COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION 1958-2004
HALLSTEIN Commission (1958-1967)
REY Commission (1967-1970)
MALFATTI – MANSHOLT Commission (1970-1973)
ORTOLI Commission (1973-1977)
JENKINS Commission (1977-1981)
THORN Commission (1981-1985)
DELORS Commission (1985)
DELORS Commission (1986-1988)
DELORS Commission (1989-1995)
SANTER Commission (1995-1999)
PRODI Commission (1999-2004)
HALLSTEIN COMMISSION 1 January 1958 – 30 June 1967
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Walter HALLSTEIN President Administration
Sicco L. MANSHOLT Vice-President Agriculture
Robert MARJOLIN Vice-President Economics and Finance
Piero MALVESTITI Vice-President Internal Market Guiseppe CARON (resigned September 1959) (24 November 1959) (resigned 15 May 1963)
Guido COLONNA di PALIANO (30 July 1964)
Robert LEMAIGNEN Member Overseas Development Henri ROCHEREAU (resigned January 1962) (10 January 1962)
Jean REY Member External Relations
Hans von der GROEBEN Member Competition
Guiseppe PETRILLI Member Social Affairs Lionello LEVI-SANDRI (resigned September 1960) (8 February 1961)
named Vice-president (30 July 1064)
Michel RASQUIN (died 27 April 1958) Member Transport Lambert SCHAUS (18 June 1958)
REY COMMISSION 2 July 1967 – 1 July 1970
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Jean REY President Secretariat General Legal Service Spokesman’s Service
Sicco L. MANSHOLT Vice-president Agriculture
Lionelle LEVI SANDRI Vice-president Social Affairs Personnel/Administration
Fritz HELLWIG Vice-president Research and Technology Distribution of Information Joint Research Center
Raymond BARRE Vice-president Economic and Finance Statistical Office
Albert COPPE Member Budgets Credit and Investment Press and Information
Hans von der GROEBEN Member Internal Market Regional Policy
Emanuel M.J.A. SASSEN Member Competition
Henri ROCHEREAU Member Development Assistance
Guido COLONNA DI Member Industrial Affairs Not replaced as the PALIANO Commission’s mandate (resigned 8 May 1970) expired 30 June 1970
MALFATTI COMMISSION 2 July 1970 – 21 MARCH 1972
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Franco Maria MALFATTI Pesident Secretariat Sicco MANSHOLT (resigned 2 March 1972) Legal Service (21 March 1972) Spokesman’s Group
Sicco L. MANSHOLT Vice-president Agriculture
Raymond BARRE Vice-president Economic and Financial Statistical Office Internal Market Wilhelm HAFERKAMP Vice-president Energy Euratom
Albert COPPE Member Social Affairs Transport Personnel Administration Credit and Investment Budget - Financial Control Enlargement Jean-François DENIAU Member Development Aid
Altiero SPINELLI Member Industry and Technology Training and Education Customs Union Joint Research Centre
Albert BORSCHETTE Member Competition Press and Information Dissemination of Information Regional Policy
Ralf DAHRENDORF Member External Relations External Trade
MANSHOLT COMMISSION 22 March 1972 – 5 January 1973
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Sicco L. MANSHOLT President Secretariat General Legal Service Spokesman’s Group
Carlo SCARASCIA- Vice-president Agriculture MUGNOZZA
Raymond BARRE Vice-president Economic and Financial Statistical Office
Wilhelm HAFERKAMP Vice-president Internal Market Energy and Euratom
Albert Coppe Member Social Ffairs Tranport Personnel – Administration Credit and Invetments Budget – Financial Control
Jean-François Deniau Member Enlargement Development Aid
Altiero SPINELLI Member Industry and Technology Training and Education Customs Union Joint Research Centre
Albert BORSCHETTE Member Competition Press and Information Dissemination of Information Regional Policy
Ralf DAHRENDORF Member External Relations External Trade
ORTOLI COMMISSION 6 January 1973 – 5 January 1977
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
François-Xavier ORTOLI President Secretariat General Legal Service Spokesman’s Group
Wilhelm HAFERKAMP Vice-President Economic and Finance Credit and Investments
Carlo SCARASCIA- Vice-President Parliamentary Affairs MUGNOZZA Environment Policy Consumer Interests Transport Information
Sir Christopher SOAMES Vice-President External Relations
Patrick John HILLERY Vice-President Social Affairs Not replaced (elected President of Ireland Assumed Irish 9 November 1976) Presidency 3 December 1976
Henri SIMONET Vice-President Taxation Financial Institutions Energy Euratom Supply
Altiero SPINELLI Member Industry and Technology
Albert BORSCHETTE Member Competition Personnel - Administration
Ralf DAHRENDORF Member Research, Science, Education Joint Research Centre Statistical Office S&T Information
George THOMSON Member Regional Policy
Petrus Josephus LARDINOIS Member Agriculture
Finn Olav GUNDELACH Member Internal Market Customs Union
ORTOLI COMMISSION 6 January 1973 – 5 January 1977
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Jean-François Deniau Member Development Policy Claude CHEYSSON (resigned 12 April 1973) Budgets – Financial (19 April 1973) Control
JENKINS COMMISSION 6 January 1977- 19 January 1981
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Roy JENKINS President Secretariat-General Legal Service Information Spokesman’s Group
