Margaritis Schinas

Margaritis Schinas is a Greek politician and former civil servant who currently serves as Minister for Rural Development and Food in the second cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He previously served as vice-president in the Von der Leyen Commission with the portfolio of European Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life from 2019 to 2024. A member of the New Democracy party, he previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2007 to 2009 and served as chief spokesperson of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019, and as a deputy director-general of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Communication between 2015 and 2019.