Slovenia’s Alenka Bratusek may become one of the six key commissioners in president-elect Jean-Claude Juncker’s team, heading the new portfolio on digital and innovation issues, according to an article in EurActiv.com.

Bratusek was the first female prime minister in Slovenia (2013-2014) and holds a masters in social sciences from the University of Ljubljana.

The new team would also include Latvia’s Valdis Dombrovkis for the Energy Union portofolio.

Research and innovation may go to Spain’s Miguel Arias Cañete, according to the article which was based on a draft document seen by the publication.

*Update, on 11/09/2014

Alenka Bratusek was selected to be vice-president overseeing development of an energy union

Neven Mimica from Croatia got International Cooperation & Development

Maroš Šefčovič from Slovakia got Transport & Space

Tibor Navracsics from Hungary got Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship

And Research, Science and Innovation went to Carlos Moedas, from Portugal

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Mićo Tatalović is a news editor at Research Professional News. He has previously worked as a science news editor at Nature, New Scientist, and SciDev.Net. In 2018, he completed the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, US, where he researched the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in science journalism. He is also immediate former chairman of the Association of British Science Writers, and a board member of the European Federation for Science Journalism.

He runs the section Balkan Science Beat.

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