Vice-President of the European Commission

A **Vice-President of the European Commission** is a member of the European Commission who is in charge of the commission's work in special focus areas where European Commissioners participate.

Currently, the European Commission has a total of seven Vice-Presidents: three Executive-Vice Presidents, three regular Vice-Presidents, and the High Representative who is _ex officio_ also one of the Vice-Presidents.

## List of vice-presidents

**Legend:**    –  –
|Commission|Entered office|Left office|Name|State|Party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7 January 1958|9 January 1962|Sicco Mansholt|style="text-align:left"||PvdA|
|7 January 1958|9 January 1962|Robert Marjolin|style="text-align:left"||SFIO|
|7 January 1958|15 September 1959|Piero Malvestiti|style="text-align:left"||DC|
|10 January 1962|30 June 1967|Sicco Mansholt|style="text-align:left"||PvdA|
|10 January 1962|30 June 1967|Robert Marjolin|style="text-align:left"||SFIO|
|10 January 1962|15 May 1963|Giuseppe Caron|style="text-align:left"||DC|
|30 July 1965|30 June 1967|Lionello Sandri|style="text-align:left"||PSI|
|2 July 1967|30 June 1970|Sicco Mansholt|style="text-align:left"||PvdA|
|2 July 1967|30 June 1970|Lionello Sandri|style="text-align:left"||PSI|
|2 July 1967|30 June 1970|Fritz Hellwig|style="text-align:left"||CDU|
|2 July 1967|30 June 1970|Raymond Barre|style="text-align:left"||UDF|
|2 July 1967|30 June 1970|Wilhelm Haferkamp|style="text-align:left"||SPD|
|1 July 1970|21 March 1972|Sicco Mansholt|style="text-align:left"||PvdA|
|1 July 1970|21 March 1972|Wilhelm Haferkamp|style="text-align:left"||SPD|
|22 March 1972|5 January 1973|Wilhelm Haferkamp|style="text-align:left"||SPD|
|6 January 1973|5 January 1977|Patrick Hillery|style="text-align:left"||FF|
|6 January 1973|5 January 1977|Wilhelm Haferkamp|style="text-align:left"||SPD|
|6 January 1973|5 January 1977|Henri Simonet|style="text-align:left"||PS|
|6 January 1973|5 January 1977|Christopher Soames|style="text-align:left"||Con.|
|6 January 1973|5 January 1977|Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza|style="text-align:left"||DC|
|6 January 1977|5 January 1981|Wilhelm Haferkamp|style="text-align:left"||SPD|
|6 January 1977|5 January 1981|Henk Vredeling|style="text-align:left"||PvdA|
|6 January 1977|5 January 1981|Finn Olav Gundelach|style="text-align:left"||SD|
|6 January 1977|5 January 1981|François-Xavier Ortoli|style="text-align:left"||RPR|
|6 January 1977|5 January 1981|Lorenzo Natali|style="text-align:left"||DC|
|6 January 1981|5 January 1985|Christopher Tugendhat|style="text-align:left"||Con.|
|6 January 1981|5 January 1985|François-Xavier Ortoli|style="text-align:left"||RPR|
|6 January 1985|5 January 1989|Frans Andriessen|style="text-align:left"||CDA|
|6 January 1985|5 January 1989|Arthur Cockfield|style="text-align:left"||Con.|
|6 January 1985|5 January 1989|Karl-Heinz Narjes|style="text-align:left"||CDU|
|6 January 1985|5 January 1989|Lorenzo Natali|style="text-align:left"||DC|
|5 January 1986|5 January 1989|Manuel Marín|style="text-align:left"||PSOE|
|6 January 1989|5 January 1993|Frans Andriessen|style="text-align:left"||CDA|
|6 January 1989|5 January 1993|Leon Brittan|style="text-align:left"||Con.|
|6 January 1989|5 January 1993|Henning Christophersen|style="text-align:left"||Venstre|
|6 January 1989|5 January 1993|Manuel Marín|style="text-align:left"||PSOE|
|6 January 1989|5 January 1993|Filippo Maria Pandolfi|style="text-align:left"||DC|
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|6 January 1993|22 January 1995|Martin Bangemann|style="text-align:left"||FDP|
|6 January 1993|22 January 1995|Leon Brittan|style="text-align:left"||Con.|
|6 January 1993|22 January 1995|Henning Christophersen|style="text-align:left"||Venstre|
