Published: February 1st, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Martin Selmayr, well-known in Brussels as the former Secretary-General of the EU Commission and Chief of Staff to Jean-Claude Juncker, is leaving the Commission. The 53-year-old will assume a guest professorship at the University of Vienna starting today, Feb. 1st, and will resign from his position as Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Austria, the Commission announced.