Von der Leyen’s new Commission: The 24 names we know so far

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The deadline for putting forward names for the next European Commission is the end of August.

With that date approaching fast, and now that Ursula von der Leyen is back from her summer holiday in Germany, here are the nominees so far (remember that all of them, except for von der Leyen herself, need to be approved by the European Parliament). At the time of writing, three countries had not made an official pick.

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Austria

Magnus Brunner

Current job: Austrian finance minister

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Belgium

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Bulgaria

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Croatia

Dubravka Šuica

Current job: European commissioner for democracy and demography

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Cyprus

Costas Kadis

Current job: Acting dean at the School of Health Sciences at Frederick University in Cyprus (previously served as Cyprus’ minister of health, education and culture, and agriculture and environment)

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Czech Republic

Jozef Síkela

Current job:  Czech industry and trade minister

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Denmark

Dan Jørgensen

Current job: Minister for development cooperation and global climate policy

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Estonia

Kaja Kallas

Current job: Stepped down as Estonian prime minister in July after being picked by EU leaders as the bloc’s next foreign policy 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 internal market and services

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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 executive vice president for an economy that works for people/European commissioner for trade

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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 four years

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The Netherlands

Wopke Hoekstra

Current job: European commissioner for climate action 

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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 several 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 executive vice president 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 court 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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