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The United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020, and did not nominate a commissioner when the Juncker Commission ended on 1 December 2019. Below is a list of all past and present European Commissioners according to the member state they were nominated by, including the Presidents of the European Coal and Steel Community and European Atomic ...
The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government , with a number of members of the Commission ( directorial system , informally known as "Commissioners") corresponding to two thirds of the number of Member States, unless the European Council , acting unanimously, decides ...
This is a list of presidents of the institutions of the European Union (EU). Each of the institutions is headed by a president or a presidency, with some being more prominent than others. Both the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission are sometimes wrongly termed the President of the European Union. Most ...
The president of the European Commission is the most powerful position in the European Union, [61] controlling the Commission which collectively has the right of initiative on Union legislation (only on matters delegated to it by member states for collective action, as determined by the treaties) and is responsible for ensuring its enforcement.
In 2004, there was a proposal to create a "super-commissioner" who would be vice president of the Commission and would "be able to intervene in all decisions concerning EU projects that have an impact" on the economic performance of the EU.
The Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People is the member of the European Commission responsible for economic and financial affairs. The position was previously titled Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro [ 4 ] and European Vice President for the Euro and Social Dialogue ...
Commission 1 Albert Coppé Belgium 1967–1973 Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission: 2 Wilhelm Haferkamp Germany 1973–1977 Ortoli Commission: 3 Christopher Tugendhat United Kingdom 1977–1985 Jenkins Commission, Thorn Commission: 4 Henning Christophersen Denmark 1985–1989 Delors Commission I 5 Peter Schmidhuber Germany 1989–1995
This category lists persons holding office, or having held office, in the European Commission. For political office-holders, see Category:Political office-holders of the European Union . Subcategories