Margrethe Vestager

Margrethe Vestager
Vestager at the European Parliament hearings in October 2019
Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 2019 Serving with Frans Timmermans & Valdis Dombrovskis
President	Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by	Office established[a]
European Commissioner for Competition
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2014
President	Jean-Claude Juncker Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by	Joaquín Almunia
Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark
In office 3 October 2011 – 2 September 2014
Prime Minister	Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded by	Lars Barfoed
Succeeded by	Morten Østergaard
Minister of the Economy and Interior
In office 3 October 2011 – 2 September 2014
Prime Minister	Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Preceded by	Brian Mikkelsen (Economy) Bertel Haarder (Interior)
Succeeded by	Morten Østergaard
Leader of the Social Liberal Party
In office 15 June 2007 – 2 September 2014
Preceded by	Marianne Jelved
Succeeded by	Morten Østergaard
Minister of Education
In office 23 March 1998 – 27 November 2001
Prime Minister	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Preceded by	Ole Vig Jensen
Succeeded by	Ulla Tørnæs
Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs
In office 23 March 1998 – 21 December 2000
Prime Minister	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
Preceded by	Ole Vig Jensen
Succeeded by	Johannes Lebech
Personal details
Born	(1968-04-13) 13 April 1968 Glostrup, Denmark
Political party	Social Liberal Party
Other political affiliations	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Spouse(s)	Thomas Jensen ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	3
Education	University of Copenhagen

Margrethe Vestager (Danish pronunciation: [mɑˈkʁeˀtə ˈvestˌɛˀjɐ]; born 13 April 1968) is a Danish politician. She is a European Commissioner in the Ursula von der Leyen Commission. She is the Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age since December 2019^[1] and European Commissioner for Competition since 2014.

Vestager is a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party.