predecessor successor children birth_place president alongside religion party office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
himself -rrb- viviane reding dalia grybauskaitė -lrb- education and culture -rrb- -lrb- erkki liikanen education , training , culture and multilingualism maroš and youth -rrb- leonard orban -lrb- multilingualism -rrb- günter verheugen Šefčovič -lrb- enterprise and industry -rrb- viviane reding -lrb- information society himself and media -rrb- -lrb- education , training , culture 4 Čaklov , czechoslovakia -lrb- now slovakia -rrb- josé manuel barroso josé manuel barroso romano prodi erkki liikanen olli rehn roman catholicism christian democratic movement minister slovakia european commissioner for education , training , culture and of multilingualism european commissioner for enterprise and information society transportation of slovakia minister of transportation of 20 january 1960 1 january 2007 22 november 2004 1 may 2004 mária figeľová ján figel.jpg ján figeľ
 1 october 2009 1 january 2007 22 november 2004 ján figeľ technical university of košice georgetown university university of antwerp
ján figeľ

ján figeľ -lrb- born 20 january 1960 -rrb- is a slovak politician who was european commissioner for education , training & culture from 2004 to 2009 .
his area of responsibility also covered sport , youth , and relations with civil society .
