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List of European commissioners by member state

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This is a list of European commissioners by member state of the European Union. Each name is a member of the European Commission and hold a specific portfolio within the college, led by the president of the European Commission. They operate similarly as European-level equivalents to national government ministers. Each member state of the European Union has the right to a single commissioner (before the Barroso I Commission in November 2004, the five largest states—France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom—were granted two) and appoints them in consultation with the president.

The accession of Romania and Bulgaria in 2007 raised the number of commissioners from 25 to 27, and after the accession of Croatia in 2013 the number of commissioners raised to 28. 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 Energy Community. The colours indicate their European political family background (blue for conservative or centre-right, mainly the European People's Party; red for left-wing or social democrats, mainly the Party of European Socialists; yellow for centrist or liberals, mainly the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party; green for green politicians, mainly the European Green Party; grey for independents or unknowns; and their pan-European predecessors).

European commissioners by current member state

Austria

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Agriculture and Rural Development			Santer	ÖVP	European People's Party}};"
Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries			Prodi
	External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy			Barroso I	ÖVP	European People's Party}};"
Trade and European Neighbourhood Policy
	Regional Policy			Barroso II	ÖVP	European People's Party}};"
Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship (acting)	**	**
Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship (acting)	**	**
European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations			Juncker
Regional Policy (acting)	**	**
Budget and Administration			Von der Leyen I
****	Internal Affairs and Migration	****	present	Von der Leyen II	ÖVP	European People's Party}};"

Belgium

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	External Relations			Hallstein I	PLP	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
External Relations			Hallstein II
President			Rey
	Budget, Credit, Investment, Press and Information			Rey	CVP	European People's Party}};"
Social Affairs, Transport, Personnel, Administration, Credit, Investment, Budget and Financial Control			Malfatti
Social Affairs, Transport, Personnel, Administration, Credit, Investment, Budget and Financial Control			Mansholt
	Taxation, Financial Institutions and Energy (Vice President)			Ortoli	PS	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Internal Market, Industrial Affairs and Customs Union			Jenkins	CDH	European People's Party}};"
Industrial Affairs, Energy, Research and Science (Vice President)			Thorn
	External Relations and Trade			Delors I	PVV	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Transport, Credit, Investment, and Consumer Protection			Delors II	SP.A	Party of European Socialists}};"
Competition, Personnel and Administration (Vice President)			Delors III
Competition			Santer
	Research			Prodi	PS	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Research			Prodi	MR	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Development and Humanitarian Aid			Barroso I
	Development and Humanitarian Aid			Barroso I	VLD	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Trade			Barroso II
	Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility			Juncker	CD&V	European People's Party}};"
	Justice			Von der Leyen I	MR	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Competition (acting)	**	**
****	Equality; Preparedness and Crisis Management	****	present	Von der Leyen II	MR	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"

Bulgaria

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Consumer Protection			Barroso I	NDSV	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response			Barroso II	GERB	European People's Party}};"
Budget and Human Resources (Vice President)			Juncker
	Digital Economy and Society			Juncker	GERB	European People's Party}};"
Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth			Von der Leyen I
	Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth			Von der Leyen I	GERB	European People's Party}};"
****	Startups, Research and Innovation	****	present	Von der Leyen II	GERB	European People's Party}};"

Croatia

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Consumer Protection			Barroso II	SDP	Party of European Socialists}};"
International Cooperation and Development			Juncker
****	Democracy and Demography (Vice President)			Von der Leyen I	HDZ	European People's Party}};"
Mediterranean	****	present	Von der Leyen II

Cyprus

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Budget			Prodi	DIKO	Party of European Socialists}};"
Health and Consumer Protection			Barroso I
Health
	Health			Barroso I	EDI	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth			Barroso II
Christos Stylianides	Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management			Juncker	DISY	European People's Party}};"
	Health and Food Safety			Von der Leyen I	DISY	European People's Party}};"
****	Fisheries and Oceans	****	present	Von der Leyen II	Ind.	Independent (politician)}};"

Czech Republic

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Health and Consumer Protection			Prodi	US-DEU	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities			Barroso I	ČSSD	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy			Barroso II	ČSSD	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality			Juncker	ANO	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Values and Transparency (Vice President)			Von der Leyen I
A Europe Fit for the Digital Age (acting)	**	**
Justice (acting)	**	**
****	International Partnerships	****	present	Von der Leyen II	STAN	Independent politician}};"

Denmark

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Internal Market and Customs Union			Ortoli	SD	Party of European Socialists}};"
Agriculture and Fisheries (Vice President)			Jenkins
Agriculture			Thorn
	Agriculture			Thorn	SD	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Budget, Financial Control, Personnel and Administration (Vice President)			Delors I	V	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Economic and Financial Affairs (Vice President)			Delors II
Economic, Financial and Monetary Affairs, Credit and Investment (Vice President)			Delors III
	Environment and Nuclear Safety			Santer	SD	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Development and Humanitarian Aid			Prodi	SD	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Agriculture and Rural Development			Barroso I	V	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Climate Action			Barroso II	KF	European People's Party}};"
	Competition			Juncker	RV	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
A Europe Fit for the Digital Age (Executive Vice President)			Von der Leyen I
Competition
Innovation and Research (acting)	**	**
****	Energy and Housing	****	present	Von der Leyen II	SD	Party of European Socialists}};"

