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 Interinstitutional 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, Interinstitutional 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 Vice President of the European Commission, in charge of Energy Union. He was European Commissioner for Interinstitutional 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. In 2014, he was promoted to the Vice President of the Commission for the Energy Union, he was previously slated to become the Commissioner for Transport.

Diplomatic career

Šefčovič 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.

Member of the European Commission

European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, 2009–2010

Šefčovič 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 to 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the European Parliament. He ultimately decided not to take up his seat.

Vice-President of the European Commission, 2014–present

In July 2015, Šefčovič brokered an agreement between fifteen countries from central, eastern and southeast Europe to speed up the building of gas links, improve security of supply, reduce their reliance on Russia and develop a fully integrated energy market.

External links

• Official Media Gallery
• Official website

Political offices
Preceded by Ján Figeľ	Slovak European Commissioner 2009–present	Incumbent
	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 Interinstitutional Relations and Administration 2010–2014	Succeeded by Frans Timmermans as European Commissioner for Better Regulation, Interinstitutional 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