European Commission
Leadership of the European Commission
President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community
Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1888; d. March 16 1979.
France
1952 – 1955
René Mayer
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1895; d. December 13 1972.
France
1955 – 1958
Albert Coppé (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1911; d. March 30 1999.
Belgium
1967
President of the European Commission
François-Xavier Ortoli
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1925; d. November 30 2007.
France
1973 – 1977
Roy Harris Jenkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1920; d. January 5 2003.
United Kingdom
1977 – 1981
Jacques Lucien Jean Delors
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1925; d. December 27 2023.
France
1985 – 1995
Jacques Santer
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1937.
Luxembourg
1995 – 1999
Romano Prodi
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 9 1939.
Italy
1999 – 2004
José Manuel Durão Barroso
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 23 1956.
Portugal
2004 – 2014
Jean-Claude Juncker
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1954.
Luxembourg
2014 – 2019
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1958.
Germany
2019 – present
Vice President of the European Commission
Sir Leon Brittan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1939; d. January 21 2015.
United Kingdom
1999
Margot Elisabeth Wallström
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1954.
Sweden
2004 – 2010
Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria “Frans” Timmermans
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1961.
Netherlands
2014 – 2019
Josep Borrell Fontelles
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1947.
Spain
2019 – 2024
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Josep Borrell Fontelles
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1947.
Spain
2019 – 2024
European Commissioners
European Commissioner for Administrative Reform
Neil Gordon Kinnock
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1942.
United Kingdom
1999 – 2004
European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit, and Anti-Fraud
Siim Kallas
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1948.
Estonia
2004 – 2010
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development
Dacian Julien Cioloș
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1969.
Romania
2010 – 2014
European Commissioner for Climate Action
Franciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria “Frans” Timmermans
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1961.
Netherlands
2019 – 2023
European Commissioner for Competition
Sir Leon Brittan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1939; d. January 21 2015.
United Kingdom
1989 – 1993
Mario Monti
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1943.
Italy
1999 – 2004
Margrethe Vestager
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1968.
Denmark
2014 – 2024
Teresa Ribera Rodríguez
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1969.
Spain
2024 – present
European Commissioner for Defence and Space
Andrius Kubilius
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1956.
Lithuania
2024 – present
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs
Raymond Octave Joseph Barre
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1924; d. August 25 2007.
France
1967 – 1973
Pedro Solbes Mira
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1942; d. March 18 2023.
Spain
1999 – 2004
Siim Kallas
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1948.
Estonia
2004
European Commissioner for Economy
Pierre Moscovici
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1957.
France
2014 – 2019
Paolo Gentiloni Silveri
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1954.
Italy
2019 – 2024
European Commissioner for the Environment
Margot Elisabeth Wallström
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1954.
Sweden
1999 – 2004
European Commissioner for External Relations and Enlargement
Henri “Hans” van den Broek
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1936; d. February 22 2025.
Netherlands
1993 – 1995
European Commissioner for External Relations, Enlargement, and European Neighbourhood Policy
Henri “Hans” van den Broek
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1936; d. February 22 2025.
Netherlands
1995 – 1999
European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services, and the Capital Markets Union
Valdis Dombrovskis
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1971.
Latvia
2016 – 2020
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
Emma Bonino
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1948.
Italy
1995 – 1999
European Commissioner for Home Affairs
Anna Cecilia Malmström
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1968.
Sweden
2010 – 2014
European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepeneurship
Altiero Spinelli
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1907; d. May 23 1986.
Italy
1970 – 1976
Günter Verheugen
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1944.
Germany
2004 – 2010
European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy
Margot Elisabeth Wallström
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1954.
Sweden
2004 – 2010
European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
Mario Monti
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1943.
Italy
1995 – 1999
Michel Jean Barnier
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1951.
France
2010 – 2014
European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement
Günter Verheugen
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1944.
Germany
1999 – 2004
European Commissioner for Regional Policy
Michel Jean Barnier
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1951.
France
1999 – 2004
European Commissioner for Science, Research, and Technology
Édith Jeanne Thérèse Cresson
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 27 1934.
France
1995 – 1999
European Commissioner for Trade
Sir Leon Brittan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1939; d. January 21 2015.
United Kingdom
1993 – 1999
Anna Cecilia Malmström
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1968.
Sweden
2014 – 2019
Valdis Dombrovskis
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1971.
Latvia
2020 – present
European Commissioner for Transport
Albert Coppé
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1911; d. March 30 1999.
Belgium
1970 – 1973
Neil Gordon Kinnock
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1942.
United Kingdom
1995 – 1999
Siim Kallas
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1948.
Estonia
2010 – 2014
European Council
President of the European Council
Leonard James Callaghan
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1912; d. March 26 2005.
United Kingdom
1977
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1918; d. November 10 2015.
West Germany
1978
Anthony Charles Lynton “Tony” Blair
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1953.
United Kingdom
2005
Ivan “Janez” Janša
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1958.
Slovenia
2008
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1955.
France
2008
Mirek Topolánek
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1956.
Czech Republic
2009
Herman Achille Van Rompuy
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1947.
Belgium
2009 – 2014
Charles Michel
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1975.
Belgium
2019 – 2024
European Parliament
Leadership of the European Parliament
President of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
Paul-Henri Charles Spaak
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1899; d. July 31 1972.
Socialist Group
1952 – 1954
Alcide De Gasperi
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1881; d. August 19 1954.
Christian Democrats
1954
President of the European Parliament
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 29 1886; d. September 4 1963.
Christian Democrats
1958 – 1960
Victor Leemans
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1901; d. March 3 1971.
Christian Democrats
1965 – 1966
Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1909; d. December 9 1996.
Christian Democrats
1966 – 1969
Mario Scelba
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1901; d. October 29 1991.
Christian Democracts
1969 – 1971
Simone Veil
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1927; d. June 30 2017.
European Liberal Democratic and Reform Party
1979 – 1982
Pierre Eugène Jean Pflimlin
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1907; d. June 27 2000.
European People’s Party
1984 – 1987
Enrique Barόn Crespo
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1944.
Party of European Socialists
1989 – 1992
Josep Borrell Fontelles
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1947.
Party of European Socialists
2004 – 2007
Martin Schulz
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1955.
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
2012 – 2017
David Maria Sassoli
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1956; d. January 11 2022.
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
2019 – 2022
Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1953.
Belgium
2009 – 2019
President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
Johannes Cornelis “Hans” van Baalen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1960; d. April 29 2021.
Netherlands
2015 – 2021
Leader of Renew Europe
Dacian Julien Cioloș
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1969.
Romania
2019 – 2021
President of the European People’s Party
Manfred Weber
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1972.
Germany
2022 – present
Leader of the European People’s Party in the European Parliament
Manfred Weber
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 14 1972.
Germany
2014 – present
President of the Party of European Socialists
Poul Oluf Nyrup Rasmussen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1943.
Denmark
2004 – 2011
Sergey Dmitrievich Stanishev
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1966.
Bulgaria
2011 – 2022
Kjell Stefan Löfven
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1957.
Sweden
2022 – present