Estonia

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Economic and Monetary Affairs			Prodi	ER	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud (Vice President)			Barroso I
Transport (Vice President)			Barroso II
Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro (acting)	**	**
Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro (acting)	**	**
	Digital Single Market (Vice President)			Juncker	ER	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Digital Economy and Society (acting)	**	**
	Energy			Von der Leyen I	EK	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
****	Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Vice President)	****	present	Von der Leyen II	ER	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"

Finland

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Budget, Personnel and Administration			Santer	SDP	Party of European Socialists}};"
Enterprise and Information Society			Prodi
	Enterprise and Information Society			Prodi	SK	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Enlargement			Barroso I
Economic and Monetary Affairs			Barroso II
Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro (Vice President)			Barroso II
	Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro (Vice President)			Barroso II	KOK	European People's Party}};"
Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness (Vice President)			Juncker
	International Partnerships			Von der Leyen I	SDP	Party of European Socialists}};"
****	Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy (Executive Vice President)	****	present	Von der Leyen II	KOK	European People's Party}};"

France

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Overseas Development			Hallstein I	Unknown
	Economic and Financial Affairs (Vice President)			Hallstein I	SFIO	Party of European Socialists}};"
Economic and Financial Affairs (Vice President)			Hallstein II
	Overseas Development			Hallstein II	Unknown
Overseas Development			Rey
	Economic and Financial Affairs (Vice President)			Rey	UDF	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Economic and Financial Affairs (Vice President)			Malfatti
Economic and Financial Affairs (Vice President)			Mansholt
	Enlargement and Development Aid			Malfatti	UDF	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Enlargement and Development Aid			Mansholt
Development, Budget and Financial Control			Ortoli
	President			Ortoli	UDR /
RPR	European People's Party}};"
Economics, Finance, Credit and Investment (Vice President)			Jenkins
Economics, Finance, Credit and Investment (Vice President)			Thorn
	Development, Budget and Financial Control			Ortoli	PS	Party of European Socialists}};"
Development			Jenkins
Development			Thorn
Mediterranean Policy and North-South Relations			Delors I
	Development			Thorn	PS	Party of European Socialists}};"
	President			Delors I	PS	Party of European Socialists}};"
President			Delors II
President			Delors III
	Taxation and Customs Union			Delors II	PR	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Taxation, Customs Union and Consumer Protection			Delors III
	Economic and Financial Affairs, Credit and Investment			Santer	RPR	European People's Party}};"
	Research, Science, Technological Development, Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth			Santer	PS	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Trade			Prodi	PS	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Regional Policy			Prodi	UMP	European People's Party}};"
	Regional Policy			Prodi	UMP	European People's Party}};"
Transport (Vice President)			Barroso I
Justice, Freedom and Security (Vice President)
	Internal Market and Services (Vice President)			Barroso II	UMP	European People's Party}};"
Industry and Entrepreneurship (acting)	**	**
Industry and Entrepreneurship (acting)	**	**
	Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs			Juncker	PS	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Internal Market			Von der Leyen I	Ind.	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
****	Prosperity and Industrial Strategy (Vice President)	****	present	Von der Leyen II	RE	Independent politician}};"

Germany

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	President			Hallstein I	CDU	European People's Party}};"
President			Hallstein II
	Competition			Hallstein I	CDU	European People's Party}};"
Competition			Hallstein II
Internal Market and Regional Policy			Rey
	Research, Technology and Information Distribution (Vice President)			Rey	CDU	European People's Party}};"
	Energy (Vice President)			Rey	SPD	Party of European Socialists}};"
Internal Market and Energy (Vice President)			Malfatti
Internal Market and Energy (Vice President)			Mansholt
Economics, Finance, Credit and Investment (Vice President)			Ortoli
External Relations (Vice President)			Jenkins
External Relations and Nuclear Affairs (Vice President)			Thorn
	External Relations and Trade			Malfatti	FDP	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
External Relations and Trade			Mansholt
Research, Science and Education			Ortoli
	Energy, Research, Science and Education			Jenkins	FDP	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Internal Market, Industrial Innovation, Customs Union, Environment, Consumer Protection, and Nuclear Safety			Thorn	CDU	European People's Party}};"
Industrial Affairs, Information Technology, Research and Science (Vice President)			Delors I
	Economic Affairs, Employment, Credit and Investment			Delors I	SPD	Party of European Socialists}};"
Economic Affairs and Regional Policy
	Economic Affairs and Regional Policy			Delors I	CSU	European People's Party}};"
Budget and Financial Control			Delors II
Budget and Financial Control			Delors III
	Internal Market, Industrial Affairs and Parliamentary Relations (Vice President)			Delors II	FDP	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Industrial Affairs, Information Technology and Telecommunications (Vice President)			Delors III
Industrial Affairs, Information and Telecommunications Technologies			Santer
	Regional Policy			Santer	SPD	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Budget			Prodi	Greens	European Green Party}};"
	Enlargement			Prodi	SPD	Party of European Socialists}};"
Enterprise and Industry (Vice President)			Barroso I
	Energy (Vice President)			Barroso II	CDU	European People's Party}};"
Digital Economy and Society			Juncker
Budget and Human Resources
****	President			Von der Leyen I	CDU	European People's Party}};"
****	present	Von der Leyen II