François-Xavier ORTOLI Vice-President Economic and Finance Credit and Investments Statistical Office
Wilhelm HAFERKAMP Vice-President External Relations
Finn Olav GUNDELACH Vice-President Agriculture – Fisheries
Lorenzo NATALI Vice-President Enlargement Environment Nuclear safety European Parliament Direct Elections
Henk VREDLING Vice-President Employment Social Affairs
Claude CHEYSSON Member Development
Guide Brunner Member Energy Research, Science Euratom Supply Agency Education Scientific Information Joint Research Center
Raymond VOUEL Member Competition
Antonio GIOLITTI Member Regional Policy Coordination of Community Funds
Richard BURKE Member Taxation Consumer Affairs Transport Relations with the European Parliament
JENKINS COMMISSION 6 January 1977- 19 January 1981
Étienne DAVIGNON Member Internal Market Industrial Affairs Customs Union
Christopher TUGENDHAT Member Budget and Financial Control Financial Institutions Personnel Administration
THORN COMMISSION 20 January 1981 – 6 January 1985
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Gaston THORN President Secretariat-General Legal Service Spokesman’s Group Culture Security Office
François-Xavier ORTOLI Vice-President Economic and Financial Credit and Investments
Wilhelm HAFERKAMP Vice-President External Relations including nuclear affairs
Lorenzo NATALI Vice-President Mediterranean policy Enlargement Information
Étienne DAVIGNON Vice-President Industrial Affairs Energy Euratom Supply Agency Research, Science Joint Research Centre
Christopher TUGENDHAT Vice-President Budget Financial Control Financial Institutions Taxation
Antonio GIOLITTI Member Regional Policy Coordination of Community Funds
Giorgios CONTOGEORGIS Member Transport Fisheries Tourism
Karl-Heinz NARJES Member Internal Market Industrial Innovation Customs Union Environment Consumer Protection Nuclear Safety
Frans ANDRIESSEN Member European Parliament Competition THORN COMMISSION 20 January 1981 – 6 January 1985
Ivor RICHARD Member Employment Social Affairs Tripartite Conference Education Training
Finn Olav GUNDELACH Member Agriculture Poul DALSAGER (died 31 January 1981) (20 January 1981)
Michael O’KENNEDY Member 30 May 1980 Mandate Richard BURKE (resigned 3 March 1982) Personnel Administration (1 April 1982) Joint Interpreting and Conference Service Statistical Office Office for Official Publications
Claude CHEYSSON Member Development Edgard PISANI (resigned 23 April 1981) (26 May 1981) (resigned 3 December 1984)
DELORS COMMISSION 7 January 1985 - 31 December 1985
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Jacques DELORS President Secretariat-General Legal Service Spokesman’s Service Joint Interpreting and Conference Service Security Office Monetary Affairs Structural Funds
Lorenzo NATALI Vice-President Cooperation and Development Enlargement
Karl-Heinz NARJES Vice-President Industrial Affairs Information Technology Research, Science Joint Research Centre
Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President Agriculture Fisheries
Lord Francis Arthur Vice-President Internal Market COCKFIELD Information Technology Research, Science Joint Research Centre
Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN Vice-President Budget Financial Control Personnel Administration
Claude CHEYSSON Member Mediterranean Policy North South Relations
Alois PFEIFFER Member Economic Affairs Employment Credit and Investment Statistical Office
Grigoris VARFIS Member Regional Policy Relations with European Parliament
DELORS COMMISSION 7 January 1985 - 31 December 1985
Willy DE CLERQ Member External Relations Trade
Nicolas MOSAR Member Energy Euratom Supply Agency Office for Official Publications
Stanley CLINTON DAVIS Member Environment Consumer Protection Nuclear Safety Forestry Transport
Carlo RIPA DE MEANA Member Institutional Questions Citizen’s Europe Information Policy Cultural Affairs Tourism
Peter SUTHERLAND Member Competition Social Affairs Education Vocational Training
DELORS COMMISSION 1 January 1986 – 5 January 1989
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Jacques DELORS President Secretariat-General Legal Service Spokesman’s Service Joint Interpreting and Conference Service Security Office Monetary Affairs
Lorenzo NATALI Vice-President Cooperation and Deveopment
Karl-Heinz NARJES Vice-President Industrial Affairs Information Technology Research, Science Joint Research Centre
Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President Agriculture Fisheries
Lord Francis Arthur Vice-President Internal Market COCKFIELD Customs Union Taxation Financial Institutions
Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN Vice-President Budget Financial Control Personnel Administration
Manuel MARIN Vice-President Social Affairs (joined Commission following Employment Spanish enlargement) Education Training
Claude CHEYSSON Member Mediterranean Policy North South Relations
Alois PFEIFFER Member Economic Affairs Peter SCHMIDHUBER (died 1 August 1987) Regional Policy (22 September 1987) Statistical Office
Grigoris VARFIS Member Structural Instruments Consumer Protection
