Pierre Moscovici

Pierre Moscovici, born on September sixteenth, nineteen fifty-seven, is a prominent French politician and economist known for his significant contributions to European economic policy. His career has been marked by various high-profile roles, including serving as the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs from two thousand fourteen to two thousand nineteen.

Before his tenure in the European Commission, Moscovici held the position of Minister of Finance from two thousand twelve to two thousand fourteen. His political journey began with the Revolutionary Communist League, but he transitioned to the French Socialist Party in nineteen eighty-four, where he has been an influential figure in both the Departmental Council of Doubs and the French Parliament.

In May two thousand fourteen, he was tasked by the Prime Minister of France with a crucial six-month mission aimed at evaluating how European policies could enhance growth and employment. This mission paved the way for his nomination by President François Hollande as France's representative in the European Commission, a role he officially assumed in September two thousand fourteen under President Jean-Claude Juncker.