Greece

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Transport, Fisheries and Tourism			Thorn	ND	European People's Party}};"
	Regional Policy and Parliamentary Relations			Delors I	PASOK	Party of European Socialists}};"
Consumer Protection
	Employment, Industrial Relations, Social Affairs, Education, Training and Youth			Delors II	PASOK	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Environment, Nuclear Safety and Fisheries			Delors III	ND	European People's Party}};"
	Energy, SMEs and Tourism			Santer	PASOK	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Employment and Social Affairs			Prodi	PASOK	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Employment and Social Affairs			Prodi	ND	European People's Party}};"
Environment			Barroso I
	Maritime Affairs and Fisheries			Barroso II	PASOK	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship			Juncker	ND	European People's Party}};"
	Promoting Our European Way of Life (Vice President)			Von der Leyen I	ND	European People's Party}};"
Culture, Education and Youth (acting)	**	**
Innovation and Research (acting)	**	**
International Partnerships (acting)	**	**
****	Sustainable Transport and Tourism	****	present	Von der Leyen II	ND	European People's Party}};"

Hungary

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Regional Policy			Prodi	MSZP	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Taxation and Customs Union			Barroso I	MSZP	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion			Barroso II	MSZP	Party of European Socialists}};"
Consumer Protection (acting)	**	**
	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport			Juncker	Fidesz	European People's Party}};"
****	Neighbourhood and Enlargement			Von der Leyen I	Fidesz	European People's Party}};"
Health and Animal Welfare	****	present	Von der Leyen II	Ind.	Independent politician}};"		Ind.

Ireland

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Social Affairs (Vice President)			Ortoli	FF	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Taxation, Consumer Affairs, Transport and Parliamentary Relations			Jenkins	FG	European People's Party}};"
	Personnel and Administration			Thorn	FF	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Personnel and Administration			Thorn	FG	European People's Party}};"
	Competition, Social Affairs, Education and Training			Delors I	FG	European People's Party}};"
Competition and Parliamentary Relations
	Agriculture and Rural Development			Delors II	FF	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Social Affairs, Employment, Immigration, Home Affairs and Justice			Delors III	FF	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Social Affairs and Employment			Santer
	Health and Consumer Protection			Prodi	FF	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Internal Market and Services			Barroso I	FF	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Research, Innovation and Science			Barroso II	FF	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Agriculture and Rural Development			Juncker	FG	European People's Party}};"
Trade			Von der Leyen I
	Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union			Von der Leyen I	FG	European People's Party}};"
****	Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law	****	present	Von der Leyen II	FF	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"

Italy

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Internal Market (Vice President)			Hallstein I	DC	European People's Party}};"
	Social Affairs			Hallstein I	DC	European People's Party}};"
	Internal Market			Hallstein I	DC	European People's Party}};"
Internal Market (Vice President)			Hallstein II
	Social Affairs			Hallstein I	PSI	Party of European Socialists}};"
Social Affairs (Vice President)			Hallstein II
Social Affairs, Personnel and Administration (Vice President)			Rey
	Internal Market			Hallstein II	DC	European People's Party}};"
Industrial Affairs			Rey
	External Relations			Rey	DC	European People's Party}};"
	President			Malfatti	DC	European People's Party}};"
	Industry, Technology, Training, Education and Customs Union			Malfatti	SI	Party of European Socialists}};"
Industry, Technology, Training, Education and Customs Union			Mansholt
Industry and Technology			Ortoli
	Agriculture (Vice President)			Mansholt	DC	European People's Party}};"
Parliamentary Affairs, Environment, Consumer Interests, Transport and Information (Vice President)			Ortoli
	Industry and Technology			Ortoli	PRI	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Regional Policy			Jenkins	PSI	Party of European Socialists}};"
Regional Policy			Thorn
	Enlargement, Environment and Nuclear Safety			Jenkins	DC	European People's Party}};"
Mediterranean Policy, Enlargement and Information (Vice President)			Thorn
Cooperation, Development and Enlargement (Vice President)			Delors I
Carlo Ripa di Meana	Institutional Reform, Information, Culture and Tourism			Delors I	PSI	Party of European Socialists}};"
Environment and Nuclear Safety			Delors II
	Science, Research, Development, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Innovation (Vice President)			Delors II	DC	European People's Party}};"
	Science, Research, Technological Development, Education, Training and Youth (Vice President)			Delors III	PSI	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Institutional Reform, Internal Market, Financial Services, Enterprise and SMEs			Delors III	DC	European People's Party}};"
	Fisheries and Consumers Policy			Santer	LB	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Mario Monti	Internal Market, Financial Services, Customs and Taxation			Santer	Ind.	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Competition			Prodi
	President			Prodi	ID /
DL	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Justice, Freedom and Security (Vice President)			Barroso I	FI	European People's Party}};"
	Transport (Vice President)			Barroso I	PdL	European People's Party}};"
Industry and Entrepreneurship (Vice President)			Barroso II
	Industry and Entrepreneurship			Barroso II	Ind.	European People's Party}};"
	Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Vice President)			Juncker	PD	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Economy			Von der Leyen I	PD	Party of European Socialists}};"
****	Cohesion and Reforms (Executive Vice President)	****	present	Von der Leyen II	FdL	European Conservatives and Reformists Party}};"

