List of European Commission portfolios

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A portfolio in the European Commission is an area of responsibility assigned to a European Commissioner, usually connected to one or several Directorates-General (DGs).

Portfolios

Agriculture

The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is in charge of rural issues including most notably the controversial

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
1	Sicco Mansholt	Netherlands	1958–1972	Hallstein Commission I & II, Rey Commission, Malfatti Commission	Agriculture (vice-president)
2	Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza	Italy	1972–1973	Mansholt Commission	Agriculture
3	Pierre Lardinois	Netherlands	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission	Agriculture
4	Finn Olav Gundelach	Denmark	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Agriculture-Fisheries (vice-president)
			1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Agriculture
5	Poul Dalsager	Denmark			Agriculture
6	Frans Andriessen	Netherlands	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Agriculture and Rural Development (vice-president)
7	Ray MacSharry	Ireland	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Agriculture and Rural Development
8	René Steichen	Luxembourg	1992–1995	Delors Commission III
9	Franz Fischler	Austria	1995–1999	Santer Commission
			1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Agriculture and Fisheries
10	Sandra Kalniete	Latvia	2004
11	Mariann Fischer Boel	Denmark	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	Agriculture and Rural Development
12	Dacian Cioloş	Romania	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II
13	Phil Hogan	Ireland	2014–2019	Juncker Commission
14	Janusz Wojciechowski	Poland	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Agriculture

Climate Action

The post of Commissioner for Climate Action was created in February 2010, being split from the environmental portfolio to focus on fighting

.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
1	Connie Hedegaard	Denmark	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Climate Action
2	Miguel Arias Cañete	Spain	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Climate Action and Energy
3	Frans Timmermans	Netherlands	2019–2023	Von der Leyen Commission	Climate Action
4	Maroš Šefčovič (acting)	Slovakia	2023	Von der Leyen Commission	Climate Action
5	Wopke Hoekstra	Netherlands	2023–present	Von der Leyen Commission	Climate Action

Competition

The Commissioner for Competition is the member responsible for

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
1	Hans von der Groeben	West Germany	1958–1967	Hallstein Commission I & II	Competition
2	Maan Sassen	Netherlands	1967–1971	Rey Commission
3	Albert Borschette	Luxembourg	1970–1973	Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission	Competition and Regional Policy
			1973–1977	Ortoli Commission	Competition
4	Raymond Vouel	Luxembourg	1976–1981	Jenkins Commission
5	Frans Andriessen	Netherlands	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Parliamentary Relations and Competition
6	Peter Sutherland	Ireland	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Competition, social affairs and education
7	Sir Leon Brittan	United Kingdom	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Competition and financial institutions (vice-president)
8	Karel Van Miert	Belgium	1993–1999	Delors Commission III, Santer Commission	Competition (vice-president)
9	Mario Monti	Italy	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Competition
10	Neelie Kroes	Netherlands	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I
11	Joaquín Almunia	Spain	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Competition (vice-president)
12	Margrethe Vestager	Denmark	2014 onwards	Juncker Commission, Von der Leyen Commission	Competition

Development

The Commissioner for Development deals with promoting sustainable development in deprived regions (such as

Directorate-General for International Partnerships

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
1	Robert Lemaignen	France	1958–1962	Hallstein Commission I	Overseas Development
2	Henri Rochereau	France	1962–1967	Hallstein Commission II
			1967–1970	Rey Commission	Development Assistance
3	Jean-François Deniau	France	1967–1970	Rey Commission	Foreign Trade, Enlargement and Assistance to developing countries
			1970–1972	Malfatti Commission	External Relations and Development Aid
			1972–1973	Mansholt Commission	Foreign Affairs and Development Aid
			1973	Ortoli Commission	Development cooperation
4	Claude Cheysson	France	1973–1981	Ortoli Commission, Jenkins Commission	Development
			1981	Thorn Commission
5	Edgard Pisani	France	1981–1984
6	Lorenzo Natali	Italy	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Cooperation, development affairs and enlargement (vice-president)
7	Filippo Maria Pandolfi	Italy	1989–1993	Delors Commission II	Science, research, development, telecommunications and innovation (vice-president)
7	Manuel Marin	Spain	1989–1992		Cooperation, development and fisheries (vice-president)
			1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Cooperation, development and humanitarian aid (vice-president)
8	João de Deus Pinheiro	Portugal	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Relations with African, Caribbean, Pacific Countries, South Africa and the Lomé Convention
9	Poul Nielson	Denmark	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Development and Humanitarian Aid
10	Joe Borg	Malta	2004
11	Benita Ferrero-Waldner	Austria	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy
12	Louis Michel	Belgium	2004–2009		Development and Humanitarian Aid
13	Karel De Gucht	Belgium	2009–2010
14	Andris Piebalgs	Latvia	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Development
15	Neven Mimica	Croatia	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	International Cooperation and Development
16	Jutta Urpilainen	Finland	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	International Partnerhips

Digitalization and Informations

Main article:

European Commissioner for Digital Agenda

The Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, previously the Commissioner for Information Society and Media, is responsible media and information issues such as

ICT

.

2004–2010 Commissioner,

In the previous Commission information society was linked with Enterprise (now linked with Industry).

