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Viviane Reding | |
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_01.jpg) Official portrait, 2014 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 1 July 2014 – 1 September 2018 | |
| Constituency | Luxembourg |
| European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship | |
| In office 9 February 2010 – 1 July 2014 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Jacques Barrot (Justice, Freedom and Security) |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Hahn (Acting) |
| European Commissioner for Information Society and Media | |
| In office 22 November 2004 – 9 February 2010 | |
| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Ján Figeľ Olli Rehn (Enterprise and Information Society) |
| Succeeded by | Neelie Kroes (Digital Agenda) |
| European Commissioner for Education and Culture | |
| In office 13 September 1999 – 21 November 2004 Served with Dalia Grybauskaitė | |
| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Marcelino Oreja (Culture) |
| Succeeded by | Ján Figeľ (Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Viviane Adélaïde Reding 27 April 1951 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
| Political party |  LuxembourgishChristian Social People's Party  EUEuropean People's Party |
| Spouse | Dimitri Zois (divorced) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
Viviane Adélaïde[citation needed] Reding (born 27 April 1951) is a Luxembourgish politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. She is a member of the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party. She previously served as European Commissioner for Education and Culture from 1999 to 2004, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010 and European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014.
Before starting a professional career as a journalist for the leading newspaper in Luxembourg, the Luxemburger Wort, she obtained a doctorate in human sciences at the Sorbonne. From 1986 to 1998, she was President of the Luxembourg Union of Journalists. On 27 November 2009, she was elevated in the "Barroso II Commission" to vice-president responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship.[1][2] She is also an advisor for the transatlantic think-tank European Horizons.[3]
- ^ "Barroso gets new EU Commission team", BBC News, 25 November 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "Barroso II: 13 EPP Commissioners receive key portfolios"[permanent dead link], European People's Party, 27 November 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "European Horizons – A Transatlantic Think-Tank". europeanhorizons.org. Retrieved 28 January 2018.