Ursula von der Leyen’s new European Commission
Commission president hands out the top jobs in her new team.
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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