Margaritis Schinas (Greek: ?a??a??t?? S??????; born 28 July 1962) is a Greek politician and former civil servant.
He took office in December 2019 as a vice-president in the Von der Leyen Commission with the portfolio of European Commissioner for Promoting the European Way of Life.
A member of the New Democracy party, he previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2007 to 2009 and served as chief spokesperson of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019, and as a deputy director-general of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communication between 2015 and 2019.