Margrethe Vestager - MV portrait 3 scaled

Margrethe Vestager

Executive Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Competition

Margrethe Vestager is the Executive Vice President of the European Commission for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age and Commissioner for Competition. She previously served as Commissioner for Competition (2014-19). She was Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior (2011-14) and Minister for Education (1998-2001) of Denmark, and as President of the ECOFIN Council (2012). She was Political leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party (2007-14), and has worked for the Danish Ministry of Finance (1993-95). Ms. Vestager holds an MSc in Economics (University of Copenhagen).