Latvia

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries			Prodi	LTF	European People's Party}};"
	Energy			Barroso I	LC /
LPP	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Development			Barroso II
Financial Programming and the Budget (acting)	**	**
Financial Programming and the Budget (acting)	**	**
****	Euro and Social Dialogue (Vice President)			Juncker	V	European People's Party}};"
Euro, Social Dialogue, Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (Vice President)
An Economy That Works for People (Executive Vice President)			Von der Leyen I
Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
Trade
Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification	****	present	Von der Leyen II

Lithuania

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Education and Culture			Prodi	Ind.	European People's Party}};"
Financial Programming and the Budget			Barroso I
	Financial Programming and the Budget			Barroso I	TS	European People's Party}};"
Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud			Barroso II
	Health and Food Safety			Juncker	SDP	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries			Von der Leyen I	LVŽS /
DSVL	European Green Party}};"
****	Defence and Space	****	present	Von der Leyen II	TS–LKD	European People's Party}};"

Luxembourg

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Transport			Hallstein I	LSAP	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Transport			Hallstein I	CSV	European People's Party}};"
Transport			Hallstein II
	Transport			Rey	LSAP	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Competition, Press, Information and Regional Policy			Malfatti	Unknown
Competition, Press, Information and Regional Policy			Mansholt
Competition, Personnel and Administration			Ortoli
	Competition			Jenkins	LSAP	Party of European Socialists}};"
	President			Thorn	DP	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Energy			Delors I	CSV	European People's Party}};"
	Cultural Affairs and Information			Delors II	Unknown
	Agriculture and Rural Development			Delors III	CSV	European People's Party}};"
	President			Santer	CSV	European People's Party}};"
	Education and Culture			Prodi	CSV	European People's Party}};"
Information Society and Media			Barroso I
Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship (Vice President)			Barroso II
	Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship			Barroso II	CSV	European People's Party}};"
	President			Juncker	CSV	European People's Party}};"
	Jobs and Social Rights			Von der Leyen I	LSAP	Party of European Socialists}};"
****	Agriculture and Food	****	present	Von der Leyen II	CSV	European People's Party}};"

Malta

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Development and Humanitarian Aid			Prodi	PN	European People's Party}};"
Fisheries and Maritime Affairs			Barroso I
	Health and Consumer Policy			Barroso II	PN	European People's Party}};"
	Health and Consumer Policy			Barroso II	PN	European People's Party}};"
Health
	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries			Juncker	PL	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Equality			Von der Leyen I	PL	Party of European Socialists}};"
****	Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport	****	present	Von der Leyen II	PL	Party of European Socialists}};"

Netherlands

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Agriculture (Vice President)			Hallstein I	PvdA	Party of European Socialists}};"
Agriculture (Vice President)			Hallstein II
Agriculture (Vice President)			Rey
Agriculture (Vice President)			Malfatti
President			Mansholt
	Competition			Rey	KVP	European People's Party}};"
	Agriculture			Ortoli	KVP	European People's Party}};"
	Employment and Social Affairs (Vice President)			Jenkins	PvdA	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Parliamentary Relations and Competition			Thorn	KVP	European People's Party}};"
Agriculture and Fisheries (Vice President)			Delors I
Agriculture (Vice President)
External Relations and Trade (Vice President)			Delors II
	External Relations and Enlargement			Delors III	CDA	European People's Party}};"
Central and Eastern European Relations and Enlargement			Santer
	Internal Market			Prodi	VVD	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Competition			Barroso I	VVD	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Digital Agenda (Vice President)			Barroso II
	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights (First Vice President)			Juncker	PvdA	Party of European Socialists}};"
European Green Deal and Climate Action (Executive Vice President)			Von der Leyen I
****	Climate Action			Von der Leyen I	CDA	European People's Party}};"
Transport (acting)	**	**
Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth	****	present	Von der Leyen II

Poland

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Trade			Prodi	Independent	Party of European Socialists}};"
Regional Policy			Barroso I
	Regional Policy			Barroso I	PO	European People's Party}};"
	Financial Programming and Budget			Barroso II	PO	European People's Party}};"
	Financial Programming and Budget			Barroso II	PO	European People's Party}};"
	Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs			Juncker	PO	European People's Party}};"
	Agriculture			Von der Leyen I	PiS	European Conservatives and Reformists Party}};"
****	Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration	****	present	Von der Leyen II	PO	European People's Party}};"

