Ursula von der Leyen’s new European Commission

Commission president hands out the top jobs in her new team.

Sep 17, 2024 - 13:00
Ursula von der Leyen’s new European Commission

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday handed out the top jobs in her team.

There are now only two layers of command: executive vice presidents and commissioners. The previous third layer of vice presidents has been dropped. 

Here’s the full list of portfolios:

Ursula von der Leyen (Germany): European Commission President

Teresa Ribera (Spain): Executive Vice-President for the Clean, Just and Competitive Transition. Acts as competition commissioner.

Henna Virkkunen (Finland): Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

Stéphane Séjourné (France): Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy

Roxana Mînzatu (Romania):  Executive Vice-President for People, Skills and Preparedness

Raffaele Fitto (Italy): Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms

Kaja Kallas (Estonia): High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy

Magnus Brunner (Austria): Internal Affairs and Migration

Hadja Lahbib (Belgium): Preparedness, Crisis Management. Equality

Ekaterina Zaharieva (Bulgaria): Startups, Research and Innovation

Dubravka Šuica (Croatia): Mediterranean. Responsible for relations with Mediterranean neighbors in Middle East and North Africa.

Costas Kadis (Cyprus): Fisheries and Oceans

Jozef Síkela (Czech Republic): International Partnerships. This covers international development spending and the EU’s rival to China’s “Belt and Road Initiative.”

Dan Jørgensen (Denmark): Energy and Housing

Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Greece): Sustainable Transport and Tourism

Olivér Várhelyi (Hungary):  Health and Animal Welfare

Michael McGrath (Ireland): Democracy, Justice and Rule of Law

Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia): Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification

Andrius Kubilius (Lithuania): Defense and Space

Christophe Hansen (Luxembourg): Agriculture and Food

Glenn Micallef (Malta): Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

Wopke Hoekstra (Netherlands): Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth

Piotr Serafin (Poland): Budget, Anti-fraud, Public Administrations

Maria Luís Albuquerque (Portugal): Financial Services

Maroš Šefčovič (Slovakia): Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency

Marta Kos (Slovenia): Enlargement

Jessika Roswall (Sweden): Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

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