Back مارغريتيس شيناس Arabic مارجاريتيس سكيناس ARZ Маргаритис Схинас Bulgarian Margaritis Schinas Danish Margaritis Schinas German Μαργαρίτης Σχοινάς Greek Margaritis Sĥinas Esperanto Margaritis Schinás Spanish Margarítis Schoinás Finnish Margarítis Schinás French
Margaritis Schinas | |
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Μαργαρίτης Σχοινάς | |
_-_Protecting_our_European_way_of_life_(48838400957)_(cropped).jpg) Schinas in 2019 | |
| Vice-President of the European Commission | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2019 | |
| President | Ursula von der Leyen |
| European Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2019 | |
| President | Ursula von der Leyen |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 25 September 2007 – 13 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | Greece |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 28, 1962 Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Other political affiliations | European People's Party |
| Spouse | Merthes Alvargonthaleth |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Thessaloniki (LLB) College of Europe (DEA) London School of Economics (MSc) |
Margaritis Schinas (Greek: Μαργαρίτης Σχοινάς [marɣaˈritis sçiˈnas]; born 28 July 1962) is a Greek politician and former civil servant. He took office in December 2019 as a vice-president in the Von der Leyen Commission with the portfolio of European Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life. A member of the New Democracy party, he previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2007 to 2009 and served as chief spokesperson of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019, and as a deputy director-general of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Communication between 2015 and 2019.