Ján Figeľ
Ján Figeľ | |
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Figeľ in 2011 | |
| European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth | |
| In office 1 January 2007 – 1 October 2009 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Himself (Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism) |
| Succeeded by | Maroš Šefčovič |
| European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism | |
| In office 22 November 2004 – 1 January 2007 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Viviane Reding Dalia Grybauskaitė (Education and Culture) |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Education, Training, Culture and Youth) Leonard Orban (Multilingualism) |
| European Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society | |
| In office 1 May 2004 – 22 November 2004 Served with Erkki Liikanen, Olli Rehn | |
| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Erkki Liikanen |
| Succeeded by | Günter Verheugen (Enterprise and Industry) Viviane Reding (Information Society and Media) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 January 1960 Čaklov, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Movement |
| Spouse | Mária Figeľová |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Technical University of Košice |
Ján Figeľ (born 20 January 1960) is a Slovak politician who served as European Commissioner from 2004 to 2009, then as Slovak Minister of Transport from 2010 to 2012.
From 2016 to 2019, Figeľ was European Commission special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion outside the EU.