List of Presidents
| President |
Portrait | State and previous post |
Party |
Term |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HallsteinWalter Hallstein |
West Germany |
Christian Democrats |
01958-01-011 January 1958 – 01967-06-3030 June 1967 | Established the Common Agricultural Policy and tackled the empty chair crisis that led to the Luxembourg compromise. | ||
| ReyJean Rey |
Belgium |
Liberal Democrats |
01967-07-022 July 1967 – 01970-07-011 July 1970 | Began initiatives on European Political Cooperation and EMU. | ||
| MalfattiFranco Maria Malfatti |
Italy |
Christian Democrats |
01970-07-022 July 1970 – 01972-03-011 March 1972 | Made advances on the single market. Opened membership talks with the Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the UK. | ||
| MansholtSicco Mansholt |
Netherlands |
Socialists |
01972-03-2222 March 1972 – 01973-01-055 January 1973 | Oversaw creation of the European Monetary System and the first enlargement | ||
| OrtoliFrançois-Xavier Ortoli |
France |
Christian Democrats |
01973-01-066 January 1973 – 01977-01-055 January 1977 | Managed the enlarged Community during the instability of the 1973 oil crisis and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. | ||
| JenkinsRoy Jenkins |
United Kingdom |
Socialists |
01977-01-066 January 1977 – 01981-01-1919 January 1981 | Oversaw the development of the EMU and was the first President to attend the G8. | ||
| ThornGaston Thorn |
Luxembourg |
Liberal Democrats |
01981-01-2020 January 1981 – 01985-01-066 January 1985 | Speed up enlargement while working on the Single European Act. However with a period of eurosclerosis, Thorn was unable to exert his influence. | ||
| DelorsJacques Delors |
France |
Socialists |
01985-01-077 January 1985 – 01995-01-2424 January 1995 | Oversaw the enactment of both the Single European Act and the Treaty of Maastricht, was a principal architect behind the Committee of the Regions and handled the 1995 enlargement. | ||
| SanterJacques Santer |
Luxembourg |
People's Party |
01995-01-2525 January 1995 – 01999-03-1515 March 1999 |
Santer worked on the Treaty of Amsterdam, Treaty of Nice and the launch of the euro. However this was overshadowed by his Commission's budget controversy. | ||
| MarinManuel Marín (Interim) |
Spain |
Socialists |
01999-03-1515 March 1999 – 01999-09-1717 September 1999 | In the wake of Santer's early resignation, his commission continued under Manuel Marín as a caretaker administration. | ||
| ProdiRomano Prodi |
Italy |
Socialists |
01999-09-1717 September 1999 – 02004-11-2222 November 2004 |
Oversaw the enforcement of the Nice Treaty and the signing of the European Constitution. He also oversaw the launch of the physical euro in 2002. | ||
| BarrosoJosé Manuel Barroso |
Portugal |
People's Party |
02004-11-2222 November 2004 – present |
Barroso oversaw the Lisbon Treaty, the 2004 and 2007 enlargements and major legislation including the REACH and Bolkestein Directives. |
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