Vice-President of the European Commission
position
A Vice-President of the European Commission is a member of the European Commission who is in charge of the commission's work in special focus areas where European Commissioners participate.
Currently, the European Commission has a total of seven Vice-Presidents: three Executive-Vice Presidents, three regular Vice-Presidents, and the High Representative who is ex officio also one of the Vice-Presidents.[1]
List of vice-presidents
changeCommission | Entered office | Left office | Name | State | Party |
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Hallstein I | |||||
7 January 1958 | 9 January 1962 | Sicco Mansholt | Netherlands | PvdA | |
7 January 1958 | 9 January 1962 | Robert Marjolin | France | SFIO | |
7 January 1958 | 15 September 1959 | Piero Malvestiti | Italy | DC | |
Hallstein II | |||||
10 January 1962 | 30 June 1967 | Sicco Mansholt | Netherlands | PvdA | |
10 January 1962 | 30 June 1967 | Robert Marjolin | France | SFIO | |
10 January 1962 | 15 May 1963 | Giuseppe Caron | Italy | DC | |
30 July 1965 | 30 June 1967 | Lionello Sandri | Italy | PSI | |
Rey | |||||
2 July 1967 | 30 June 1970 | Sicco Mansholt | Netherlands | PvdA | |
2 July 1967 | 30 June 1970 | Lionello Sandri | Italy | PSI | |
2 July 1967 | 30 June 1970 | Fritz Hellwig | West Germany | CDU | |
2 July 1967 | 30 June 1970 | Raymond Barre | France | UDF | |
2 July 1967 | 30 June 1970 | Wilhelm Haferkamp | West Germany | SPD | |
Malfatti | |||||
1 July 1970 | 21 March 1972 | Sicco Mansholt | Netherlands | PvdA | |
1 July 1970 | 21 March 1972 | Wilhelm Haferkamp | West Germany | SPD | |
Mansholt | |||||
22 March 1972 | 5 January 1973 | Wilhelm Haferkamp | West Germany | SPD | |
Ortoli | |||||
6 January 1973 | 5 January 1977 | Patrick Hillery | Ireland | FF | |
6 January 1973 | 5 January 1977 | Wilhelm Haferkamp | West Germany | SPD | |
6 January 1973 | 5 January 1977 | Henri Simonet | Belgium | PS | |
6 January 1973 | 5 January 1977 | Christopher Soames | United Kingdom | Con. | |
6 January 1973 | 5 January 1977 | Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza | Italy | DC | |
Jenkins | |||||
6 January 1977 | 5 January 1981 | Wilhelm Haferkamp | West Germany | SPD | |
6 January 1977 | 5 January 1981 | Henk Vredeling | Netherlands | PvdA | |
6 January 1977 | 5 January 1981 | Finn Olav Gundelach | Denmark | SD | |
6 January 1977 | 5 January 1981 | François-Xavier Ortoli | France | RPR | |
6 January 1977 | 5 January 1981 | Lorenzo Natali | Italy | DC | |
Thorn | |||||
6 January 1981 | 5 January 1985 | Christopher Tugendhat | United Kingdom | Con. | |
6 January 1981 | 5 January 1985 | François-Xavier Ortoli | France | RPR | |
Delors I | |||||
6 January 1985 | 5 January 1989 | Frans Andriessen | Netherlands | CDA | |
6 January 1985 | 5 January 1989 | Arthur Cockfield | United Kingdom | Con. | |
6 January 1985 | 5 January 1989 | Karl-Heinz Narjes | West Germany | CDU | |
6 January 1985 | 5 January 1989 | Lorenzo Natali | Italy | DC | |
5 January 1986 | 5 January 1989 | Manuel Marín | Spain | PSOE | |
Delors II | |||||
6 January 1989 | 5 January 1993 | Frans Andriessen | Netherlands | CDA | |
6 January 1989 | 5 January 1993 | Leon Brittan | United Kingdom | Con. | |
6 January 1989 | 5 January 1993 | Henning Christophersen | Denmark | Venstre | |
6 January 1989 | 5 January 1993 | Manuel Marín | Spain | PSOE | |
6 January 1989 | 5 January 1993 | Filippo Maria Pandolfi | Italy | DC | |
Delors III | |||||
6 January 1993 | 22 January 1995 | Martin Bangemann | Germany | FDP | |
6 January 1993 | 22 January 1995 | Leon Brittan | United Kingdom | Con. | |
