Frans Timmermans

Frans Timmermans     (politician, diplomat)
Born	Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria Timmermans 1961-05-06 Maastricht, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	Radboud University, Nancy 2 University
Children	4
Spouse	Irene Timmermans
Party	Democrats 66, Labour Party
Vice-President of the European Commission  Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age In office 1 December 2019 - Present With Margrethe Vestager & Valdis Dombrovskis  Vice-President of the European Commission  In office 1 November 2014 - Present Preceded by Catherine Ashton  European Commissioner for Better Regulation Inter-Institutional Relations Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights In office 1 November 2014 - Present  Netherlands/Minister for Foreign Affairs In office 5 November 2012 - 17 October 2014  State Secretary for European Affairs In office 22 February 2007 - 23 February 2010  Member of the House of Representatives In office 6 May 1998 - 22 February 2007  Member of the House of Representatives In office 9 June 2010 - 5 November 2012

Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria "Frans" Timmermans

Career

As Vice-President of the European Commission, opined on "Which world do we want after COVID-19?" and on how to ensure that "all of Europe gets vaccines".

Opinions

“They are now being disappointed. Look at what the divisiveness of Brexit has done to the UK. Today, the UK looks like Game of Thrones on steroids.”
Frans Timmermans (16 May 2019) 

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2008	5 June 2008	8 June 2008	US Virginia Chantilly	The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	World Economic Forum Switzerland	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21. January, coinciding with the start of the meeting.