Frans Timmermans

Frans Timmermans
Timmermans in 2023
Executive Vice President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal
In office 1 December 2019 – 22 August 2023
President	Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Maroš Šefčovič
European Commissioner for Climate Action
In office 1 December 2019 – 22 August 2023
President	Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by	Miguel Arias Cañete
Succeeded by	Maroš Šefčovič (acting)
First Vice President of the European Commission
In office 1 November 2014 – 30 November 2019
President	Jean-Claude Juncker
Preceded by	Catherine Ashton
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 5 November 2012 – 17 October 2014
Prime Minister	Mark Rutte
Preceded by	Uri Rosenthal
Succeeded by	Bert Koenders
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
In office 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010
Prime Minister	Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by	Atzo Nicolaï
Succeeded by	Ben Knapen
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 December 2023
In office 9 June 2010 – 5 November 2012
In office 6 May 1998 – 22 February 2007
House positions Parliamentary leader of GroenLinks–PvdA Incumbent Assumed office 6 December 2023 Preceded by Jesse Klaver
Personal details
Born	Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria Timmermans (1961-05-06) 6 May 1961 (age 63) Maastricht, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party (1990–present) GroenLinks–PvdA (2023–present)
Other political affiliations	Democrats 66 (1985) Party of European Socialists
Spouse	Irene Timmermans ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	4
Education	Radboud University (BA, MA) Nancy 2 University (LLM, MA)

Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria "Frans" Timmermans (Dutch pronunciation: [frɑnˈsɪskʏs kɔrˈneːlɪs xeːˈrɑrdʏs frɑns ˈtɪmərˌmɑns];^[a] born 6 May 1961) is a Dutch politician who served as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal and European Commissioner for Climate Action in the von der Leyen Commission from 2019 until his resignation in 2023. He is a member of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA).

Timmermans previously served as First Vice-President to Jean-Claude Juncker and European Commissioner for Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights from 2014 to 2019. He was the lead candidate of the Party of European Socialists (PES) for President of the European Commission in the European election that was held in May 2019.

Timmermans was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014 in the Second Rutte cabinet and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2010 in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet, in charge of European Affairs. He was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the Labour Party from 1998 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2012. He was a civil servant in the diplomatic service of the Netherlands from 1987 to 1998, when he became active in politics.

He vacated his post in the European Commission to lead the GroenLinks–PvdA alliance in the 2023 Dutch general election.^[1] GL–PvdA became the second largest party, and Timmermans has since served as the party's parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives.

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