|6 January 1993|22 January 1995|Manuel Marín|style="text-align:left"||PSOE|
|6 January 1993|22 January 1995|Karel Van Miert|style="text-align:left"||Sp.a|
|6 January 1993|22 January 1995|Antonio Ruberti|style="text-align:left"||PSI|
|23 January 1995|13 September 1999|Leon Brittan|style="text-align:left"||Con.|
|23 January 1995|19 July 1999|Manuel Marín|style="text-align:left"||PSOE|
|16 September 1999|21 November 2004|Neil Kinnock|style="text-align:left"||Labour|
|16 September 1999|21 November 2004|Loyola de Palacio|style="text-align:left"||PP|
|_22 November 2004_|_9 February 2010_|_Margot Wallström_|style="text-align:left"|__|_SAP_|
|22 November 2004|9 February 2010|Günter Verheugen|style="text-align:left"||PSD|
|22 November 2004|9 February 2010|Jacques Barrot|style="text-align:left"||UMP|
|22 November 2004|9 February 2010|Siim Kallas|style="text-align:left"||ERP|
|22 November 2004|8 May 2008|Franco Frattini|style="text-align:left"||FI|
|9 May 2008|9 February 2010|Antonio Tajani|style="text-align:left"||FI|
|_9 February 2010_|_31 October 2014_|_Catherine Ashton_|style="text-align:left"|__|_Labour_|
|9 February 2010|1 July 2014|Viviane Reding|style="text-align:left"||CSV|
|9 February 2010|31 October 2014|Joaquín Almunia|style="text-align:left"||PSOE|
|9 February 2010|31 October 2014|Siim Kallas|style="text-align:left"||ERP|
|9 February 2010|31 October 2014|Neelie Kroes|style="text-align:left"||VVD|
|9 February 2010|1 July 2014|Antonio Tajani|style="text-align:left"||PDL|
|9 February 2010|31 October 2014|Maroš Šefčovič|style="text-align:left"||Smer|
|27 October 2011|1 July 2014|Olli Rehn|style="text-align:left"||SK|
|1 July 2014|31 October 2014|Michel Barnier|style="text-align:left"||UMP|
|1 July 2014|31 October 2014|Günther Oettinger|style="text-align:left"||CDU|
|16 July 2014|31 October 2014|Jyrki Katainen|style="text-align:left"||KOK|
|_1 November 2014_|_30 November 2019_|_Frans Timmermans_|style="text-align:left"|__|_PvdA_|
|1 November 2014|30 November 2019|Federica Mogherini|style="text-align:left"||PD|
|1 November 2014|31 December 2016|Kristalina Georgieva|style="text-align:left"||GERB|
|1 November 2014|30 November 2019|Jyrki Katainen|style="text-align:left"||KOK|
|1 November 2014|30 November 2019|Valdis Dombrovskis|style="text-align:left"||Unity|
|1 November 2014|1 July 2019|Andrus Ansip|style="text-align:left"||ERP|
|1 November 2014|30 November 2019|Maroš Šefčovič|style="text-align:left"||Smer-SD|
|**1 December 2019**|**22 August 2023**|**Frans Timmermans**|style="text-align:left"|****|**PvdA**|
|**1 December 2019**|**30 November 2024**|**Margrethe Vestager**|style="text-align:left"|****|**RV**|
|**1 December 2019**|**30 November 2024**|**Valdis Dombrovskis**|style="text-align:left"|****|**Unity**|
|***1 December 2019***|***30 November 2024***|***Maroš Šefčovič***|style="text-align:left"|******|**_Smer-SD_**|
|1 December 2019|30 November 2024|Josep Borrell|style="text-align:left"||PSOE|
|1 December 2019|30 November 2024|Věra Jourová|style="text-align:left"||ANO|
|1 December 2019|30 November 2024|Dubravka Šuica|style="text-align:left"||HDZ|
|1 December 2019|30 November 2024|Margaritis Schinas|style="text-align:left"||ND|
|1 December 2024|present|***Teresa Ribera***|style="text-align:left"|******|***PSOE***|
|1 December 2024|present|Kaja Kallas|style="text-align:left"||ER|
|1 December 2024|present|**Henna Virkkunen**|style="text-align:left"||Kok|
|1 December 2024|present|**Stéphane Séjourné**|style="text-align:left"||RE|
|1 December 2024|present|**Raffaele Fitto**|style="text-align:left"||FdI|
|1 December 2024|present|**Roxana Mînzatu**|style="text-align:left"||PSD|
- First Vice-Presidents are in _italics_.
- Executive Vice-Presidents are in **bold**.