Portugal

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Fisheries			Delors I	PSD	European People's Party}};"
Personnel, Administration, Energy, Small Business and Tourism			Delors II
	Parliamentary Relations, Communications, Information and Cultural Affairs			Delors III	PSD	European People's Party}};"
African, Caribbean and Asian Relations and Development			Santer
	Justice and Home Affairs			Prodi	PS	Party of European Socialists}};"
	President			Barroso I	PSD	European People's Party}};"
President			Barroso II
Interinstitutional Relations and Administration (acting)	**	**
	Research, Science and Innovation			Juncker	PSD	European People's Party}};"
	Cohesion and Reforms			Von der Leyen I	PS	Party of European Socialists}};"
****	Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union	****	present	Von der Leyen II	PSD	European People's Party}};"

Romania

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Multilingualism			Barroso I	PNL	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Agriculture and Rural Development			Barroso II	Ind.	European People's Party}};"
	Regional Policy			Juncker	PSD /
PRO	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Transport			Von der Leyen I	PNL	European People's Party}};"
****	Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness (Executive Vice President)	****	present	Von der Leyen II	PSD	Party of European Socialists}};"

Slovakia

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Enterprise and Information Society			Prodi	KDH	European People's Party}};"
Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism			Barroso I
Education, Training and Culture
****	Education, Training and Culture			Barroso I	Smer	Party of European Socialists}};"
Interinstitutional Relations and Administration (Vice President)			Barroso II
Health and Consumer Policy (acting)	**	**
Energy Union (Vice President)			Juncker
Digital Single Market (acting)	**	**
Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight (Vice President)			Von der Leyen I
European Green Deal (Executive Vice President)
Climate Action (acting)	**	**
Environment, Oceans and Fisheries (acting)	**	**
Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency	****	present	Von der Leyen II

Slovenia

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Enlargement			Prodi	LDS	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Science and Research			Barroso I
Environment			Barroso II
	Transport			Juncker	SMC	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
	Crisis Management			Von der Leyen I	Ind.	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
****	Enlargement	****	present	Von der Leyen II	*Ind.*	Independent politician}};"

Spain

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Credit, Investments, Financial Instruments and SMEs			Delors I	PP	European People's Party}};"
Mediterranean and Latin American Policy			Delors II
Energy and Transport			Delors III
	Social Affairs, Employment, Education and Training (Vice President)			Delors I	PSOE	Party of European Socialists}};"
Cooperation, Development and Fisheries (Vice President)			Delors II
Cooperation, Development and Humanitarian Aid (Vice President)			Delors III
Mediterranean, Latin American and Middle Eastern Relations (Vice President)			Santer
President (acting)	**	**
	Energy and Transport			Delors III	PP	European People's Party}};"
Parliamentary Relations, Culture and Audiovisual Policy and Institutional Reform			Santer
	Parliamentary Relations, Transport and Energy (Vice President)			Prodi	PP	European People's Party}};"
	Economic and Monetary Affairs			Prodi	PSOE	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Economic and Monetary Affairs			Prodi	PSOE	Party of European Socialists}};"
Economic and Financial Affairs			Barroso I
Competition (Vice President)			Barroso II
	Climate Action and Energy			Juncker	PP	European People's Party}};"
Energy Union (acting)	**	**
	A Stronger Europe in the World and Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Vice President)			Von der Leyen I	PSOE	Party of European Socialists}};"
****	Clean, Just and Competitive Transition (Executive Vice President)	****	present	Von der Leyen II	PSOE	Party of European Socialists}};"

Sweden

Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Commission	National party	European party
	Immigration, Justice, Home Affairs and Financial Control			Santer	SAP	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Environment			Prodi	SAP	Party of European Socialists}};"
Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy (First Vice President)			Barroso I
	Home Affairs			Barroso II	FP	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party}};"
Trade			Juncker
	Home Affairs			Von der Leyen I	SAP	Party of European Socialists}};"
****	Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy	****	present	Von der Leyen II	M	European People's Party}};"

United Kingdom

Name	Portfolio	End	Commission	National party	European party
	External Relations (Vice President)		Ortoli	Con.	European People's Party}};"
	Regional Policy		Ortoli	Lab.	Party of European Socialists}};"
	President		Jenkins	Lab.	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Budget, Financial Control and Financial Institutions		Jenkins	Con.	European People's Party}};"
Budget, Financial Control, Financial Institutions, Personnel and Administration (Vice President)		Thorn
	Employment, Social Affairs, Education and Training		Thorn	Lab.	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Internal Market, Customs Union and Taxation (Vice President)		Delors I	Con.	European People's Party}};"
	Environment, Consumer Protection, Nuclear Safety and Transport		Delors I	Lab.	Party of European Socialists}};"
Environment, Nuclear Safety and Transport
	Regional Policy		Delors II	Lab.	Party of European Socialists}};"
Regional Policy		Delors III
	Competition and Financial Institutions (Vice President)		Delors II	Con.	European People's Party}};"
Trade (Vice President)		Delors III
External Relations and Trade (Vice President)		Santer
	Transport		Santer	Lab.	Party of European Socialists}};"
Administrative Reform (Vice President)		Prodi
	External Relations		Prodi	Con.	European People's Party}};"
	Trade		Barroso I	Lab.	Party of European Socialists}};"
	Trade		Barroso I	Lab.	Party of European Socialists}};"
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (First Vice President)		Barroso II
	Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union		Juncker	Con.	European Conservatives and Reformists Party}};"
	Security Union		Juncker	Con.	European Conservatives and Reformists Party}};"

Withdrawn nominees

Portfolio assigned

A number of commissioners were formally nominated and assigned portfolios before being withdrawn after their hearing with the European Parliament, with the exception of Thorvald Stoltenberg, who withdrew after the rejection of Norway's accession referendum.