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
1	Fritz Hellwig	Germany	1967–1970	Rey Commission	Research and Technology, Distribution of Information and Joint Research Centre (vice-president)
2	Lorenzo Natali	Italy	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Mediterranean Policy, Enlargement and Information (vice-president)
3	Karl-Heinz Narjes	Germany	1985–1988	Delors Commission I	Industry, information technology and science and research (vice-president)
4	Carlo Ripa di Meana	Italy			Institutional reforms, information policy, culture and tourism
5	Filippo Maria Pandolfi	Italy	1989–1993	Delors Commission II	Science, research, development, telecommunications and innovation (vice-president)
6	Martin Bangemann	Germany	1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Internal market, industrial affairs and ICT (vice-president)
7	Antonio Ruberti	Italy			Science, research, technological development and education (vice-president)
(6)	Martin Bangemann	Germany	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Industrial affairs, Information and Telecommunications Technologies
8	Marcelino Oreja	Spain			Relations with the European Parliament, Culture, Audiovisual Policy
9	Erkki Liikanen	Finland	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Enterprise and Information Society
10	Olli Rehn	Finland	2004
11	Ján Figeľ	Slovakia	2004
12	Viviane Reding	Luxembourg	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	Information Society and Media
13	Neelie Kroes	Netherlands	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Digital Agenda (vice-president)
14	Andrus Ansip	Estonia	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Digital Single Market (vice-president)
15	Maroš Šefčovič	Slovakia	2019
16	Margrethe Vestager	Denmark	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Europe Fit for Digital Age (Executive Vice-President)

Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs

Main article:

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs

The Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs is responsible for the EU's economic affairs including the

taxation and anti-fraud protection

.

There have been calls for a strengthened economic portfolio with Ségolène Royal suggesting that there should be an economic government for the eurozone^[8] and at the start of the first Barroso Commission Germany suggested an economic "super-commissioner"^[9] – which could see a change in this position. That idea, however, was dropped but the Enterprise and Industry Commissioner was strengthened in response.^[10]

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
1	Robert Marjolin	France	1958–1967	Hallstein Commission I & II	Economics and Finance (vice-president)
2	Raymond Barre	France	1967–1970	Rey Commission	Economic and Finance, Statistical Office (vice-president)
			1970–1972	Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission	Economic & Financial Affairs
3	Wilhelm Haferkamp	West Germany	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission	Economic and Finance, Credit and Investments (vice-president)
3	Henri François Simonet	Belgium			Taxation, Energy (vice-president)
3	Finn Olav Gundelach	Denmark			Internal Market, Customs Union
4	Richard Burke	Ireland	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Taxation, Consumer Affairs, Transport
4	Étienne Davignon	Belgium			Internal Market, Customs Union, Industrial Affairs
4	François-Xavier Ortoli	France	1977–1985		Economic and Financial Credit and Investments (vice-president)
				Thorn Commission	Economic and Financial Credit and Investments (vice-president)
5	Christopher Tugendhat	United Kingdom	1981–1985		Budget and Financial Control, Financial Institutions and Taxation (vice-president)
5	Karl-Heinz Narjes	Germany			Internal Market, Industrial Innovation, Customs Union, the Environment, Consumer Protection and Nuclear Safety
5	Lord Cockfield	United Kingdom	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Internal market, tax law and customs (vice-president)
6	Henning Christophersen	Denmark			Budget, financial control, personnel and administration (vice-president)
			1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Economic & financial affairs and coordination of structural funds (vice-president)
7	Christiane Scrivener	France			Taxation and customs union
(6)	Henning Christophersen	Denmark	1992–1994	Delors Commission III	Economic and Financial Affairs (vice-president)
(7)	Christiane Scrivener	France			Taxation, customs union and consumer policies
8	Yves-Thibault de Silguy	France	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Economic and Financial Affairs
8	Mario Monti	Italy			Internal Market, Services Customs and Taxation
9	Pedro Solbes	Spain	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Economic and Monetary Affairs
10	Joaquín Almunia	Spain	2004
11	Siim Kallas	Estonia	2004
12	Joaquín Almunia	Spain	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	Economic and Financial Affairs
12	László Kovács	Hungary			Taxation and Customs Union
13	Olli Rehn	Finland	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro (vice-president)
14	Jyrki Katainen	Finland	2014
15	Algirdas Šemeta	Lithuania	2010–2014		Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud
16	Pierre Moscovici	France	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
17	Paolo Gentiloni	Italy	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Economy
17	Valdis Dombrovskis	Latvia	2019 Onwards		Economy that Works for People (Executive Vice-President)

Education, Culture, Sport and Youth

The Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth is responsible for policies in education and

.

The post was enlarged since the

). When Romania joined the EU in 2007, multilingualism was handed over to the new Romanian commissioner. In its place the portfolio included youth, sport and civil society. Multilingualism was reintroduced in 2010 under Barroso's second Commission.

The commission has become increasingly active in education. The

is a proposed research university.

