Pierre Moscovici
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| European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2014 |
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| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by |
Jyrki Katainen (Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro) Algirdas Šemeta (Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud) |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Preceded by | François Baroin |
| Succeeded by | Michel Sapin |
| Member of the National Assembly for Franche-Comté |
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In office 16 May 1997 – 1 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Bruno Roddand |
| Succeeded by | Philpe Hollande |
| Personal details | |
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16 September 1957 Paris, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Anne-Michelle Basteri |
| Alma mater |
Institute of Political Studies, Paris National School of Administration, Strasbourg |
Pierre Moscovici (French pronunciation: [piɛʁ.mɔs.kɔ.vi.si]; born September 16, 1957) is a French politician currently serving as the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs. Previously he served as a senior French politician, as Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2014 and as Minister for European Affairs between 1997 and 2002.
Previously a member of the Trotskyist group the Revolutionary Communist League, Moscovici joined the French Socialist Party (PS) in 1984 and has since that time been a member of the Departmental Council of Doubs and of the French and European Parliaments. He has been National Secretary of his party since 1995.
On May 2014, he has been entrusted by the Prime Minister of France with a six-month mission to assess how European policies can better contribute to growth and employment. On July 2014, French President Francois Hollande proposed him to be France's representative in the next European Commission. On September 2014, he was named as European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs by President-elect of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.
Born in Paris, he is the son of the influential Romanian-Jewish social psychologist Serge Moscovici and of the Polish-Jewish psychoanalyst Marie Bromberg-Moscovici.
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