European Commissioner

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European Union institution role executive position public office

A European Commissioner is a senior official in the European Union’s executive branch responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, and managing specific policy portfolios across the EU.

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Observed surface forms (18)

Surface form	Occurrences
European Commissioner for Internal Market	2
European Commissioner for Trade	2
European Commission representative	1
European Commissioner for Administrative Reform	1
European Commissioner for Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights	1
European Commissioner for Climate Action	1
European Commissioner for Competition	1
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs	1
European Commissioner for External Relations	1
European Commissioner for Financial Services	1
European Commissioner for Industrial Affairs	1
European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response	1
European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science	1
European Commissioner for Transport	1
European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services	1
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission	1
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy	1
Vice-President of the European Commission	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union institution role ⓘ executive position ⓘ public office ⓘ
appointedBy	European Council ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
canBeForcedToResignCollectivelyBy	European Parliament ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy	President of the European Commission ⓘ
cannotSeek	instructions from EU institutions other than the Commission ⓘ instructions from national governments ⓘ
confirmedBy	European Parliament ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
hasDuty	to ensure application of EU law ⓘ
hasPower	to initiate EU legislation in most policy areas ⓘ
hasRole	member of the College of Commissioners ⓘ member of the EU executive branch ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
memberOf	College of Commissioners ⓘ
mustActIn	general interest of the European Union ⓘ
mustBe	independent from national governments ⓘ independent from other external interests ⓘ
mustDeclare	financial interests ⓘ
mustRespect	Code of Conduct for Commissioners ⓘ
nominatedBy	member state government ⓘ
oversees	implementation of the EU budget ⓘ management of EU programmes ⓘ
participatesIn	decision-making by collective responsibility ⓘ weekly meetings of the European Commission ⓘ
partOf	European Commission ⓘ
portfolioExamples	agriculture ⓘ competition ⓘ digital policy ⓘ economy ⓘ energy ⓘ environment ⓘ health ⓘ internal market ⓘ justice and home affairs ⓘ trade ⓘ
responsibleFor	implementing EU decisions ⓘ managing EU policy portfolios ⓘ proposing EU legislation ⓘ upholding the general interest of the European Union ⓘ
salaryPaidBy	European Union budget ⓘ
subjectTo	rules on conflicts of interest ⓘ
termAlignedWith	European Commission political cycle ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
worksUnder	President of the European Commission ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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

Environment Council → hasMember → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commission representative

European Union in G7 finance ministers meetings → hasParticipant → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs

European Union in G7 finance ministers meetings → hasParticipant → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Financial Services

Altiero Spinelli → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Industrial Affairs

federalist politician Altiero Spinelli → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

subject surface form: Altiero Spinelli

Chris Patten → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for External Relations

Frans Timmermans → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: Executive Vice-President of the European Commission

Frans Timmermans → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Climate Action

Frans Timmermans → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights

Frits Bolkestein → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Internal Market

Frits Bolkestein → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services

Kristalina Georgieva → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response

Lord Mandelson → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Trade

Marcelino Oreja → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

Neil Kinnock → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vice-President of the European Commission

Neil Kinnock → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Transport

Neil Kinnock → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Administrative Reform

Pascal Lamy → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Trade

Édith Cresson → positionHeld → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science

European Commission → positionHeldBy → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Directorate-General for Competition → reportsTo → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Competition

Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs → worksUnder → European Commissioner ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Commissioner for Internal Market