Maroš Šefčovič

First Vice President of European Commission · Slovakia · On the map · Politicians · Born 1966 · age 60

Maroš Šefčovič is a Slovak diplomat and politician serving as European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency (2024-2029) in the Von der Leyen Commission II.

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A life in dates

2025Grand Cross of the Order of Civil MeritAward2024Named European Commissioner for TradeOfficefrom 1 December 2024Gratitude MedalAward2023Named European Commissioner for Climate ActionOffice22 August to 9 October 20232019Named European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and AdministrationOfficefrom 1 December 2019Named European Commissioner for Digital Single MarketOffice3 July to 30 November 20192014Named European Commissioner for EnergyOffice1 November 2014 to 30 November 20192012Named European Commissioner for Health and Consumer PolicyOffice16 October to 28 November 20122010Named European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and AdministrationOffice9 February 2010 to 1 November 20142009Named European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and YouthOffice1 October 2009 to 9 February 2010More about this1966Born24 July 1966

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Valdis Dombrovskis Preceded Maroš as European Commissioner for Trade

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Šefčovič testifies before the European Parliament in 2019

Šefčovič with Olaf Scholz, Aleksandar Vučić and Miloš Vučević in July 2024

Awards

Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit2025

Gratitude Medal, Zuzana Čaputová2024

Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class

About this person

Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal from 2023 to 2024, as well as Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations since 2019, previously holding the office from 2010 to 2014. He has been a member of the European Commission since 2009. Šefčovič also stood for office in the 2019 Slovak presidential election, which he lost to Zuzana Čaputová.

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Slovakia