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Jean-Claude JunckerFormer Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday presented the names of the 27 people he wants to work with in the new European Commission. Juncker, 59, who is also a former Eurogroup president, is set to lead the commission from November 1.

Below is a list of the future commissioners he has selected for the European Union‘s executive. Their appointments now have to be approved by the bloc‘s governments and parliament.

Juncker also still has to make a decision on what portfolio each of the new commissioners will be responsible for.

AUSTRIA:  Johannes Hahn, 56, current EU regional policy commissioner

BELGIUM:  Marianne Thyssen, 58, EU parliamentarian

BRITAIN:  Jonathan Hill, 54, former leader of Britain‘s House of Lords

BULGARIA: Kristalina Georgieva, 61, current EU humanitarian aid commissioner

CROATIA:  Neven Mimica, 60, current EU consumer policy commissioner

CYPRUS:  Christos Stylianides, 56, EU parliamentarian

CZECH REPUBLIC:  Vera Jourova, 50, Czech regional development minister

DENMARK:  Margrethe Vestager, 46, former Danish finance minister

ESTONIA:  Andrus Ansip, 57, EU parliamentarian and former Estonian prime minister

FINLAND:  Jyrki Katainen, 42, current EU economy commissioner and former Finnish prime minister

FRANCE:  Pierre Moscovici, 56, former French finance minister

GERMANY:  Guenther Oettinger, 60, current EU commissioner for energy

GREECE Dimitris Avramopoulos, 61, Greek defence minister

HUNGARY:  Tibor Navracsics, 48, Hungarian foreign minister

IRELAND:  Phil Hogan, 54, former Irish environment minister

ITALY:  Federica Mogherini, 41, Italian foreign minister and next EU foreign policy chief

LATVIA:  Valdis Dombrovskis, 43, EU parliamentarian and former Latvian prime minister

LITHUANIA:  Vytenis Andriukaitis, 63, former Lithuanian health minister

MALTA:  Karmenu Vella, 64, former Maltese tourism minister

NETHERLANDS:  Frans Timmermans, 53, Dutch foreign minister

POLAND:  Elzbieta Bienkowska, 50, Polish development minister and deputy prime minister

PORTUGAL:  Carlos Moedas, 44, Portuguese state secretary to the prime minister

ROMANIA:  Corina Cretu, 47, EU parliamentarian

SWEDEN:  Cecilia Malmstrom, 46, current EU home affairs commissioner

SLOVAKIA: Maros Sefcovic, 48, current institutional affairs commissioner

SLOVENIA:  Alenka Bratusek, 44, Slovenian prime minister

SPAIN:  Miguel Arias Canete, 64, EU parliamentarian and former Spanish agriculture minister
(source: EU, DPA)

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