Nicolas Schmit
Nicolas Schmit | |
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Minister of Labour, Employment and Social and Solidarity Economy | |
In office 23 July 2009 – 5 December 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Jean-Claude Juncker Xavier Bettel |
Preceded by | François Biltgen |
Succeeded by | Dan Kersch |
Personal details | |
Born | Differdange, Luxembourg | 10 December 1953
Political party | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
Other political affiliations | Party of European Socialists |
Children | 4 |
Education | Sciences Po Aix Aix-Marseille University |
Nicolas Schmit (born 10 December 1953) is a Luxembourgish politician serving as European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights since 2019. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), he is the EU-wide Spitzenkandidat of the centre-left PES at the 2024 EU elections. He was previously a member of the government of Luxembourg from 2004 to 2019 and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2019.
Early life and education
Schmit studied economics in France at the
Career
In 1979, Schmit started his political and diplomatic career as an attaché in the
In 2004, Schmit was appointed to the
After the
Since the
Controversy
In January 2011, Xavier Bettel claimed that Schmit exerted undue influence on the Grand Ducal Police to drop charges against his 18-year-old son the previous month. Schmit denied that his assistance of his son amounted to undue influence, saying that his "conscience is clear".[4]
Personal life
He is married and has four children.[5]
Footnotes
- ^ "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ "2009: Circonscription Est" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
- ^ PES ministers determined to push for more Social Europe
- ^ "Drohungen auf dem Polizeibüro?". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ^ Ein Mann will nach oben - land.lu - Pol Schock - September 13, 2019
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