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Věra Jourová

1964 - Today

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Věra Jourová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvjɛra ˈjourovaː]; born 18 August 1964) is a Czech politician and lawyer who served as Vice-President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency from 2019 to 2024, and as the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality from 2014 to 2019. She served as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies between 2013 and 2014 and as the Czech Minister for Regional Development in 2014. In 2019, Time magazine ranked Jourová in its list of 100 most influential people of the year, citing her role in the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation and new privacy rights as European Commissioner. In 2025, she received the Cena města Třebíče (Třebíč City Award), the highest honor awarded by the city of Třebíč. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Věra Jourová is the 15,758th most popular politician (down from 11,464th in 2024), the 693rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 421st in 2019) and the 136th most popular Czech Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Věra Jourová ranks 15,753 out of 19,576Before her are Said Mohamed Jaffar. After her are Gayatri Devi, Peter Hardeman Burnett, Bernard Collomb, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Hu Chunhua, Marie-George Buffet, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Doug Burgum, Rosa Russo Iervolino, Stanislaw Tillich, and Tom Hayden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Věra Jourová ranks 302Before her are Levan Gachechiladze, Ivan Bella, Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, Shi Zhengli, Dieter Hecking, and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. After her are Miroslav Kadlec, Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Iliana Iotova, Stephen Colbert, Musashi Mizushima, and Zeid Raad Al Hussein.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Věra Jourová ranks 693 out of 1,200Before her are Miroslav Votava (1956), Franz Josef Gerstner (1756), Vratislav Lokvenc (1973), Vera Ralston (1920), Jiří Havlis (1932), and Hellmuth Karasek (1934). After her are Hana Mašková (1949), Miroslav Kadlec (1964), Františka Plamínková (1875), Jaroslav Plašil (1982), Lubomir Kavalek (1943), and Jakub Arbes (1840).

Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Věra Jourová ranks 136Before her are Zdeněk Mlynář (1930), František Ladislav Rieger (1818), Jan Sokol (1936), Oskar Fischer (1923), Vlastimil Tusar (1880), and Vít Jedlička (1983). After her are Františka Plamínková (1875), Věra Růžičková (1928), Eduard Novák (1946), Bohuslav Sobotka (1971), Dolly Buster (1969), and Pavel Ploc (1964).