Frans Timmermans
| Frans Timmermans | |
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Frans Timmermans in 2013
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| First Vice President of the European Commission | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2014 |
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| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by | Cathy Ashton |
| European Commissioner for Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2014 |
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| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by |
Maroš Šefčovič (Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration) Martine Reicherts (Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship) |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 5 November 2012 – 17 October 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | Uri Rosenthal |
| Succeeded by | Bert Koenders |
| Undersecretary for European Affairs | |
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In office 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Atzo Nicolaï |
| Succeeded by | Ben Knapen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria Timmermans 6 May 1961 Maastricht, Netherlands |
| Political party |
Democrats 66 (1985–1990) Labour Party (1990–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Irene Timmermans (2000–present) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
Radboud University Nancy 2 University |
Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria "Frans" Timmermans (Dutch pronunciation: [frɑnˈsɪskʏs kɔrˈneːlɪs ɣeːˈrɑrdʏs frɑns ˈtɪmərˌmɑns]; born 6 May 1961) is a Dutch politician and diplomat who currently serves as the First Vice-President of the European Commission and the European Commissioner for the portfolio of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Juncker Commission from 1 November 2014.
Timmermans previously served in the Dutch Civil Service (1987–1998), as a member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party (1998–2007; 2010–2012), as Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs charged with European Affairs (2007–2010) and as Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012–2014).
Frans Timmermans was born on 6 May 1961 in Maastricht in the Dutch province of Limburg to a Roman Catholic family.
He went to the Sint Stevens-Woluwe elementary school at Sint-Stevens-Woluwe in Belgium, before attending, from 1972, the Lyceum Saint George's English School at Rome in Italy and from 1975 until 1980 the Athenaeum Bernardinuscollege in what became his hometown of Heerlen.
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