The previous portfolio to the current was Culture, merged with Audiovisual policy and EP relations.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
1	Carlo Ripa di Meana	Italy	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Institutional reforms, information policy, culture and tourism
2	Jean Dondelinger	Luxembourg	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Audiovisual and cultural affairs
3	Antonio Ruberti	Italy	1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Science, research, technological development and education (vice-president)
3	João de Deus Pinheiro	Portugal			Relations with Parliament, culture and audiovisual
4	Marcelino Oreja	Spain	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Relations with the European Parliament, Culture, Audiovisual Policy
5	Viviane Reding	Luxembourg	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Education and Culture
6	Dalia Grybauskaitė	Lithuania	2004
7	Ján Figeľ	Slovakia	2004–2009	Barroso Commission I	Education, Training and Culture
8	Maroš Šefčovič	Slovakia	2009–2010
7	Leonard Orban	Romania	2004–2010		Multilingualism
8	Androulla Vassiliou	Cyprus	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth
9	Tibor Navracsics	Hungary	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
10	Mariya Gabriel	Bulgaria	2019–2023[11]	Von der Leyen Commission	Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
11	Iliana Ivanova	Bulgaria	(designated)[12]	Von der Leyen Commission	Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

Employment and Social Affairs

The Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion is responsible for matters including those relating to employment, discrimination and social affairs such as

. The post has had various alterations; under the first Barroso Commission it was known as Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
1	Lionello Levi Sandri	Italy	1967–1972	Rey Commission
2	Albert Coppé	Belgium	1972–1973	Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission
3	Patrick Hillery	Ireland	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission
4	Henk Vredeling	Netherlands	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Employment and Social Affairs (vice-president)
5	Ivor Richard	United Kingdom	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Employment and Social Affairs
6	Alois Pfeiffer	West Germany	1985–1987	Delors Commission I	Economic affairs and employment
7	Peter Schmidhuber	West Germany	1987–1989
8	Peter Sutherland	Ireland	1985–1989		Competition, social affairs and education
9	Manuel Marin	Spain	1986–1989		Competition, social affairs and education (vice-president)
10	Vasso Papandreou	Greece	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Employment, industrial relations and social affairs
11	Pádraig Flynn	Ireland	1993–1995	Delors Commission III	Social affairs and employment
			1994–1999	Santer Commission	Employment and Social Affairs and relations with the EESC
13	Anna Diamantopoulou	Greece	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Employment and Social Affairs
14	Stavros Dimas	Greece	2004
14	Vladimír Špidla	Czech Republic	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
15	László Andor	Hungary	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
16	Marianne Thyssen	Belgium	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
17	Nicolas Schmit	Luxembourg	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Jobs and Social Rights

Energy

The Commissioner holds responsibility for the

.

The EU is an active supporter of the

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
1	Wilhelm Haferkamp	West Germany	1967–1973	Rey Commission, Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission
2	Henri François Simonet	Belgium	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission
3	Guido Brunner	West Germany	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Energy, Research, Science
4	Étienne Davignon	Belgium	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Industrial Affairs, Energy, Research and Science (vice-president)
5	Nicolas Mosar	Luxembourg	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Energy & Euratom
6	Antonio Cardoso e Cunha	Portugal	1989–1993	Delors Commission II	Energy, Euratom, small businesses; staff and translation
7	Marcelino Oreja	Spain	1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Transport and energy
8	Abel Matutes	Spain	1994–1995
9	Christos Papoutsis	Greece	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Energy, Euratom Supply Agency, SMEs and Tourism
10	Loyola de Palacio	Spain	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration, Transport and Energy (vice-president)
11	Andris Piebalgs	Latvia	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	Energy
12	Günther Oettinger	Germany	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Energy (vice-president)
13	Miguel Arias Cañete	Spain	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Climate Action and Energy
14	Maroš Šefčovič	Slovakia			Energy Union (vice-president)
15	Kadri Simson	Estonia	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Energy

Enlargement, European Neighbourhood Policy and External Relations

Main article:

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy

The Commissioner for Enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy is concerned with foreign policy towards the EU's nearest neighbours. The enlargement portfolio began to be created out of the regionalised foreign policy posts. In particular the Santer Commission post for relations with central and eastern Europe as those countries began applying to join. The Neighbourhood Policy element was created in 2004 as part of the External Relations portfolio. When that portfolio was absorbed by the High Representative in 2009, Neighbourhood Policy was transferred to Trade and then to Enlargement in 2010 under the Second Barroso Commission.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Lorenzo Natali	Italy	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Enlargement, Environment, Nuclear Safety
	Wilhelm Haferkamp	Germany			External Relations (vice-president)
			1981–1985	Thorn Commission
	Lorenzo Natali	Italy			Mediterranean Policy, Enlargement and Information (vice-president)
			1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Cooperation, development affairs and enlargement (vice-president)
	Claude Cheysson	France			Mediterranean policy and north–south relations
	Willy De Clercq	Belgium			External relations and trade policy
	Frans Andriessen	Netherlands	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	External relations and trade policy (vice-president)
	Abel Matutes	Spain	1989–1992		Mediterranean and Latin American policy
	Hans van den Broek	Netherlands	1993–1994	Delors Commission III	External relations and enlargement
	Leon Brittan	United Kingdom	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Commercial Policy and External Relations (vice-president)
	Manuel Marin	Spain			External Relations (vice-president)
	João de Deus Pinheiro	Portugal			Relations with African, Caribbean, Pacific Countries
	Hans van den Broek	Netherlands			Relations with central and eastern Europe, CFSP and the External Service, South Africa and the Lomé Convention
	Chris Patten	United Kingdom	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	External Relations
	Günter Verheugen	Germany			Enlargement
	Janez Potočnik	Slovenia	2004
	Olli Rehn	Finland	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I
	Benita Ferrero-Waldner	Austria			External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy
	Štefan Füle	Czech Republic	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
	Johannes Hahn	Austria	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
	Olivér Várhelyi	Hungary	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Neighbourhood and Enlargement

Environment

The Commissioner for the Environment is responsible for protection of the European Union's environment. Specific actions relating to climate change are under the responsibility of the Climate Action commissioner as of 2010.