Name	Portfolio	Commission	Year	Party
Fisheries	Santer	1994	AP	PES
Health and Consumer Protection	Prodi	2004	ČSSD	PES
Justice, Freedom and Security (Vice President)	Barroso I	2004	UDC	EPP
Taxation and Customs Union	Barroso I	2004	LZS	EGP
International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response	Barroso II	2009	GERB	EPP
Energy Union (Vice President)	Juncker	2014	ZaAB	ALDE
Internal Market	Von der Leyen I	2019	LREM	ALDE
Neighbourhood and Enlargement	Von der Leyen I	2019	Fidesz	EPP
Transport	Von der Leyen I	2019	PSD	PES

Before hearings held

At the end of the Juncker Commission, some were initially named by the member states to succeed commissioners who took seats in the European Parliament before an agreement to not fill the seats under the start of the next commission.

The Von der Leyen I Commission requested member states name female and male candidates in order to have gender parity. She would then chose the one candidate to be formally nominated, or request new names. She usually continued her request for female and male candidates for vacancies throughout her first commission.

Name	Commission	Year	Party
Juncker	2019	EK	ALDE
Juncker	2019	PSD	PES
Von der Leyen I	2019	PiS	ECR
Von der Leyen I	2019	PS	PES
Von der Leyen I	2019	PSD	PES
Von der Leyen I	2019	PSD	PES
Von der Leyen I	2019	PSD	PES
Von der Leyen I	2019	PNL	EPP
Von der Leyen I	2020	FG	EPP
Von der Leyen I	2023	PP	ALDE

[[European Atomic Energy Community]] (EAEC)

Name	End	Commission	Party
President	Armand	Unknown
President	Hirsch	Unknown
President	Chatenet	UDR	EPP

[[European Coal and Steel Community]] (ECSC)

State	Name	Portfolio	Start	End	Authority	Party
	Long Term Policy (Vice President)			Monnet	CVP	EPP
General Objectives, Long Term Policy, Markets, Agreements and Transport (Vice President)			Mayer
General Objectives and Long Term Policy (Vice President)			Finet
Member (Vice President)			Malvestiti
Transport and Information (Vice President)			Del Bo / Coppé
President (acting)	**	**
	Social Problems and Administrative Questions			Monnet	BSP	PES
Social Problems			Mayer
President			Finet
Member			Malvestiti
Social Problems			Del Bo
	President			Monnet	Unknown
	Finance, Investment, Production and Instructions			Monnet	Unknown
Finance, Investment, Production and Instructions			Mayer
Investment and Production			Finet
René Mayer	President			Mayer	PR	EPP
	Member			Finet	Unknown
Member			Malvestiti
Economic Policy and Industrial Development			Del Bo / Coppé
	Member			Malvestiti	SFIO	PES
Energy			Del Bo / Coppé
	Member			Monnet	SPD	PES
	Markets, Agreements and Transport (First Vice President)			Monnet	CDU	EPP
Member (First Vice President)			Mayer
	Member			Finet	FDP	ALDE
	Finance, Budget and Administration			Finet	SPD	PES
Finance and Investment			Malvestiti
	Finance and Investment			Malvestiti	CDU	EPP
Finance and Investment			Del Bo / Coppé
	Coal and Steel Markets			Del Bo / Coppé	CDU	EPP
	Press and Information			Monnet	DC	EPP
Press and Information			Mayer
Social Problems			Finet
	President			Malvestiti	DC	EPP
	President			Del Bo	DC	EPP
	Member			Monnet	Unknown
Member			Mayer
External Relations			Finet
Member			Malvestiti
External Relations			Del Bo / Coppé
	Social Problems			Del Bo / Coppé	LSAP	PES
	External Relations			Monnet	Unknown
External Relations			Mayer
Steel, Transport and Concentrations (First Vice President)			Finet
Member (First Vice President)			Malvestiti
Competition (First Vice President)			Del Bo
	Member (First Vice President)			Malvestiti	VVD	ALDE
Competition			Del Bo / Coppé

