European Commission
Leadership of the European Commission
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
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
Margot Elisabeth Wallström
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1954.
Sweden
2004 – 2010
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 Competition
Mario Monti
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1943.
Italy
1999 – 2004
European Commissioner for Defence and Space
Andrius Kubilius
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1956.
Lithuania
2024 – present
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 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 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 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
Anna Cecilia Malmström
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1968.
Sweden
2014 – 2019
European Commissioner for Transport
Neil Gordon Kinnock
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1942.
United Kingdom
1995 – 1999
European Council
President of the European Council
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
Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1955.
France
2008
Herman Achille Van Rompuy
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1947.
Belgium
2009 – 2014
European Parliament
Leadership of the European Parliament
President of the Common Assembly
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
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