Frans Timmermans

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Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria Timmermans (born 6 May 1961) is a Dutch politician who was the leader of GroenLinks–PvdA in the House of Representatives from 2023 to 2025. From 2019 to 2023, Timmermans was Executive Vice President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal and European Commissioner for Climate Action in the von der Leyen I Commission. Prior to that, he was First Vice-President under Jean-Claude Juncker (2014–2019), overseeing Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. He was also the Party of European Socialists’ lead candidate for the European Commission presidency in the 2019 European elections. Before his roles in Brussels, Timmermans served as Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (2012–2014) in the Second Rutte cabinet and as State Secretary for European Affairs (2007–2010) in the Fourth Balkenende cabinet. He was a member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party from 1998 to 2007...

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