European Commission: Tibor Navracsics (HUN) in charge of sport, after Androulla Vassiliou (CYP)

Tibor Navracsics (HUN) was appointed European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship by the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on 10/09/2014. Sport is indeed among the prerogatives of Tibor Navracsics, the European Commission confirmed to News Tank on 10/09/2014.

The composition of the European Commission (28 Commissioners) must now be approved by the European Parliament at the meeting scheduled from 20 to 23/10/2014 in Strasbourg (France). If the Parliament accepts this composition, the Commissioners will take office on 01/11/2014 for a five-year term (to 2019).

Tibor Navracsis, 48 years old, should therefore replace the Cypriot Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multi-lingualism and Youth since 10/02/2010.

Tibor Navracsics is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commerce of Hungary since June 2014. He was previously the Minister of Public Administration and Justice from 2010 to 2014.

• Tibor Navracsics announced his candidacy to the European Commission on his Twitter account on 30/07/2014.