Nicolas Schmit

Politician

Birthday December 10, 1953

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Differdange, Luxembourg

Age 70 years old

Nationality Luxembourg

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1953

Nicolas Schmit (born 10 December 1953) is a Luxembourgish politician serving as European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights since 2019.

A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), he is the EU-wide Spitzenkandidat of the centre-left PES at the 2024 EU elections.

1979

In 1979, Schmit started his political and diplomatic career as an attaché in the Prime Minister's office in Luxembourg, followed by the Foreign Ministry.

1989

In 1989, he became Secretary to the LSAP's delegation in the Chamber of Deputies.

1991

He was appointed to the Council of State on 29 October 1991, replacing René Grégorius.

2004

He was previously a member of the government of Luxembourg from 2004 to 2019 and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2019.

Schmit studied economics in France at the Institut d'études politiques d'Aix-en-Provence.

In 2004, Schmit was appointed to the first Juncker-Asselborn Ministry as Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Immigration, working under Jean Asselborn as Minister for Foreign Affairs.

2009

After the 2009 election, in which Schmit was elected for the Est constituency as the sole LSAP deputy, he did not take his seat but was reappointed to the government.

He was promoted to the office of Minister of Labour, Employment and Immigration of Luxembourg.

He is the chairman of the EPSCO network of the Party of European Socialists.

2011

In January 2011, Xavier Bettel claimed that Schmit exerted undue influence on the Grand Ducal Police to drop charges against his 18-year-old son the previous month.

Schmit denied that his assistance of his son amounted to undue influence, saying that his 'conscience is clear'.

He is married and has four children.

2019

Since the 2019 European elections, Schmit has been a Member of the European Parliament, where he belongs to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group.

He has since been serving on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.