Nicolas Schmit

Nicolas Schmit
Schmit in 2023
European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights
Incumbent
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	(1953-12-10) 10 December 1953 (age 70) Differdange, Luxembourg
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.