Margrethe Vestager

ABOUT MARGRETHE VESTAGER

Danish politician who has served as the European Commissioner for Competition between 2014-2019. She was subsequently elected as the Executive Vice President-Designate of the European Commission for a Europe fit for the Digital Age in 2019.

She graduated from the University of Copenhagen with her economics degree in 1993.

She was the head of Denmark's Social Liberal Party between 2007-2014. She later served as Denmark's Minister of the Economy and Interior between 2011-2014.

She shares three daughters named Maria, Rebecca, and Ella with her husband Thomas.

She served as Minister of the Economy and Interior under Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt between 2011-2014.