Nicolas Schmit | |
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![]() Schmit in 2023 | |
European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights | |
Assumed office 1 December 2019 | |
President | Ursula von der Leyen |
Preceded by | Marianne Thyssen |
Member of the European Parliament for Luxembourg | |
In office 1 July 2019 – 30 November 2019 | |
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.