The EU has made a number of environmental moves, partially in regards to climate change. Most notably it signed the

ensuring water quality reaches higher standards.

For more, see

Directorate-General for the Environment

.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Lorenzo Natali	Italy	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Enlargement, Environment, Nuclear Safety
	Karl-Heinz Narjes	Germany	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Internal Market, Industrial Innovation, Customs Union, the Environment, Consumer Protection and Nuclear Safety
	Stanley Clinton Davis	United Kingdom	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Environment, consumer protection and transport
	Carlo Ripa di Meana	Italy	1989–1993	Delors Commission II	Environment, nuclear safety and civil protection
	Ioannis Paleokrassas	Greece	1993–1995	Delors Commission III	Environment, fisheries
	Ritt Bjerregaard	Denmark	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Environment and nuclear security
	Margot Wallström	Sweden	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Environment
	Stavros Dimas	Greece	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I
	Janez Potočnik	Slovenia	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II
	Karmenu Vella	Malta	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
	Virginijus Sinkevičius	Lithuania	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Budget and Human Resources

Main article:

European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources

The Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources is primarily responsible for the management of the budget of the European Union and related financial issues except for budgetary discharge which falls under the Commissioner for administration commissioner. Previously simply for the budget, the position expanded under the Prodi Commission to include financial programming. The related DG is the Directorate-General for Budget.

Under Commissioner Grybauskaitė, Commissioner's 121.6 billion euro 2008 budget proposed that for the first time funding for

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Albert Coppé	Belgium	1967–1973	Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission
	Wilhelm Haferkamp	Germany	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission
	Christopher Tugendhat	United Kingdom	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Budget and Financial Control, Financial Institutions
			1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Budget and Financial Control, Financial Institutions and Taxation (vice-president)
	Michael O'Kennedy	Ireland	1981–1982		Personnel and Administration
	Richard Burke	Ireland	1982–1985
	Henning Christophersen	Denmark	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Budget, financial control, personnel and administration
	Antonio Cardoso e Cunha	Portugal	1989–1993	Delors Commission II	Energy, Euratom, small businesses; staff and translation
	Peter Schmidhuber	Germany			Budget
			1993–1995	Delors Commission III	Budget, financial control and the cohesion fund
	Erkki Liikanen	Finland	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Budget, Personnel and Administration
	Michaele Schreyer	Germany	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Budget
	Marcos Kyprianou	Cyprus	2004
	Dalia Grybauskaitė	Lithuania	2004–2009	Barroso Commission I	Financial Programming and the Budget
	Algirdas Šemeta	Lithuania	2009–2010
	Janusz Lewandowski	Poland	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II
	Jacek Dominik	Poland	2014
	Maroš Šefčovič	Slovakia	2010–2014		Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration (vice-president)
	Kristalina Georgieva	Bulgaria	2014–2016	Juncker Commission	Budget and Human Resources (vice-president)
	Günther Oettinger	Germany	2017–2019		Budget and Human Resources
	Johannes Hahn	Austria	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Budget and Administration

Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

Main article:

European Commissioner for Financial Stability Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

The Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union is responsible for banking and finance. It was a role created under the Juncker Commission.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portfolio actual name
	Christopher Tugendhat	United Kingdom	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Budget and Financial Control, Financial Institutions
			1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Budget and Financial Control, Financial Institutions and Taxation (vice-president)
	Henning Christophersen	Denmark	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Budget, financial control, personnel and administration
	Abel Matutes	Spain	1986–1989		Credit, investments, financial instruments and small & medium-sized enterprises
	Sir Leon Brittan	United Kingdom	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Competition and financial institutions (vice-president)
	Peter Schmidhuber	Germany	1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Budget, financial control and the cohesion fund
	Anita Gradin	Sweden	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Immigration, Justice & Home Affairs, Financial Control, Anti-fraud and Relations with the European Ombudsman.
	Jonathan Hill	United Kingdom	2014–2016	Juncker Commission	Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
	Valdis Dombrovskis	Latvia	2016–2019	Juncker Commission	Euro and Social Dialogue and Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (vice-president)
			2019–2020	Von der Leyen Commission	Financial Markets
	Mairead McGuinness	Ireland	2020–present	Von der Leyen Commission	Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

Institutional Reform, Democracy and Demography

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portfolio actual name
	Neil Kinnock	United Kingdom	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Administrative reform (vice-president)
	Carlo Ripa di Meana	Italy	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Institutional reforms, information policy, culture and tourism
	Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi	Italy	1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Institutional reform, internal market and enterprise
	Dubravka Šuica	Croatia	nominated	Von der Leyen Commission	Democracy and Demography (Vice-President)

Health and Consumer Protection

Main article:

