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The European Commission has a new president after Jean-Claude Juncker out of 729 secret ballots cast in the European Parliament. Mr. Juncker, a veteran of European politics, was the lead candidate of the center-right European People's Party, and now, as president, he takes on the most powerful role in the European Union. The Commission represents the 28-member states and proposes legislation, applies EU law, and evaluates progress of EU proposals.

Trained as a lawyer, the well-known political figure has a reputation as a suave diplomatic interlocutor who can conduct a conversation in multiple languages (he as well). He's been the subject of intense EU politicking in recent months. But he also has a quirky side, with much being made of his often eyebrowing-raising sense of humor.聽

Here are five things to know about the man who will lead the executive branch of the EU for the next five years.

1. British Prime Minister David Cameron went to the mat to oppose his candidacy.

Juncker's appointment was strongly opposed by Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron with Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban聽joining Cameron to vote against Juncker in June. As the Monitor reported, Cameron's opposition stemmed from arguments about individual states power in Brussels.

鈥淚t鈥檚 the wrong person,鈥� Cameron said in Brussels, insisting that he was standing on principle. 鈥淛ean-Claude Juncker has been at the heart of the project to increase the power of Brussels and reduce the power of nation states for his entire working life. He鈥檚 not the right person to take this organization forward.鈥澛�

Juncker has been called a "federalist," a . He said he wants Britain to have a "fair deal" concerning its EU membership.

2. He's a 鈥� very 鈥� experienced politician.

Prior to his new role, Juncker was the longest-serving leader of any European Union country. He began his career at age 28 when he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Labor. Within two years he became the Minister of Labor and quickly navigated the political system, becoming prime minister in 1995. He served in that position until 2013. That year, Juncker聽聽concerning Luxembourg's former spy chief who had secretly recorded meetings using a James Bond-like wristwatch. Juncker denied wrongdoing in the case.

3. He played a key role during the eurozone's financial crisis.

Juncker headed the Eurogroup from 2005 to 2013 during the eurozone financial crisis making important decisions about bailouts and austerity. Juncker has already聽聽with a strong focus on job creation and investment in Europe.

"I see it as my key聽task to rebuild bridges in Europe after the crisis. To restore European citizens鈥櫬燾onfidence. To focus our policies on the key challenges ahead for our聽economies and for our societies. And to strengthen democratic legitimacy on聽the basis of the Community method."

4. He has strong working-class roots.

Juncker's father was a steel worker and a member of a 海角大神 trade union. Juncker's family past has been dredged up by the British media over his father's forced conscription by the Nazis during World War II. A Sun headline declared, 聽According to in the Telegraph, Juncker's family portrayal has been a blow.

"Last month, his father, aged 90, who is frail and living in nursing home, wept when a radio station reported on The Sun newspaper鈥檚 allegation that he was the Juncker family鈥檚 鈥淣azi link,鈥� an episode that has hardened his son鈥檚 hostility to British opposition to his appointment."

5. Not everyone gets his sense of humor.

The Telegraph as "famous for his sarcasm, heavy drinking, and chain smoking." Before his election to the presidency he described his saying, 鈥淚 am a transgender person, in the political sense.鈥� He has been moments in his political life as well, describing the difficult decisions that needed to be made concerning the eurozone crisis. 鈥淲e all know what needs to be done, we just don鈥檛 know how to be re-elected after we鈥檝e done it,鈥� he said.