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The deadline for placing ahead names for the following European Commission is the top of August.
With that date approaching quick, and now that Ursula von der Leyen is again from her summer time vacation in Germany, listed below are the nominees thus far (do not forget that all of them, aside from von der Leyen herself, must be authorised by the European Parliament). At the time of writing, three nations had not made an official decide.
Austria
Magnus Brunner
Current job: Austrian finance minister
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Belgium
Unknown
Bulgaria
Unknown
Croatia
Dubravka Šuica
Current job: European commissioner for democracy and demography
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Cyprus
Costas Kadis
Current job: Acting dean on the School of Health Sciences at Frederick University in Cyprus (beforehand served as Cyprus’ minister of well being, training and tradition, and agriculture and surroundings)
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Czech Republic
Jozef Síkela
Current job: Czech business and commerce minister
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Denmark
Dan Jørgensen
Current job: Minister for growth cooperation and international local weather coverage
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Estonia
Kaja Kallas
Current job: Stepped down as Estonian prime minister in July after being picked by EU leaders because the bloc’s subsequent overseas coverage chief
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Finland
Henna Virkkunen
Current job: Member of the European Parliament
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France
Thierry Breton
Current job: European commissioner for inside market and companies
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Germany
Ursula von der Leyen
Current job: European Commission president
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Greece
Apostolos Tzitzikostas
Current job: Governor of Central Macedonia
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Hungary
Olivér Várhelyi
Current job: European commissioner for neighborhood and enlargement
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Ireland
Michael McGrath
Current job: Irish finance minister
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Italy
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Latvia
Valdis Dombrovskis
Current job: European Commission government vp for an economic system that works for folks/European commissioner for commerce
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Lithuania
Andrius Kubilius
Current job: Member of the European Parliament
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Luxembourg
Christophe Hansen
Current job: Member of the European Parliament
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Malta
Glenn Micallef
Current job: Prime Minister Robert Abela’s adviser on EU affairs, after serving as Abela’s “sherpa” for 4 years
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The Netherlands
Wopke Hoekstra
Current job: European commissioner for local weather motion
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Poland
Piotr Serafin
Current job: Poland’s ambassador to the EU
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Portugal
Maria Luís Albuquerque
Current job: On the supervisory board at Morgan Stanley Europe and the advisory boards of a number of Portguese universities. Also a member of the National Council of the Portuguese Social Democratic Party
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Romania
Victor negrescu
Current job: Vice president of the European Parliament
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Slovakia
Maroš Šefčovič
Current job: European Commission government vp for the European Green Deal/Commission vice-president for interinstitutional relations
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Slovenia
Tomaž Vesel
Current job: Lawyer, former president of the Slovenian courtroom of auditors
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Spain
Teresa Ribera
Current job: Spain’s deputy prime minister and minister for the ecological transition
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Sweden
Jessika Roswall
Current job: Sweden’s minister for EU affairs
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