The deadline for putting forward names for the next European Commission is the end of August.
With that date approaching fast, and now that Ursula von der Leyen is back from her summer holiday in Germany, here are the nominees so far (remember that all of them, except for von der Leyen herself, need to be approved by the European Parliament). At the time of writing, three countries had not made an official pick.
Austria
Magnus Brunner
Current job: Austrian finance minister
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Belgium
Unknown
Bulgaria
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Croatia
Dubravka Šuica
Current job: European commissioner for democracy and demography
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Cyprus
Costas Kadis
Current job: Acting dean at the School of Health Sciences at Frederick University in Cyprus (previously served as Cyprus’ minister of health, education and culture, and agriculture and environment)
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Czech Republic
Jozef Síkela
Current job: Czech industry and trade minister
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Denmark
Dan Jørgensen
Current job: Minister for development cooperation and global climate policy
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Estonia
Kaja Kallas
Current job: Stepped down as Estonian prime minister in July after being picked by EU leaders as the bloc’s next foreign policy chief
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Finland
Henna Virkkunen
Current job: Member of the European Parliament
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France
Thierry Breton
Current job: European commissioner for internal market and services
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Germany
Ursula von der Leyen
Current job: European Commission president
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Greece
Apostolos Tzitzikostas
Current job: Governor of Central Macedonia
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Hungary
Olivér Várhelyi
Current job: European commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement
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Ireland
Michael McGrath
Current job: Irish finance minister
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Italy
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Latvia
Valdis Dombrovskis
Current job: European Commission executive vice-president for an economy that works for people/European commissioner for trade
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Lithuania
Andrius Kubilius
Current job: Member of the European Parliament
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Luxembourg
Christophe Hansen
Current job: Member of the European Parliament
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Malta
Glenn Micallef
Current job: Prime Minister Robert Abela’s adviser on EU affairs, after serving as Abela’s ‘sherpa’ for four years
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The Netherlands
Wopke Hoekstra
Current job: European commissioner for climate action
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Poland
Piotr Serafin
Current job: Poland’s ambassador to the EU
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Portugal
Maria Luís Albuquerque
Current job: On the supervisory board at Morgan Stanley Europe and the advisory boards of several Portguese universities. Also a member of the National Council of the Portuguese Social Democratic Party
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Romania
Victor negrescu
Current job: Vice-president of the European Parliament
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Slovakia
Maroš Šefčovič
Current job: European Commission executive vice-president for the European Green Deal/Commission vice-president for interinstitutional relations
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Slovenia
Tomaž Vesel
Current job: Lawyer, former president of the Slovenian court of auditors
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Spain
Teresa Ribera
Current job: Spain’s deputy prime minister and minister for the ecological transition
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Sweden
Jessika Roswall
Current job: Sweden’s minister for EU affairs
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