European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy

The Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy is responsible for matters of public health, food safety, animal health, welfare and consumer affairs. Between 2007 and 2010 it was split into a Commissioner for Health and a Commissioner for Consumer Protection – in order to give a portfolio for the incoming Bulgarian Commissioner. It was recombined under the second Barroso Commission.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Richard Burke	Ireland	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Taxation, Consumer Affairs, Transport
	Karl-Heinz Narjes	Germany	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Internal Market, Industrial Innovation, Customs Union, the Environment, Consumer Protection and Nuclear Safety
	Stanley Clinton Davis	United Kingdom	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Environment, consumer protection and transport
	Grigoris Varfis	Greece	1986–1989		Relations with the European Parliament, regional policy and consumer protection
	Karel Van Miert	Belgium	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Transport and consumer protection
	Christiane Scrivener	France	1992–1994	Delors Commission III	Taxation, customs union and consumer policies
	Emma Bonino	Italy	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Consumer Policy, Fisheries and ECHO
	David Byrne	Ireland	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Health and Consumer Protection
	Pavel Telička	Czech Republic	2004
	Markos Kyprianou	Cyprus	2004–2008	Barroso Commission I	Health
	Androulla Vassiliou	Cyprus	2008–2010
	Meglena Kuneva	Bulgaria	2007–2010		Consumer Protection
	John Dalli	Malta	2010–2012	Barroso Commission II	Health and Consumer Policy
	Tonio Borg	Malta	2012–2014		Health
	Neven Mimica	Croatia	2013–2014		Consumer Protection
	Vytenis Andriukaitis	Lithuania	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Health and Food Safety
	Věra Jourová	Czech Republic	2014–2019		Justice and Consumers
	Stella Kyriakidou	Cyprus	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Health and Food Safety
	Didier Reynders	Belgium	nominated		Justice

High Representative

The High Representative became a Commissioner on 1 December 2009, replacing the External Relations Commissioner (see historical below). Although other external relations posts continue to exist, such as trade, the High Representative is the most senior foreign affairs post in the EU.

Home Affairs

The Commissioner for Home Affairs was created in 2010 by dividing the previous Justice, Freedom and Security portfolio into a security orientated post (DG HOME) and a post centred on justice, on individual and fundamental rights (DG JUST). Its DG is the

(DG HOME).

Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portfolio actual name
Anita Gradin	Sweden	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Immigration, Justice & Home Affairs, Financial Control, Anti-fraud and Relations with the European Ombudsman.
António Vitorino	Portugal	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Justice and Home Affairs
Franco Frattini	Italy	2004–2008	Barroso Commission I	Justice, Freedom and Security (vice-president)
Jacques Barrot	France	2008–2009
Cecilia Malmström	Sweden	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Home Affairs
Viviane Reding	Luxembourg	2010–2014		Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship (vice-president)
Martine Reicherts	Luxembourg	2014		Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
Dimitris Avramopoulos	Greece	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship
Margaritis Schinas	Greece	2019–	Von der Leyen Commission	Promoting our European Way of Life (vice-president)
Ylva Johansson	Sweden	2019–		Home Affairs

Industry and Entrepreneurship

The Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry post was enlarged from the Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society portfolio in the

As Commissioner, he indicates his aim to increase the competitiveness of Europe, there is a separate

Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry

.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Étienne Davignon	Belgium	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Internal Market, Customs Union, Industrial Affairs
			1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Industrial Affairs, Energy, Research and Science (vice-president)
	Karl-Heinz Narjes	Germany			Internal Market, Industrial Innovation, Customs Union, the Environment, Consumer Protection and Nuclear Safety
	Karl-Heinz Narjes	Germany	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Industry, information technology and science and research (vice-president)
	Abel Matutes	Spain	1986–1989		Credit, investments, financial instruments and small & medium-sized enterprises
	Martin Bangemann	Germany	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Internal market and industrial affairs (vice-president)
	Antonio Cardoso e Cunha	Portugal			Energy, Euratom, small businesses; staff and translation
	Vasso Papandreou	Greece			Employment, industrial relations and social affairs
	Martin Bangemann	Germany	1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Internal market, industrial affairs and ICT (vice-president)
	Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi	Italy			Institutional reform, internal market and enterprise
	Martin Bangemann	Germany	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Industrial affairs, Information & Telecommunications Technologies
	Christos Papoutsis	Greece			Energy, Euratom Supply Agency, SMEs and Tourism
	Erkki Liikanen	Finland	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Enterprise and Information Society
	Olli Rehn	Finland	2004
	Ján Figeľ	Slovakia	2004
	Günter Verheugen	Germany	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	Enterprise and Industry (vice-president)
	Antonio Tajani	Italy	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Industry and Entrepreneurship (vice-president)
	Ferdinando Nelli Feroci	Italy	2014		Industry and Entrepreneurship
	Elżbieta Bieńkowska	Poland	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
	Thierry Breton	France	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Internal Market

Internal Market

Main article:

European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services

The Commissioner for Internal Market and Services concerned the development of the 480-million-strong

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

.

Commissioner

.

