Ján Figeľ

Ján Figeľ (born 20 January 1960 in Čaklov) is a Slovak politician. Figeľ served as European Commissioner from 2004 to 2009, then as Slovak minister of Transports from 2010 to 2012. From 2016 to 2019 he was European Commission special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion outside the EU.

Ján Figeľ
European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
In office
1 January 2007  1 October 2009
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byHimself (Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism)
Succeeded byMaroš Šefčovič
European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism
In office
22 November 2004  1 January 2007
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byViviane Reding
Dalia Grybauskaitė (Education and Culture)
Succeeded byHimself (Education, Training, Culture and Youth)
Leonard Orban (Multilingualism)
European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society
In office
1 May 2004  22 November 2004
Served with Erkki Liikanen, Olli Rehn
PresidentRomano Prodi
Preceded byErkki Liikanen
Succeeded byGünter Verheugen (Enterprise and Industry)
Viviane Reding (Information Society and Media)
Personal details
Born (1960-01-20) 20 January 1960
Čaklov, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Political partyChristian Democratic Movement
SpouseMária Figeľová
Children4
EducationTechnical University of Košice
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