NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vice President of the European Commission

A Vice President of the European Commission is a position given to a Commissioner in addition to their usual portfolio. There are usually a number of them, selected by the Commission President though they have little extra power but are seen as important in appointments. Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Margot WallstrÃ¶m Margot WallstrÃ¶m (born September 28, 1954), is Swedish politician, Social Democrat, and currently First Vice President and Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy Commissioner of the European Commission. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... The Commission seat in Brussels The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... FranÃ§ois-Xavier Ortoli, Romano Prodi, JosÃ© Manuel Barroso and Jacques Delors The President of the European Commission is notionally the highest ranking unelected official within the European Union bureaucracy. ...

The First-Vice-President usually takes on the main role of a Vice-President: taking over from the President in their absence. The current First-Vice-President is Margot Wallström who is also in charge of the Commissions communication strategy, thereby acting as a major public face of the Commission.^[1] Margot WallstrÃ¶m Margot WallstrÃ¶m (born September 28, 1954), is Swedish politician, Social Democrat, and currently First Vice President and Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy Commissioner of the European Commission. ...

Under the European Constitution, now stalled, one Vice President would also be the new position of Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, appointed in part by the European Council like the President. The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, commonly referred to as the European Constitution, is an international treaty intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ... The European Union Minister of Foreign Affairs is a new EU political post envisaged under the proposed EU Constitutional treaty. ... The European Council, informally called the European summit, is a meeting of the heads of state or government of the European Union, and the President of the European Commission. ...

Barroso Commission

Besides First Vice-President Wallström, who is in charge of Institutional Relations & Communication Strategy, there are presently 4 other Vice Presidents in the current Barroso Commission^[2]. Only one is from the members who joined in 2004, the other three are from 3 of the four largest member states (the UK did not get a Vice-Presidency, but did gain the important Trade portfolio); Margot WallstrÃ¶m Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The Commissioner for Institutional Relations & Communication Strategy is the member of the European Commission. ... The Barroso Commission is the European Commission that has been in office since 22 November 2004 and is due to serve until 31 October 2009. ... The Commissioner for Trade is the member of the European Commission responsible for the European Unions external trade policy. ...

Historical Vice Presidents

The Prodi Commission was the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. ... Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, PC (born 28 March 1942) is a British politician. ... Loyola de Palacio (Madrid, September 16, 1950 - ) is a Spanish politician. ... The Hallstein Commission is the European Commission that held office from January 7, 1958 to 1967. ... Sicco Leendert Mansholt (September 13, 1908 - June 29/30, 1995) was the president of the European Commission in 1972. ... Robert Marjolin (27 July 1911 - 15 April 1986) was a French economist and politician, involved in the formation of the European Union. ... Piero (Peter) Malvestiti (1899 - 1964) was an Italian Christian Democratic politician who was a minister in successive governments in the 1940s and 1950s, a European Commissioner and President of the European Coal and Steel Community. ... New Commissioners Orban (Romania) and Kuneva (Bulgaria) with President Barroso Currently, the European Commission is comprised of one member per member-state. ...

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Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud - Enterprise & Industry - Institutional Relations & Communication Strategy - Justice, Freedom & Security - Transport
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Financial Programming & the Budget - Multilingualism - Regional Policy - Science & Research - Taxation & Customs Union - Trade The Barroso Commission is the European Commission that has been in office since 22 November 2004 and is due to serve until 31 October 2009. ... The Commission seat in Brussels The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... FranÃ§ois-Xavier Ortoli, Romano Prodi, JosÃ© Manuel Barroso and Jacques Delors The President of the European Commission is notionally the highest ranking unelected official within the European Union bureaucracy. ... New Commissioners Orban (Romania) and Kuneva (Bulgaria) with President Barroso Currently, the European Commission is comprised of one member per member-state. ... In the European Union, a Directorate-General covers a specific policy area, and is headed by a Commissioner and a Director-General. ... Siim Kallas Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit, & Anti-Fraud is the member of the European Commission. ... GÃ¼nter Verheugen Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry is the member of the European Commission. ... Margot WallstrÃ¶m Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The Commissioner for Institutional Relations & Communication Strategy is the member of the European Commission. ... Franco Frattini Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The Commissioner for Justice, Freedom, & Security is the member of the European Commission. ... Mariann Fischer Boel Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development is a member of the European Commission. ... The Commissioner for Competition is the member of the European Commission with responsibility for such matters as commercial competition, company mergers and anti-trust law. ... The Commissioner for Consumer Protection is the member of the European Commission responsible for Consumer protection. ... Louis Michel Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 European Commissioner for Development & Humanitarian Aid is a member of the European Commission. ... The current Commissioner The Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs is the member of the European Commission responsible for the European Unions Financial and monetary affairs, oftern combined with simmilar portfolios. ... JÃ¡n FigeÄ¾, the current Commissioner European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture is a member of the European Commission responsible for policies in education and training, youth, sport, civil society, culture, translation, interpretation and relations with the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. ... VladimÃr Å pidla Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, & Equal Opportunities is the member of the European Commission. ... The Commissioner for Enlargement is the member of the European Commission responsible for the European Unions external policy. ... The external relations policy of the Barroso Commission is based on three key basic propositions on the EUâ€™s role in the emerging world order. ... Joe Borg Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 European Commissioner for Fisheries & Maritime Affairs is a member of the European Commission responsible for policies such as the Common Fisheries Policy, which is largely a competance of the European Union rather than the members. ... Viviane Reding Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The European Commissioner for Information Society & Media is a member of the European Commission responsible for media and information issues such as telecoms and ICT. The current Commissioner is Viviane Reding (EPP-ED). ... Charlie McCreevy Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 European Commissioner for Internal Market & Services is a member of the European Commission. ... Dalia GrybauskaitÄ— Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The Commissioner for Financial Programming & the Budget is the member of the European Commission responsible for the Unions finances. ... Leonard Orban Barroso Commission, 2007 to 2009 The European Commissioner for Multilingualism is the member of the European Commission responsible for language policy of the European Union, i. ... Danuta HÃ¼bner Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The European Commissioner for Regional Policy is a portfolio within the European Commission responsible for media and information issues such as telecoms. ... Janez PotoÄnik Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The European Commissioner for Science and Research is a portfolio within the European Commission currently occupied by Janez PotoÄnik (independent). ... LÃ¡szlÃ³ KovÃ¡cs Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The Commissioner for Taxation & Customs Union is the member of the European Commission responsible for the Unions customs union and taxation policy. ... The Commissioner for Trade is the member of the European Commission responsible for the European Unions external trade policy. ...

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Historical Vice Presidents

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