6 January 1993 | 22 January 1995 | Henning Christophersen | Denmark | Venstre | |
6 January 1993 | 22 January 1995 | Manuel Marín | Spain | PSOE | |
6 January 1993 | 22 January 1995 | Karel Van Miert | Belgium | Sp.a | |
6 January 1993 | 22 January 1995 | Antonio Ruberti | Italy | PSI | |
Santer | |||||
23 January 1995 | 13 September 1999 | Leon Brittan | United Kingdom | Con. | |
23 January 1995 | 19 July 1999 | Manuel Marín | Spain | PSOE | |
Prodi | |||||
16 September 1999 | 21 November 2004 | Neil Kinnock | United Kingdom | Labour | |
16 September 1999 | 21 November 2004 | Loyola de Palacio | Spain | PP | |
Barroso I | |||||
22 November 2004 | 9 February 2010 | Margot Wallström | Sweden | SAP | |
22 November 2004 | 9 February 2010 | Günter Verheugen | Germany | PSD | |
22 November 2004 | 9 February 2010 | Jacques Barrot | France | UMP | |
22 November 2004 | 9 February 2010 | Siim Kallas | Estonia | ERP | |
22 November 2004 | 8 May 2008 | Franco Frattini | Italy | FI | |
9 May 2008 | 9 February 2010 | Antonio Tajani | Italy | FI | |
Barroso II | |||||
9 February 2010 | 31 October 2014 | Catherine Ashton | United Kingdom | Labour | |
9 February 2010 | 1 July 2014 | Viviane Reding | Luxembourg | CSV | |
9 February 2010 | 31 October 2014 | Joaquín Almunia | Spain | PSOE | |
9 February 2010 | 31 October 2014 | Siim Kallas | Estonia | ERP | |
9 February 2010 | 31 October 2014 | Neelie Kroes | Netherlands | VVD | |
9 February 2010 | 1 July 2014 | Antonio Tajani | Italy | PDL | |
9 February 2010 | 31 October 2014 | Maroš Šefčovič | Slovakia | Smer | |
27 October 2011 | 1 July 2014 | Olli Rehn | Finland | SK | |
1 July 2014 | 31 October 2014 | Michel Barnier | France | UMP | |
1 July 2014 | 31 October 2014 | Günther Oettinger | Germany | CDU | |
16 July 2014 | 31 October 2014 | Jyrki Katainen | Finland | KOK | |
Juncker | |||||
1 November 2014 | 30 November 2019 | Frans Timmermans | Netherlands | PvdA | |
1 November 2014 | 30 November 2019 | Federica Mogherini | Italy | PD | |
1 November 2014 | 31 December 2016 | Kristalina Georgieva | Bulgaria | GERB | |
1 November 2014 | 30 November 2019 | Jyrki Katainen | Finland | KOK | |
1 November 2014 | 30 November 2019 | Valdis Dombrovskis | Latvia | Unity | |
1 November 2014 | 1 July 2019 | Andrus Ansip | Estonia | ERP | |
1 November 2014 | 30 November 2019 | Maroš Šefčovič | Slovakia | Smer-SD | |
Von der Leyen I | |||||
1 December 2019 | 22 August 2023 | Frans Timmermans | Netherlands | PvdA | |
1 December 2019 | 30 November 2024 | Margrethe Vestager | Denmark | RV | |
1 December 2019 | 30 November 2024 | Valdis Dombrovskis | Latvia | Unity | |
1 December 2019[a] | 30 November 2024 | Maroš Šefčovič | Slovakia | Smer-SD | |
1 December 2019 | 30 November 2024 | Josep Borrell | Spain | PSOE | |
1 December 2019 | 30 November 2024 | Věra Jourová | Czech Republic | ANO | |
1 December 2019 | 30 November 2024 | Dubravka Šuica | Croatia | HDZ | |
1 December 2019 | 30 November 2024 | Margaritis Schinas | Greece | ND | |
Von der Leyen II | |||||
1 December 2024 | present | Teresa Ribera | Spain | PSOE | |
1 December 2024 | present | Kaja Kallas | Estonia | ER | |
1 December 2024 | present | Henna Virkkunen | Finland | Kok | |
1 December 2024 | present | Stéphane Séjourné | France | RE | |
1 December 2024 | present | Raffaele Fitto | Italy | FdI | |
1 December 2024 | present | Roxana Mînzatu | Romania | PSD |
- First Vice-Presidents are in italics.
- Executive Vice-Presidents are in bold.
Notes
change- ↑ Executive Vice-President as of August 2023 after the resignation of Frans Timmermans
References
change- ↑ "The Commissioners". European Commission. Retrieved 2023-07-20.