Maroš Šefčovič

Maroš Šefčovič
European Commissioner for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration
Incumbent
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 (1966-07-24) (age 45) 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.

External links

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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 Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration 2010–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Siim Kallas as European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud

Persondata
Name	Sefcovic, Maros
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Short description
Date of birth	24 July 1966
Place of birth	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Date of death
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