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Greece’s Tzitzikostas Nominated EU Transport Commissioner

Image of Tzitzikostas, a member of Greece's New Democracy party.
Tzitzikostas is a prominent member of the governing New Democracy (ND) party. Credit: European People’s Party, CC BY 2.0/Wikipedia

EU President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her new commission and nominated Greece’s Apostolos Tzitzikostas transport commissioner on Tuesday.

Tzitzikostas, a prominent member of the governing New Democracy (ND) party, served as governor of the region of Central Macedonia since 2013 and was formerly President of the European Committee of the Regions from 2020 until 2022.

He studied International Politics and Diplomacy at Georgetown University and worked at the office of the Chair of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Following his graduation in Public Policy and Economics at the University College of London, he returned to Greece and in 2001 he created his own company in the field of production, processing and standardization of dairy products, based on organic standards, by the name MACEDONIAN FARM SA, later to be marketed by industry leader Mevgal.  From 2003 until 2007 he served as CEO.

Greece also runs the transport committee in the European Parliament.

Politico reports that the pick is raising eyebrows as Greece continues to contend with the fallout from a deadly train crash, the worst in decades, and allegations of a cover-up.

The shipping nation is also accused of helping Russia skirt sanctions with a Greek-flagged shadow fleet transporting Russian oil.

The full list of portfolios in the EU Commission

Ursula von der Leyen (Germany): European Commission President

Teresa Ribera (Spain): Executive Vice-President for the Clean, Just and Competitive Transition. Acts as competition commissioner.

Henna Virkkunen (Finland): Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

Stéphane Séjourné (France): Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy

Roxana Mînzatu (Romania): Executive Vice-President for People, Skills and Preparedness

Raffaele Fitto (Italy): Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms

Kaja Kallas (Estonia): High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy

Magnus Brunner (Austria): Internal Affairs and Migration

Hadja Lahbib (Belgium): Preparedness, Crisis Management. Equality

Ekaterina Zaharieva (Bulgaria): Startups, Research and Innovation

Dubravka Šuica (Croatia): Mediterranean. Responsible for relations with Mediterranean neighbors in Middle East and North Africa.

Costas Kadis (Cyprus): Fisheries and Oceans

Jozef Síkela (Czech Republic): International Partnerships. This covers international development spending and the EU’s rival to China’s “Belt and Road Initiative.”

Dan Jørgensen (Denmark): Energy and Housing

Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Greece): Sustainable Transport and Tourism

Olivér Várhelyi (Hungary): Health and Animal Welfare

Michael McGrath (Ireland): Democracy, Justice and Rule of Law

Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia): Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification

Andrius Kubilius (Lithuania): Defense and Space

Christophe Hansen (Luxembourg): Agriculture and Food

Glenn Micallef (Malta): Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

Wopke Hoekstra (Netherlands): Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth

Piotr Serafin (Poland): Budget, Anti-fraud, Public Administrations

Maria Luís Albuquerque (Portugal): Financial Services

Maroš Šefčovič (Slovakia): Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency

Marta Kos (Slovenia): Enlargement

Jessika Roswall (Sweden): Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

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