DELORS COMMISSION 1 January 1986 – 5 January 1989
Willy DE CLERQ Member External Relations Trade Policy
Nicolas MOSAR Member Energy Euratom Supply Agency Office for Official Publications
Stanley CLINTON DAVIS Member Environment Nuclear Safety Transport
Carlo RIPA DE MEANA Member Institutional Questions Citizen’s Europe Information Policy Cultural Affairs Tourism
Peter SUTHERLAND Member Competition Relations with European Parliament
António José Baptista Member Fisheries CARDOSO E CUNHA (joined following Portuguese enlargement)
Able MATUTES Member Credit and Investments (joined following Spanish Financial Instruments enlargment) Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
DELORS COMMISSION 6 January 1989 – 5 January 1993
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Jacques DELORS President Secretariat-General Legal Service Spokesman’s Service Joint Interpreting and Conference Service Security Office Monetary Affairs Forward Studies Unit
Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President External Relations and Trade Policy Cooperation with other European Countries
Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN Vice-President Economic and Finance Structural Funds Statistical Office
Manuel MARIN Vice-President Cooperation and Development Fisheries
Filippo Maria PANDOLFI Vice-President Science, Research and Development Telecommunications, Information Technology and Innovation
Martin BANGEMANN Vice-President Internal Market Industrial Affairs Relations with Parliament
Sir Leon BRITTAN Vice-President Competition Financial Institutions
Peter SCHMIDHUBER Member Budget Financial Control
Carlo RIPA DE MEANA Member Environment Nuclear Safety Civil Protection
DELORS COMMISSION 6 January 1989 – 5 January 1993
António José Baptista Member Personnel Administration CARDOSO E CUNHA Translation Energy Euratom Supply Agency Small Business and Distributive Trades Tourism Cooperatives
Able MATUTES Member Mediterranean Policy Relations with Latin America and Asia North-South Relations
Christiane SCRIVENER Member Taxation Customs Union
Bruce MILLAN Member Regional Policies
Jean DONDELINGER Member Audiovisual and Cultural Affairs Information People’s Europe Office for Official Publications
Ray MAC SHARRY Member Agriculure Rural Development
Karel VAN MIERT Member Transport Credit and Investment Consumer Interests
Vasso PAPANDREOU Member Employment, Industrial Relations and Social Affairs Human Resources, Education, Training and Youth Relations with the Economic and Social Committee
DELORS COMMISSION 6 January 1993 – 24 January 1995
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Jacques DELORS President Secretariat-General Legal Service Spokesman’s Service Joint Interpreting and Conference Service Security Office Monetary Affairs Forward Studies Unit Inspectorate-General
Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN Vice-President Economic and Finance Monetary Matters Credit and Investment Statistical Office
Manuel MARIN Vice-President Cooperation and (as of 1 July 1993) Development: Mediterranean, Middle East, Latin American and Asia LomėConvention European Office for Emergency Humanitarian Aid
Martin BANGEMANN Vice-President Industrial Affairs (as of 1 July 1993) Information Technologies and Telecommunications
Sir Leon BRITTAN Vice-President External Economic Affairs: (as of 1 July 1993) North America, Japan, China, Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe including Central and Eastern Europe Commercial Policy
Karel VAN MIERT Vice-President Competition (as of 1 July Personnel Administration 1993) Translation and Data Processing
DELORS COMMISSION 6 January 1993 – 24 January 1995
Antonio RUBERTI Vice-President Science, Research and (as of 1 July 1993) Development Joint Research Centre Human Resources, Education, Training and Youth
Able MATUTES Member Energy Marcelino OREJA (resigned 21 April 1994) Euratom Supply Agency AGUIRRE Transport (27 April 1994)
Peter SCHMIDHUBER Member Budget Financial Control Anti-fraud Measures Cohesion Fund
Christiane SCRIVENER Member Direct and Indirect Taxation Customs Union Consumer Policy
Bruce MILLAN Member Regional Policies Relations with the Committee of the Regions
Hans VAN DEN BROEK Member External Political Relations Common Foreign and Security Policy Enlargment
João de Deus PINHEIRO Member Relations with the European Parliament Relations with the Member States on Transparency, Communications and Information Culture and Audiovisual Policy Office for Official Publications
Padraig FLYNN Member Social Affairs Employment Relations with the Economic and Social Committee Immigration, Home Affairs and Justice DELORS COMMISSION 6 January 1993 – 24 January 1995
René STEICHEN Member Agriculture Rural Development
Ionnais D. PALEOKRASSAS Member Environment Nuclear Safety Civil Protection Fisheries
Raniero VANNI D’ARCHIRAFI Member Institutional Matters Internal Market Financial Services Enterprise Policy: Small Business and Distributive Trades
SANTER COMMISSION 25 January 1995 – 17 September 1999
The Commission collectively resigned on March 15, 1999 and served in a caretaker capacity until September 17.
