Commissione Barroso

The commissioners - profiles, portfolios and homepages

The members of the Barroso commission (2010-2014)

The mandate of the current commission ended on 31 October 2009. However, it is continuing in a caretaker capacity in order to deal with current business until the new college is approved and takes office.

• President
• Vice President - Institutional Relations and Enterprise and Industry
• Vice President - Justice, Freedom and Security
• Vice President - Communication Strategy, previously in charge of transport
• Vice President - Administrative Affairs, Audit and Transport
• Vice President - Information Society and Media
• Anti-Fraud, replaced Franco Frattini on 9 May 2008
• Environment
• Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Maritime affairs and fisheries

More information: ec.europa.eu/archives/commission_2004-2009/index_en.htm

Additional profiles

• Science and Research
• Enlargement
• Taxation and Customs Union
• Competition
• Agriculture and Rural Development
• Trade, European Neighbourhood Policy and European Aid Co-operation Office

Previously in charge of External Relations and European Internal Market and Services:

• Employment, Social Affairs and Energy
• Equal Opportunities
• Consumer Protection
• Multilingualism
• Health, replaced Markos Kyprianou on 10 April 2008
• Vice President, External Relations
• Financial Programming and Budget
• Regional Policy

Replacements:

• Replaced Dalia Grybauskaitė on 1 July 2009
• Replaced Danuta Hübner on 4 July 2009
• Replaced Peter Mandelson on 6 October 2008

More information: ec.europa.eu/archives/commission_2004-2009/index_en.htm

Development and humanitarian aid

• Replaced Louis Michel on 17 July 2009

Education, training, culture and youth

• Replaced Ján Figeľ on 1 October 2009

Commissioners who have handed over their portfolio before the end of the commission's term of office

• Cypriot Vice President - Health
• Justice, Freedom and Security
• Trade
• Lithuanian - Financial Programming and Budget
• Regional Policy
• Development and Humanitarian Aid
• Education, Training, Culture and Youth

The Barroso Commission took office on 22 November 2004.

Hearings of the commissioners

• Hearings of the two commissioners designate from Bulgaria and Romania
• Presentation of the new commissioner from Cyprus before the European Parliament
• Presentation of the new commissioner from Italy before the European Parliament and exchange of views between Vice President Barrot and the parliamentary committees responsible