President of the European Commission

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European Union institution role executive position political office

The President of the European Commission is the head of the EU’s executive branch, responsible for setting its policy agenda, representing the Union internationally, and overseeing the implementation of EU laws and programs.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
President of the European Commission canonical	22
European Commission President	4
President of the Commission of the European Communities	1
President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union institution role ⓘ executive position ⓘ political office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	President of the European Commission ⓘ surface form: European Commission President President of the EU Commission ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
appointedBy	European Council ⓘ
confirmedBy	European Parliament ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
electedBy	European Parliament ⓘ
firstHolder	Walter Hallstein ⓘ
hasDuty	allocating portfolios to European Commissioners ⓘ chairing meetings of the European Commission ⓘ delivering the annual State of the Union address to the European Parliament ⓘ ensuring the application of the EU Treaties ⓘ managing the work of the College of Commissioners ⓘ overseeing the implementation of EU laws ⓘ overseeing the implementation of EU programs ⓘ participating in meetings of the European Council ⓘ presenting the Commission’s work program ⓘ proposing EU legislation ⓘ representing the EU in certain international negotiations ⓘ representing the European Union internationally ⓘ setting the European Commission’s policy agenda ⓘ
hasPower	to assign and reassign Commissioner portfolios ⓘ to organize the structure of the European Commission ⓘ to represent the Commission in interinstitutional negotiations ⓘ to request the resignation of individual European Commissioners ⓘ
hasRole	chief executive of the European Commission ⓘ head of the EU’s executive branch ⓘ political leader of the European Commission ⓘ
headOfGovernmentFor	European Commission ⓘ
inception	1958 ⓘ
jurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
officeHolder	Ursula von der Leyen ⓘ
officeHolderOf	President of the European Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: European Commission President
officeHolderStartTime	1 December 2019 ⓘ
partOf	European Commission ⓘ
precededBy	President of the European Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community
reportsTo	European Council ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
residence	Berlaymont building ⓘ surface form: Berlaymont building, Brussels
seat	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
symbol	Flag of Europe ⓘ
termCoincidesWith	European Parliament legislative term ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

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

European Commission → positionHeldBy → President of the European Commission ⓘ

European Council → appoints → President of the European Commission ⓘ

European Parliament → elects → President of the European Commission ⓘ

Secretariat-General → reportsTo → President of the European Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Secretariat-General of the European Commission

President of the European Commission → officeHolderOf → President of the European Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commission President

President of the European Commission → precededBy → President of the European Commission self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community

President of the European Commission → alsoKnownAs → President of the European Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commission President

Ursula von der Leyen → positionHeld → President of the European Commission ⓘ

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → appointmentRequiresConsentOf → President of the European Commission ⓘ

President of the European Council as chair → meetsWith → President of the European Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: President of the European Council

EUCO → composedOf → President of the European Commission ⓘ

Jacques Delors → positionHeld → President of the European Commission ⓘ

European Commission’s Directorate-General for External Relations → subordinateTo → President of the European Commission ⓘ

Barroso → positionHeld → President of the European Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: José Manuel Barroso

European Commission Secretariat-General structure → usedBy → President of the European Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commission President

College of Commissioners → composedOf → President of the European Commission ⓘ

College of Commissioners → headedBy → President of the European Commission ⓘ

Code of Conduct for Commissioners → appliesTo → President of the European Commission ⓘ

Code of Conduct for Commissioners → enforcedBy → President of the European Commission ⓘ

DG Competition → reportsTo → President of the European Commission ⓘ

DG COMM → worksOnBehalfOf → President of the European Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commission President

President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community → replacedBy → President of the European Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Commission of the European Communities

President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community → relatedTo → President of the European Commission ⓘ

President of the European Council → cooperatesWith → President of the European Commission ⓘ

President of the European Council → differentFrom → President of the European Commission ⓘ

First Vice-President of the European Commission → supportsRole → President of the European Commission ⓘ

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

HR/VP → reportsTo → President of the European Commission ⓘ