The portfolio was merged in 2014 with the one for Industry and Entrepreneurship.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Piero Malvestiti	Italy	1958–1959	Hallstein Commission I
	Giuseppe Caron	Italy	1959–1963	Hallstein Commission I & II
	Guido Colonna di Paliano	Italy	1964–1967	Hallstein Commission II
	Hans von der Groeben	West Germany	1967–1970	Rey Commission
	Wilhelm Haferkamp	West Germany	1970–1973	Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission
	Finn Olav Gundelach	Denmark	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission
	Étienne Davignon	Belgium	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Internal Market, Customs Union, Industrial Affairs
	Karl-Heinz Narjes	Germany	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Internal Market, Industrial Innovation, Customs Union, the Environment, Consumer Protection and Nuclear Safety
	Lord Cockfield	United Kingdom	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Internal market, tax law and customs
	Martin Bangemann	Germany	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Internal market and industrial affairs (vice-president)
			1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Internal market, industrial affairs and ICT (vice-president)
	Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi	Italy	1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Institutional reform, internal market and enterprise
	Mario Monti	Italy	1994–1999	Santer Commission	Internal Market, Services, Customs and Taxation
	Frits Bolkestein	Netherlands	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Internal Market
	Charlie McCreevy	Ireland	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	Internal Market and Services
	Michel Barnier	France	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Internal Market and Services (vice-president)
	Elżbieta Bieńkowska	Poland	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
	Thierry Breton	France	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Internal Market

International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid, Civil Protection and Crisis Management

The Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response was created under the second Barroso Commission in 2010 . It deals in party with dealing with humanitarian disasters and

in the world.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Robert Lemaignen	France	1958–1962	Hallstein Commission
	Henri Rochereau	France	1962–1970	Hallstein Commission, Rey Commission
	Jean-François Deniau	France	1967–1973	Rey Commission, Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission
	Claude Cheysson	France	1973–1981	Ortoli Commission, Jenkins Commission, Thorn Commission
	Edgard Pisani	France	1981–1985	Thorn Commission
	Lorenzo Natali	Italy	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Cooperation, development affairs and enlargement (vice-president)
	Carlo Ripa di Meana	Italy	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Environment, nuclear safety and civil protection
	Manuel Marin	Spain			Cooperation, development and fisheries (vice-president)
			1992–1994	Delors Commission III	Cooperation, development and humanitarian aid
	João de Deus Pinheiro	Portugal	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Relations with African, Caribbean, Pacific Countries, South Africa and the Lomé Convention
	Emma Bonino	Italy	1995–1999		Consumer Policy, Fisheries and ECHO
	Poul Nielson	Denmark	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Development and Humanitarian Aid
	Joe Borg	Malta	2004
	Benita Ferrero-Waldner	Austria	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy
	Louis Michel	Belgium	2004–2009		Development and Humanitarian Aid
	Karel De Gucht	Belgium	2009–2010
	Kristalina Georgieva	Bulgaria	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
	Christos Stylianides	Cyprus	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
	Janez Lenarčič	Slovenia	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Crisis Management

Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight

The Vice President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight is responsible for the administration of the commission, including management of some of the commission's

.

Prior to 2010 it was also responsible for Audit and Anti-Fraud, now merged with taxation, but gain responsibility for relations with the other EU institutions.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Frans Andriessen	Netherlands	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Parliamentary Relations and Competition
	Michael O'Kennedy	Ireland	1981–1982		Personnel and Administration
	Richard Burke	Ireland	1982–1985
	Henning Christophersen	Denmark	1985–1988	Delors Commission I	Budget, financial control, personnel and administration
	Grigoris Varfis	Greece	1986–1988		Relations with the European Parliament, regional policy and consumer protection
	Antonio Cardoso e Cunha	Portugal	1989–1993	Delors Commission II	Energy, Euratom, small businesses; staff and translation
	João de Deus Pinheiro	Portugal	1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Relations with Parliament, culture and audiovisual
	Erkki Liikanen	Finland	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Budget, Personnel and Administration
	Marcelino Oreja	Spain			Relations with the European Parliament, Culture, Audiovisual Policy
	Anita Gradin	Sweden			Immigration, Justice & Home Affairs, Financial Control, Anti-fraud and Relations with the European Ombudsman.
	Loyola de Palacio	Spain	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration, Transport and Energy (vice-president)
	Margot Wallström	Sweden		Barroso Commission I	Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy (First Vice-President)
	Siim Kallas	Estonia	2004–2009		Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud
	Maroš Šefčovič	Slovakia	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Interinstitutional Relations and Administration (vice-president)
	Frans Timmermans	Netherlands	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights (First Vice-President)
	Maroš Šefčovič	Slovakia	2019–present	Von der Leyen Commission	Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight (vice-president)

Justice and Gender Equality

Main article:

European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship

The Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship was created in 2010 by dividing the previous Justice, Freedom and Security portfolio into a security orientated post and a justice and fundamental rights orientated post. The portfolio was then renamed into Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality under the Juncker Commission.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Anita Gradin	Sweden	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Immigration, Justice & Home Affairs, Financial Control, Anti-fraud and Relations with the European Ombudsman.
	António Vitorino	Portugal	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Justice and Home Affairs
	Franco Frattini	Italy	2004–2008	Barroso Commission I	Justice, Freedom and Security (vice-president)
	Jacques Barrot	France	2008–2009
	Viviane Reding	Luxembourg	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship (vice-president)
	Frans Timmermans	Netherlands	2014–present	Juncker Commission	Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights (First Vice-President)
	Věra Jourová	Czech Republic	2014 onwards		Justice and Consumers
			nominated	Von der Leyen Commission	Values and Transparency (Vice-President)
	Didier Reynders	Belgium	nominated		Justice
	Helena Dalli	Malta	nominated		Equality