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Jacques Santer President Secretariat-General Legal Service Security Office Forward Studies Unit Inspectorate-General Joint Interpreting and Conference Service Spokesman’s Service Monetary matters (with Mr. de Silguy) Common Foreign and Security Policy and Human Rights (with Mr. Van den Broek Instiuttional Matters and Intergovernmental Conference (with Mr. Oreja)
Sir Leon BRITTAN Vice-President External Relations with North American, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Common Commercial Policy Relations with OECD and WTO
Manuel MARIN Vice-President External Relations with Southern Mediterranean Countries, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia (except Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), including Development Aid
SANTER COMMISSION 25 January 1995 – 17 September 1999
Martin BANGEMANN Member Industrial Affairs Information and Telecommunications Technologies
Karel VAN MIERT Member Competition
Hans VAN DEN BROEK Member External Relations with the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta and other European Countries Common Foreign and Security Policy Human Rights, External Diplomatic Missions
João de Deus PINHEIRO Member External Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries and South Africa, including Development Aid Lomé Convention
Pádraig FLYNN Member Employment and Social Affairs Relations with the Economic and Social Committee
Marcelino OREJA Member Relations with the European Parliament Relations with Member States (transparency, communication and information) Culture and Audiovisual Policy Office for Official Publications Institutional Matters Preparations for the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference
SANTER COMMISSION 25 January 1995 – 17 September 1999
Anita GRADIN Member Immigration Justice and Home Affairs Relations with the Ombudsman Financial Control Fraud Prevention
Édith CRESSON Member Science, Research and Development Joint Research Centre Human Resources, Education, Training and Youth
Ritt BJERREGAARD Member Environment Nuclear Safety
Monika WULF-MATHIES Member Regional Policies Relations with the Committee of the Regions Cohesion Fund
Neil KINNOCK Member Transport Trans-European Networks
Mario MONTI Member INTERNAL Market Financial Services and Financial Integration Customs Taxation
Frans FISCHLER Member Agriculture Rural Development
Emma BONINO Member Fisheries Consumer Policy European Community Humanitarian Office
Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY Member Economic and Finance Monetary Matters Credit and Investments Statistical Office
SANTER COMMISSION 25 January 1995 – 17 September 1999
Erkki LIIKANEN Member Budget Personnel Administration Translation In-house Computer Services
Christos PAPOUTSIS Member Energy Euratom Supply Agency Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Tourism
PRODI COMMISSION 17 September 1999 – 22 January 2000
(completion of the Santer Commission’s term of office) Reappointed 23 January 2000 – 31 October 2004
TITLE RESPONSIBLITIES REPLACEMENT (Date appointed)
Romano Prodi President
Neil Kinnock Vice-President Administrative reform
Loyola de Palacio del Valle- Vice President Relations with Parliament Lersundi Transport and Energy
Mario Monti Member Competition
Franz Fischler Member Agriculture Rural Development Fisheries
Erkki Liikanen Member Enterprise Olli Rehn (resigned 11 July 2004) Information Society (12 July 2004)
Frederik Bolkestein Member Internal Market
Philippe Busquin Member Research Louis Michel (resigned 12 September 2004) 13 September 2004)
Pedro Solbes Mira Member Economic and Monetary Joaquin (resigned 17 April 2004) Almunia Amann (26 April 2004)
Poul Nielson Member Development Humanitarian Aid
Guenter Berheugen Member Enlargement
Christopher Patten Member External Relations
PRODI COMMISSION 17 September 1999 – 22 January 2000
(completion of the Santer Commission’s term of office) Reappointed 23 January 2000 – 31 October 2004
Pascal Lamy Member Trade
David Byrne Member Health and Consumer Protection
Michel Barnier Member Regional Policy Jacques Barrot (resigned 1 April 2004) Intergovernmental Conference (26 April 2004)
Vivian Reding Member Education and Culture
Michaele Schreyer Member Budget
Margot Wallstrom Member Environment
Antonio Vitorino Member Justice and Home Affaris
Anna Diamantopoulou Member Employment Stavros Dimas (resigned 10 March 2004) Social Affairs (31 October 2004)