President of the European Council

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European Union institutional office political office

The President of the European Council is the EU official who chairs and drives the work of the European Council, representing the Union at the highest political level in matters of its common foreign and security policy.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
President of the European Council canonical	11
Fredrik Reinfeldt (as President of the European Council, rotating)	1
President of the Council of the European Union	1
President of the European Council (2009–2014)	1
President of the European Council (2014–2019)	1
President of the European Council (first full-time)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union institutional office ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
appointedBy	European Council ⓘ
appointmentMethod	qualified majority voting ⓘ
cooperatesWith	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ President of the Eurogroup ⓘ President of the European Commission ⓘ President of the European Parliament ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
createdBy	Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
differentFrom	President of the European Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: President of the Council of the European Union President of the European Commission ⓘ President of the European Parliament ⓘ
domain	European politics ⓘ
flag	Flag of Europe ⓘ
hasDuty	chairs meetings of the European Council ⓘ convenes extraordinary meetings of the European Council when necessary ⓘ drives the work of the European Council ⓘ ensures preparation and continuity of European Council meetings ⓘ facilitates cohesion and consensus within the European Council ⓘ presents strategic guidelines for the EU’s common foreign and security policy ⓘ reports to the European Parliament after European Council meetings ⓘ represents the EU in matters of common foreign and security policy at his or her level ⓘ represents the European Union externally at head-of-state or government level ⓘ
hasPower	may propose strategic agenda items for the European Council ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
inception	2009-12-01 ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 15 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on European Union ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Belgium ⓘ
maximumTermCount	2 ⓘ
officeHolder	Charles Michel ⓘ Donald Tusk ⓘ Herman Van Rompuy ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime	2019-12-01 ⓘ
officeType	non-executive chairmanship ⓘ
officialLanguage	all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
partOf	European Council ⓘ
positionHeldBy	former heads of government ⓘ
precededBy	President of the European Council as chair ⓘ surface form: Presidency of the Council of the European Union (in European Council chairing role)
replaces	rotating presidency of the European Council ⓘ
reportsTo	European Council ⓘ
residence	Europa building ⓘ
scope	European Union level ⓘ
seat	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
symbolizes	continuity of the European Council’s work ⓘ
termLength	2.5 years ⓘ
termRenewable	once ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EUCO → composedOf → President of the European Council ⓘ

European Union at CELAC–EU summits → hasRepresentative → President of the European Council ⓘ

EU–US Summit → hasParticipant → President of the European Council ⓘ

European Council notification procedure → addressedTo → President of the European Council ⓘ

Charles Michel → positionHeld → President of the European Council ⓘ

Donald Tusk → positionHeld → President of the European Council ⓘ

Donald Tusk → officeHeld → President of the European Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the European Council (2014–2019)

presidency of the Council of the European Union → cooperatesWith → President of the European Council ⓘ

Euro Summit → includesParticipant → President of the European Council ⓘ

Euro Summit → chairUsuallyIs → President of the European Council ⓘ

President of the European Council → differentFrom → President of the European Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Council of the European Union

HR/VP → coordinatesWith → President of the European Council ⓘ

Herman Van Rompuy → positionHeld → President of the European Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the European Council (first full-time)

Herman Van Rompuy → positionHeld → President of the European Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the European Council (2009–2014)

Herman Van Rompuy → predecessor → President of the European Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fredrik Reinfeldt (as President of the European Council, rotating)