Key facts
- Commission
- Von der Leyen I
- Preceded by
- Position established
- Succeeded by
- Henna Virkkunen
- Prime minister
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt
- Born
- ( 1968-04-13 ) 13 April 1968 (age 58) , Glostrup , Denmark
- Party
- Social Liberal Party
- Other political affiliations
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
- Spouse
- Thomas Jensen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 )
- Education
- University of Copenhagen
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Margrethe Vestager (born 13 April 1968) is a Danish politician who formerly served as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age between December 2019 and November 2024 in the Von Der Leyen Commission and was European Commissioner for Competition between 2014 and 2024 under Commission Presidents Juncker and Von Der Leyen. Vestager is a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party, and of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) on the European level.
Prior to joining the European Commission, she served in the Danish governments of Poul Nyrup Rasmussen as Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs from 1998 to 2000 and Minister of Education from 1998 to 2001. She was leader of the Social Liberals from 2007 to 2014, and served as Minister of Economic Affairs and the Interior under Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2011 to 2014.
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