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

The Maritime affairs and Fisheries Commissioner is responsible for policies such as the

On 7 June 2006 the Commission published a

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Finn Olav Gundelach	Denmark	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Agriculture-Fisheries (vice-president)
	Giorgos Kontogeorgis	Greece	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Transport, Fisheries and Tourism
	Frans Andriessen	Netherlands	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	fisheries (vice-president)
	António Cardoso e Cunha	Portugal	1986–1989		Fisheries
	Manuel Marin	Spain	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Cooperation, development and fisheries (vice-president)
	Ioannis Paleokrassas	Greece	1993–1995	Delors Commission III	Environment, fisheries
	Franz Fischler	Austria	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Agriculture and Fisheries
	Sandra Kalniete	Latvia	2004
	Joe Borg	Malta	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
	Maria Damanaki	Greece	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
	Karmenu Vella	Malta	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
	Virginijus Sinkevičius	Lithuania	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Regional Policy and Cohesion

Main article:

European Commissioner for Regional Policy

The Regional Policy Commissioner, occasional Regional Affairs Commissioner, is responsible for managing the

Directorate-General for Regional Policy

.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Hans von der Groeben	Germany	1967–1970	Rey Commission
	Albert Borschette	Luxembourg	1970–1973	Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission
	George Thomson	United Kingdom	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission
	Antonio Giolitti	Italy	1977–1985	Jenkins Commission, Thorn Commission	Regional Policy
	Grigoris Varfis	Greece	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Relations with the European Parliament, regional policy and consumer protection
	Henning Christophersen	Denmark	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Budget, financial control, personnel and administration (vice-president)
	Bruce Millan	United Kingdom	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Regional Policy
			1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Regional Policy and Cohesion
	Peter Schmidhuber	Germany			Budget, financial control and the cohesion fund
	Monika Wulf-Mathies	Germany	1994–1999	Santer Commission	Regional Policy
	Michel Barnier	France	1999–2004	Prodi Commission
	Jacques Barrot	France	2004
	Péter Balázs	Hungary	2004
	Danuta Hübner	Poland	2004–2009	Barroso Commission I
	Paweł Samecki	Poland	2009–2010
	Johannes Hahn	Austria	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II
	Corina Crețu	Romania	2014–2019	Juncker Commission
	Elisa Ferreira	Portugal	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Cohesion and Reforms

Research, Innovation and Science

Main article:

European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science

The name has had several variations: under the first Barroso Commission it was Science and Research, under Prodi it was simply "Research", Santer was "Research, Science and Technology" and under Delors it was combined with others as "Industry, information technology and science and research" and other various names and combinations prior. The related DG is the

Directorate-General for Research

.

The 2004–2010 Commissioner, Potočnik, aimed to create a European Research Area.^[20]

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Fritz Hellwig	West Germany	1967–1970	Rey Commission
	Ralf Dahrendorf	West Germany	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission
	Guido Brunner	West Germany	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Energy, Research, Science
	Étienne Davignon	Belgium	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Industrial Affairs, Energy, Research and Science (vice-president)
	Karl-Heinz Narjes	Germany	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Industry, information technology and science and research (vice-president)
	Filippo Maria Pandolfi	Italy	1989–1993	Delors Commission II	Science, research, development, telecommunications and innovation
	Antonio Ruberti	Italy	1993–1995	Delors Commission III	Science, research, technological development and education (vice-president)
	Édith Cresson	France	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Research, Science and Technology
	Philippe Busquin	Belgium	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Research
	Louis Michel	Belgium	2004
	Janez Potočnik	Slovenia	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I	Science and Research
	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn	Ireland	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Research, Innovation and Science
	Carlos Moedas	Portugal	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Research, Science and Innovation
	Mariya Gabriel	Bulgaria	nominated	Von der Leyen Commission	Innovation and Youth
	Maroš Šefčovič	Slovakia	nominated		Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight (Vice-President)

Security Union

The Commissioner for Security Union was created in 2016.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Franco Frattini	Italy	2004–2008	Barroso Commission I	Justice, Freedom and Security (vice-president)
	Jacques Barrot	France	2008–2009
	Julian King	United Kingdom	2016–2019	Juncker Commission	Security Union
	Margaritis Schinas	Greece	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Protecting our European Way of Life (vice-president)

Statistics, Audit and Anti-Fraud

The Commissioner for Taxation, Customs, Statistics, Audit and Anti-Fraud is responsible for the

.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Anita Gradin	Sweden	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Immigration, Justice & Home Affairs, Financial Control, Anti-fraud and Relations with the European Ombudsman.
	Frits Bolkestein	Netherlands	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Internal Market
	Neil Kinnock	United Kingdom	1999–2004		Administrative reform
	László Kovács	Hungary	2004–2009	Barroso Commission I	Taxation and Customs Union
	Siim Kallas	Estonia	2004–2010		Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud
	Algirdas Šemeta	Lithuania	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II	Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud
	Pierre Moscovici	France	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
	Paolo Gentiloni	Italy	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission	Economy
	Didier Reynders	Belgium	nominated		Justice

Trade

The Commissioner for Trade is responsible for the EU's external trade policy. Due to the size of the

