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Eu Whoiswho Official Directory of the European Union EUROPEAN UNION EU WHOISWHO OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION EUROPEAN COUNCIL 14/09/2021 Managed by the Publications Office © European Union, 2021 FOP engine ver:20180220 - Content: Anninter export. Root entity 1, all languages. - X15splt1,v170601 - X15splt2,v161129 - Just set reference language to EN (version 20160818) - Removing redondancy and photo for xml for pdf(ver 20201206,execution:2021-09-14T18:03:57.732+02:00 ) - convert to any LV (version 20170103) - NAL countries.xml ver (if no ver it means problem): 20210616-0 - execution of xslt to fo code: 2021-09-14T18:04:06.239+02:00- linguistic version EN - NAL countries.xml ver (if no ver it means problem):20210616-0 rootentity=EURCOU Note to the reader: The personal data in this directory are provided by the institutions, bodies and agencies of EU. The data are presented following the established order where there is one, otherwise by alphabetical order, barring errors or omissions. It is strictly forbidden to use these data for direct marketing purposes. If you detect any errors, please report them to: [email protected] Managed by the Publications Office © European Union, 2021 Reproduction is authorised. For any use or reproduction of individual photos, permission must be sought directly from the copyright holders. LIST OF BUILDINGS (CODES) Code City Adress DAIL Brussels Crèche Conseil Avenue de la Brabançonne 100 / Brabançonnelaan 100 JL Brussels Justus Lipsius Rue de la Loi 175 / Wetstraat 175 L145 Brussels Lex Rue de la Loi 145 / Wetstraat 145 EUROPEAN COUNCIL – 14/09/2021 – 3 BRUSSELS 4 – 14/09/2021 – OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION BRUSSELS EUROPEAN COUNCIL – 14/09/2021 – 5 LUXEMBOURG – Kirchberg Plateau 6 – 14/09/2021 – OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION LUXEMBOURG – Gare and Cloche d’or STRASBOURG EUROPEAN COUNCIL – 14/09/2021 – 7 European Council President 9 Members 9 Cabinet of the President 10 8 – 14/09/2021 – OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION European Council Rue de la Loi 175 / Wetstraat 175 1048 Bruxelles / Brussel BELGIUM Tel. +32 2281-6111 Fax +32 2281-6934 PRESIDENT Mr Charles MICHEL President Belgium https://twitter.com/eucopresident https://www.youtube.com/c/ europeancouncilpresident http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european- council/president/ https://www.facebook.com/CharlesMichel/ MEMBERS https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/members/ Belgium Estonia Croatia Mr Alexander DE CROO Ms Kaja KALLAS Prime Minister Prime Minister Mr Andrej PLENKOVIĆ Prime Minister Ireland Bulgaria Italy Mr Rumen RADEV Mr Micheál MARTIN President of the Republic Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Mr Mario DRAGHI Prime Minister Czechia Greece Cyprus Mr Andrej BABIŠ Mr Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS Prime Minister Prime Minister Czechia Mr Nicos ANASTASIADES (Νίκος ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΑΔΗΣ) Spain President of the Republic Denmark Cyprus Mette FREDERIKSEN Mr Pedro SÁNCHEZ Latvia Prime Minister Prime Minister Spain Germany Mr Krišjānis KARIŅŠ France Prime Minister Latvia Ms Angela MERKEL Mr Emmanuel MACRON Federal Chancellor President of the Republic Lithuania France EUROPEAN COUNCIL – 14/09/2021 – 9 Mr Gitanas NAUSĖDA Austria Mr Janez JANŠA President of the Republic Prime Minister Mr Sebastian KURZ Luxembourg Federal Chancellor Slovakia Mr Xavier BETTEL Poland Eduard HEGER Prime Minister Prime Minister Mr Mateusz MORAWIECKI Hungary Prime Minister Finland Mr Viktor ORBÁN Portugal Ms Sanna MARIN Prime Minister Prime Minister Hungary Finland Mr António COSTA Prime Minister Malta Sweden Romania Mr Robert ABELA Mr Stefan LÖFVEN Prime Minister Prime Minister Mr Klaus Werner IOHANNIS President The Netherlands Romania European Commission Mr Mark RUTTE Slovenia Ms Ursula VON DER LEYEN Prime Minister President CABINET OF THE PRESIDENT https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/president/cabinet/ Mr Frédéric BERNARD Head of Cabinet of the President 10 – 14/09/2021 – OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION General index of names A MERKEL, Angela, 9 MICHEL, Charles, 9 ABELA, Robert, 10 MITSOTAKIS, Kyriakos, 9 ANASTASIADES(ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΑΔΗΣ), MORAWIECKI, Mateusz, 10 Nicos(Νίκος), 9 N B NAUSĖDA, Gitanas, 10 BABIŠ, Andrej, 9 BERNARD, Frédéric, 10 BETTEL, Xavier, 10 O ORBÁN, Viktor, 10 C COSTA, António, 10 P PLENKOVIĆ, Andrej, 9 D DE CROO, Alexander, 9 R DRAGHI, Mario, 9 RADEV, Rumen, 9 RUTTE, Mark, 10 F FREDERIKSEN, Mette, 9 S SÁNCHEZ, Pedro, 9 H HEGER, Eduard, 10 V VON DER LEYEN, Ursula, 10 I IOHANNIS, Klaus Werner, 10 Z J JANŠA, Janez, 10 K KALLAS, Kaja, 9 KARIŅŠ, Krišjānis, 9 KURZ, Sebastian, 10 L LÖFVEN, Stefan, 10 M MACRON, Emmanuel, 9 MARIN, Sanna, 10 MARTIN, Micheál, 9 EUROPEAN COUNCIL – 14/09/2021 – 11.
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