	Janusz Lewandowski (2010–14) Jacek Dominik (2014)

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries	Maria Damanaki (2010–14)

International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis	Kristalina Georgieva (2010–14)

Energy	Günther Oettinger² (2010–14)

Regional Policy	Johannes Hahn (2010–14)

Climate Action	Connie Hedegaard (2010–14)

Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy	Štefan Füle (2010–14)

Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion	László Andor (2010–14)

Home Affairs	Cecilia Malmström (2010–14)

Agriculture and Rural Development	Dacian Cioloş (2010–14)

Consumer Policy	Neven Mimica (2013–14)

1 = First Vice President. 2 = Vice President.

Juncker Commission (2014–present)

Vytenis Andriukaitis Andrus Ansip² Dimitris Avramopoulos Elżbieta Bieńkowska Violeta Bulc Miguel Arias Cañete Corina Crețu Valdis Dombrovskis² Kristalina Georgieva² Johannes Hahn Jonathan Hill Phil Hogan Věra Jourová Jean-Claude Juncker¹ Jyrki Katainen² Cecilia Malmström Neven Mimica Carlos Moedas Federica Mogherini² Pierre Moscovici Tibor Navracsics Günther Oettinger Maroš Šefčovič² Christos Stylianides Marianne Thyssen Frans Timmermans² Karmenu Vella Margrethe Vestager

1 = President. 2 = Vice President.

Party of European Socialists (PES)

European Parliament group: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

Parties

Member parties (EU)	SPÖ PS sp.a BSP/БСП SDP EDEK/ΕΔΕΚ ČSSD A SDE SDP PS SPD PA.SO.K./ΠΑ.ΣΟ.Κ. MSZP Lab PD PSI LSDP LSAP PL PvdA SLD UP PS PSD SMER-SD SD PSOE SAP Lab SDLP

Member parties (non-EU)	A

Associated parties (EU)	PBSD/БСДП

Associated parties (non-EU)	PS SDP BiH S SDSM/СДСМ DPS SDP DS SP/PS BDP CHP

Observer parties (EU)	LSDSP Saskaņa

Observer parties (non-EU)	PS ESDP/الديمقراطي HaAvoda/העבודה Meretz/מרצ PDM USPT CTP Fatah/فتح PSD FDTL

Party Presidents

European Parliament
Group Presidents

European Commissionners

Vytenis Andriukaitis (Health and Food Safety)
Corina Crețu (Regional Policy)
Neven Mimica (International Cooperation and Development)
Federica Mogherini (Foreign Affairs and Security Policy)
Pierre Moscovici (Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs)
Maroš Šefčovič (Energy Union)
Frans Timmermans (Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights)
Karmenu Vella (Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries)
see Juncker Commission

Heads of government
at the Council of the European Union

Werner Faymann (Austria)
Zoran Milanović (Croatia)
Bohuslav Sobotka (Czech Republic)
Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Denmark)
François Hollande (France)
Matteo Renzi (Italy)
Joseph Muscat (Malta)
Algirdas Butkevičius (Lithuania)
Robert Fico (Slovakia)
Stefan Löfven (Sweden)
see European Council

Eurofoundation: Foundation for European Progressive Studies

Maroš Šefčovič