.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Willy De Clercq	Belgium	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	External relations and trade policy
	Frans Andriessen	Netherlands	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	External relations and trade policy (vice-president)
	Leon Brittan	United Kingdom	1992–1994	Delors Commission III	External economic affairs and trade policy (vice-president)
			1994–1999	Santer Commission	Commercial Policy and External Relations (vice-president)
	Pascal Lamy	France	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Trade
	Danuta Hübner	Poland	2004
	Peter Mandelson	United Kingdom	2004–2008	Barroso Commission I
	Catherine Ashton	United Kingdom	2008–2010
	Karel De Gucht	Belgium	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II
	Cecilia Malmström	Sweden	2014–2019	Juncker Commission
	Phil Hogan	Ireland	2019–2020	Von der Leyen Commission
	Valdis Dombrovskis	Latvia	2020 Onwards

Transport

The portfolio is responsible for the development of transport infrastructure in the EU such as

.

	Name	Country	Period	Commission	Portoflio actual name
	Michel Rasquin	Luxembourg	1958	Hallstein Commission
	Lambert Schaus	Luxembourg	1958–1967	Hallstein Commission
	Victor Bodson	Luxembourg	1967–1970	Rey Commission
	Albert Coppé	Belgium	1970–1973	Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission
	Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza	Italy	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission
	Richard Burke	Ireland	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission	Taxation, Consumer Affairs, Transport
	Giorgos Kontogeorgis	Greece	1981–1985	Thorn Commission	Transport, Fisheries and Tourism
	Stanley Clinton Davis	United Kingdom	1985–1989	Delors Commission I	Environment, Consumer Protection and Transport
	Karel Van Miert	Belgium	1989–1992	Delors Commission II	Transport and Consumer Protection
	Abel Matutes	Spain	1993–1994	Delors Commission III	Transport and Energy
	Marcelino Oreja	Spain	1994–1995
	Neil Kinnock	United Kingdom	1995–1999	Santer Commission	Transport, including TEN
	Loyola de Palacio	Spain	1999–2004	Prodi Commission	Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration, Transport and Energy (vice-president)
	Jacques Barrot	France	2004–2008	Barroso Commission I	Transport
	Antonio Tajani	Italy	2008–2010		Transport (vice-president)
	Siim Kallas	Estonia	2010–2014	Barroso Commission II
	Violeta Bulc	Slovenia	2014–2019	Juncker Commission	Transport
	Adina Ioana Vălean	Romania	2019 Onwards	Von der Leyen Commission

Historical portfolios

Many portfolios have been combined and split under different president's, below is a few of the previous posts that have since been abolished.

Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud

The Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud was in the first Barroso Commission and was responsible for the commission's internal administration and anti-fraud efforts.

Its administrative duties included management of some of the commission's

.

Name	Country	Period	Commission
Michael O'Kennedy	Ireland	1981–1982	Thorn Commission
Richard Burke	Ireland	1982–1985	Thorn Commission
Henning Christophersen	Denmark	1985–1988	Delors Commission
Peter Schmidhuber	Germany	1988–1994	Delors Commission
Erkki Liikanen	Finland	1994–1999	Santer Commission
Neil Kinnock	United Kingdom	1999–2004	Prodi Commission (Audit)
Siim Kallas	Estonia	2004–2009	Barroso Commission

Administrative Reform

A position created for the Prodi Commission in the wake of the Santer Commission corruption scandal.

Agriculture and Fisheries

This position used deal with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). It existed when the CFP was created in the Jenkins until the Thorn Commission when it was split into Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Fisheries and Maritime Affairs.

Communication strategy

The Communication strategy portfolio in the first Barroso Commission existed between 2004 and 2010 combined with Institutional Relations. Under the second Barroso Commission this was dropped as it had no powers and was open to allegations of propaganda.

Consumer Protection

The Commissioner for Consumer Protection was responsible for

).

This specific portfolio was created in 2007, separated from the Health portfolio. However, it first appeared in the

. In 2010 it was recombined with Health in the second Barroso Commission.

External Relations

The Commissioner for External Relations, known as the Commissioner for External Relations and the

.

Energy, Euratom Supply Agency, SMEs and Tourism

An expanded version of the Energy portfolio in the Santer Commission, including parts of Industry (SMEs) and Tourism which has only appeared under Santer.

Health

The Commissioner for Health existed between 2007 and 2010 when it was split off from Consumer Protection for the new Bulgarian Commissioner. It was recombined under the succeeding Commission in 2010.

Justice, Freedom and Security

The Justice, Freedom and Security portfolio was roughly on the former third

.

As a concession to the

(the human rights aspect).

Previous commissioners:

Name	Country	Period	Commission
Anita Gradin	Sweden	1995–1999	Santer Commission
António Vitorino	Portugal	1999–2004	Prodi Commission
Franco Frattini	Italy	2004–2008	Barroso Commission
Jacques Barrot	France	2008–2010	Barroso Commission

Multilingualism

The Commissioner for Multilingualism was responsible for

).

The new portfolio was criticised for vagueness and ambiguity, it has been claimed that the post overlaps with responsibilities of other Commissioners. The Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament has asked the current president of the Commission José Manuel Barroso to clarify the mandate of Commissioner for Multilingualism^[22] and of other members of the commission with regards to the "intercultural dialogue".

European Parliament

Politically, the portfolio was mainly focused on promoting

.

Administratively, Commissioner for Multilingualism was in charge of the

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