Notes

References

[[Didier Reynders]] was on leave from 15 April 2024 – 25 June 2024 while being considered for [[Secretary General of the Council of Europe]]. [[Věra Jourová]] served as Acting Commissioner.
Kuneva, now affiliated to the conservative grouping, was affiliated to the liberals during the Barroso I Commission.
[[Mariya Gabriel]] was on leave from 10 May 2023 – 15 May 2023 to participate in the government formation following the [[2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election]], and then resigned on 15 May 2023 to serve as [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria). Minister for Foreign Affairs]]. Initially, [[Margrethe Vestager]] served as Acting Commissioner for Innovation and Research and [[Margaritis Schinas]] served as Acting Commissioner for Culture, Education and Youth. When Vestager began her own leave on 5 September 2023, Schinas took over the whole portfolio until [[Iliana Ivanova]] took office.
[[Neven Mimica]] was on leave from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 to campaign in the [[2014 European Parliament election]]. [[László Andor]] served as Acting Commissioner.
ANO left ALDE on 21 June 2024.
[[Mayors and Independents]] is in the [[European People's Party Group. EPP Group]] but does not belong to any European party.
[[Margrethe Vestager]] was on leave from 5 September 2023 – 8 December 2023 while being considered for President of the [[European Investment Bank]]. [[Věra Jourová]] served as Acting Commissioner for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age and [[Didier Reynders]] served as Acting Commissioner for Competition.
[[Kristalina Georgieva]] resigned on 1 January 2017 to serve as Chief Executive of the [[World Bank Group]]. [[Günther Oettinger]] assumed her portfolio for Budget and Human Resources, while [[Andrus Ansip]] served as Acting Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society (Oettinger's original portfolio) until [[Mariya Gabriel]] took office.
[[Olli Rehn]] was on leave from 7 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 to campaign in the [[2014 European Parliament election]], and then resigned on 1 July 2014 to serve as a [[Member of the European Parliament]]. [[Siim Kallas]] served as Acting Commissioner during his leave and again until the end of the Barroso II Commission.
[[Jutta Urpilainen]] was on leave from 2 December 2023 – 28 January 2024 to campaign in the [[2024 Finnish presidential election]]. [[Margaritis Schinas]] served as Acting Commissioner.
Ortoli was a party member of the [[Union of Democrats for the Republic. UDR]] until 5 December 1976, after which he served as a member of the [[Rally for the Republic. RPR]].
Barnier was elevated to Vice President in the Barroso II Commission from 1 July 2014.
[[Renaissance (French political party). Renaissance]] is in the [[Renew Europe. Renew Europe Group]] but does not belong to any European party.
Oettinger was elevated to Vice President in the Barroso II Commission from 1 July 2014.
Fidesz was suspended from the EPP on 20 March 2019 and left on 3 March 2021.
Affiliated to [[Fidesz]], which is affiliated to the [[Patriots for Europe. PfE Group]].
Sandri was elevated to Vice President in the Hallstein II Commission from 30 July 1965.
Prodi was a party member of [[The Democrats (Italy). ID]] until 23 March 2002, after which he served as a member of [[Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. DL]].
Prodi, now affiliated to the socialist grouping, was affiliated to the liberals during the Prodi Commission.
[[Antonio Tajani]] was on leave from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 to campaign in the [[2014 European Parliament election]], and then resigned on 1 July 2014 to serve as a [[Member of the European Parliament]]. [[Michel Barnier]] served as Acting Commissioner during his leave and again until the end of the Barroso II Commission.
Piebalgs was a party member of the [[Latvian Way. LC]] until 25 August 2007, after which she served as a member of the [[Latvia's First Party/Latvian Way. LPP]].
Piebalgs, now a member of the conservative grouping, was affiliated to the liberals during his term in the Barroso Commission.
[[Phil Hogan]] resigned on 26 August 2020. Dombrovskis served as Acting Commissioner until he was confirmed by the [[European Parliament]] on 12 October 2020.
Virginijus Sinkevičius resigned on 16 July 2024 to serve as a Member of the European Parliament. Maroš Šefčovič serves as Acting Commissioner until the end of the Von der Leyen I Commission.
Sinkevičius was a party member of [[Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. LVŽS]] until 29 January 2022, after which he served as a member of [[Union of Democrats "For Lithuania". DSVL]].
[[Viviane Reding]] was on leave from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 to campaign in the [[2014 European Parliament election]], and then resigned on 1 July 2014 to serve as a [[Member of the European Parliament]]. [[Johannes Hahn]] served as Acting Commissioner during her leave and again until the end of the Barroso II Commission.
[[Janusz Lewandowski]] was on leave from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 to campaign in the [[2014 European Parliament election]], and then resigned on 1 July 2014 to serve as a [[Member of the European Parliament]]. [[Andris Piebalgs]] served as Acting Commissioner during his leave and again until the end of the Barroso II Commission.
The PNL party, now affiliated with the conservatives, was affiliated to the liberals during the Barroso I Commission.
[[Corina Crețu]] resigned on 1 July 2019 to serve as a [[Member of the European Parliament]]. [[Johannes Hahn]] served as Acting Commissioner until the end of the Juncker Commission.
