The names we know so far – POLITICO
The deadline for nominating candidates for the next European Commission ends at the end of August.
With that date fast approaching and Ursula von der Leyen back from her summer vacation in Germany, here are the nominees so far (remember that all of them, except von der Leyen herself, must be confirmed by the European Parliament). At the time of writing, eight countries had not yet made an official choice.
Austria
Magnus Brunner
Current activity: Austrian Finance Minister
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Belgium
Unknown
Bulgaria
Unknown
Croatia
Dubravka Šuica
Current activity: EU Commissioner for Democracy and Demography
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Cyprus
Costas Kadis
Current activity: Acting Dean of the School of Health Sciences, Frederick University in Cyprus (previously Minister of Health, Education and Culture and Agriculture and Environment of Cyprus)
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Czech Republic
Jozef Síkela
Current activity: Czech Minister of Industry and Trade
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Denmark
Unknown
Estonia
Kaja Kallas
Current activity: In July, he resigned as Estonian prime minister after being appointed by EU leaders as the bloc’s next foreign policy chief.
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Finland
Henna Virkkunen
Current activity: Member of the European Parliament
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France
Thierry Breton
Current activity: EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
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Germany
Ursula von der Leyen
Current activity: President of the European Commission
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Greece
Apostolos Tzitzikostas
Current activity: Governor of Central Macedonia
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Hungary
Oliver Varhelyi
Current activity: EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement
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Ireland
Michael McGrath
Current activity: Irish Finance Minister
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Italy
Unknown
Latvia
Valdis Dombrovskis
Current activity: Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for an Economy that Works for People/European Commissioner for Trade
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Lithuania
Unknown
Luxembourg
Unknown
Malta
Glenn Micallef
Current activity: In June he resigned as chief of staff to Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela.
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Netherlands
Wopke Hoekstra
Current activity: EU Commissioner for Climate Action
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Poland
Piotr Serafin
Current activity: Poland’s Ambassador to the EU
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Portugal
Unknown
Romania
Unknown
Slovakia
Maros Sefcovič
Current activity: Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal/Vice-President of the Commission for Interinstitutional Relations
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Slovenia
Tomaz Vesel
Current activity: Lawyer, former President of the Slovenian Court of Auditors
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Spain
Teresa Ribera
Current activity: Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Ecological Transition
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Sweden
Jessica Roswall
Current activity: Sweden’s Minister for EU Affairs
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