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Viviane Reding
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 July 2014 – 1 September 2018
Constituency	Luxembourg
European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
In office 9 February 2010 – 1 July 2014
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Jacques Barrot (Justice, Freedom and Security)
Succeeded by	Johannes Hahn (Acting)
European Commissioner for Information Society and Media
In office 22 November 2004 – 9 February 2010
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Ján Figeľ Olli Rehn (Enterprise and Information Society)
Succeeded by	Neelie Kroes (Digital Agenda)
European Commissioner for Education and Culture
In office 13 September 1999 – 21 November 2004 Served with Dalia Grybauskaitė
President	Romano Prodi
Preceded by	Marcelino Oreja (Culture)
Succeeded by	Ján Figeľ (Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism)
Personal details
Born	Viviane Adélaïde Reding (1951-04-27) 27 April 1951 (age 73) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Political party	Luxembourgish Christian Social People's Party  EU European People's Party
Spouse(s)	Dimitri Zois (divorced)
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Paris

Viviane Adélaïde Reding (born 27 April 1951) is a Luxembourgish politician. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. She is a member of the Christian Social People's Party.

She was European Commissioner for Education and Culture from 1999 to 2004, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010 and European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014.

On 27 November 2009, she was elevated in the "Barroso II Commission" to Vice-President responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship.^[1][2]

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