Crețu was a party member of the [[Social Democratic Party (Romania). PSD]] (affiliated to the [[Party of European Socialists. PES]]) until 17 January 2019, after which she served as a member of [[PRO Romania. PRO]] (which has since also affiliated to the PES, but was then affiliated to the [[European Democratic Party. EDP]]–whose members mostly sit with the liberals in the European Parliament–but PRO members continued to sit with the socialists for the remainder of the Juncker Commission).
Adina-Ioana Vălean resigned on 15 July 2024 to serve as a Member of the European Parliament. Wopke Hoekstra serves as Acting Commissioner until the end of the Von der Leyen I Commission.
Smer was suspended from the PES on 12 October 2023.
[[Maroš Šefčovič]] was on leave from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 to campaign in the [[2014 European Parliament election]]. [[José Manuel Barroso]] served as Acting Commissioner.
[[John Dalli]] resigned on 16 October 2012 and Šefčovič served as Acting Commissioner until [[Tonio Borg]] took office.
[[Maroš Šefčovič]] was on leave from 18 January 2019 – 30 March 2019 to campaign in the [[2019 Slovak presidential election]]. [[Miguel Arias Cañete]] served as Acting Commissioner.
[[Andrus Ansip]] resigned on 1 July 2019 to serve as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] and [[Maroš Šefčovič]] served as Acting Commissioner until the end of the Juncker Commission.
[[Frans Timmermans]] resigned on 22 August 2023 to campaign in the [[2023 Dutch general election]]. Šefčovič served as Acting Commissioner of the European Green Deal and was confirmed by the [[European Parliament]] with its Executive Vice President rank on 5 October 2023. He also served as Acting Commissioner for Climate Action until [[Wopke Hoekstra]] took office.
Lenarčič is affiliated to the liberals, while remaining nationally unaffiliated during his term in the Von der Leyen I Commission.
Affiliated to [[Freedom Movement (Slovenia). GS]], which is affiliated to the [[Renew Europe]] Group.
[[Jacques Santer]] resigned on 16 March 1999 and Marín served as Acting President until [[Romano Prodi]] took office.
The UK [[Conservative Party (UK). Conservative Party]] had previously been part of the [[European People's Party. EPP]] and joined the [[European Conservatives and Reformists Party. ECR]] on 1 October 2009.
Goulard was nominated to a portfolio that was to also include [[European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship. Industrial Policy]], the [[European Commissioner for Digital Agenda. Digital Single Market]] and a new [[Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space]]. However, she was rejected by the European Parliament.
Trócsányi was rejected by the European Parliament.
Plumb was initially named by the Romanian government as the female candidate for the Von der Leyen Commission, alongside [[Dan Nica]], abiding by her request to achieve a gender parity. She was formally nominated by Von der Leyen but rejected by the European Parliament.
Simson was nominated to complete the term of [[Andrus Ansip]], who resigned on 1 July 2019 to take a seat in the European Parliament, without an assigned portfolio. However, it was agreed to let the seat remain vacant until the Von der Leyen I Commission began. Simson was then nominated and confirmed for a full term.
Pașcu was nominated to complete the term of [[Corina Crețu]], who resigned on 1 July 2019 to take a seat in the European Parliament, without an assigned portfolio. However, it was agreed to let the seat remain vacant until the Von der Leyen I Commission began.
Szczerski was initially named by the Polish government, however after Von der Leyen indicated she preferred Poland take the [[European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development. Agriculture]] portfolio, he withdrew to allow another candidate, [[Janusz Wojciechowski]], with more expertise to be formally nominated.
Marques was initially named by the Portuguese government as the male candidate for the Von der Leyen Commission, alongside [[Elisa Ferreira]], abiding by her request to achieve a gender parity. Ferreira went on to be formally nominated by Von der Leyen and approved by the European Parliament.
Nica was initially named by the Romanian government as the male candidate for the Von der Leyen Commission, alongside [[Rovana Plumb]], abiding by her request to achieve a gender parity. After Plumb went on to be formally nominated by Von der Leyen and subsequently rejected by the European Parliament, the Romanian government named Nica the male candidate, alongside [[Melania-Gabriela Ciot]], with him as the leading candidate. However, he was denied by Von der Leyen.
After Plumb's rejection by the European Parliament, the Romanian government named Ciot the female candidate, alongside [[Dan Nica]], with her as the reserve candidate. However, she was denied by Von der Leyen.
After Nica and Ciot were denied nomination by Von der Leyen, the Romanian government named Negrescu. However, he was also denied by Von der Leyen.
After Negrescu was denied nomination by Von der Leyen, the Romanian government lost parliament's confidence and Mureșan was named by the new government alongside [[Adina-Ioana Vălean]]. Vălean went on to be formally nominated by Von der Leyen.
After [[Phil Hogan]] left the Von der Leyen Commission, McDowell was initially named by the Irish government as the male candidate, alongside [[Mairead McGuinness]] as the female candidate. McGuinness went on to be formally nominated by Von der Leyen and confirmed by the European Parliament.
After [[Mariya Gabriel]] left the Von der Leyen I Commission, Lorer was initially named by the Bulgarian government as the announced male candidate, alongside [[Iliana Ivanova]] as the female candidate. Ivanova went on to be formally nominated by Von der Leyen and confirmed by the European Parliament.

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