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Portfolios and Candidates

European Commission, how to elect…
  1. Commissioners-designate and portfolios
     

    The Council appoints the 27 commissioners-designate in agreement with the elected Commission President.

    Each commissioner, one from each EU country, is assigned responsibility for a specific policy area by the Commission President.

    The Commission as a whole is subject to the European Parliament's approval.

Commissioner-designate
 
Federica Mogherini 
Portfolios: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Policy and Security Policy - Vice- President
 
 
Frans Timmermans 
Portfolios: Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights - First Vice-President of the Commission
 
 
Kristalina Georgieva 
Portfolios: Budget and Human Resources - Vice-President
 
 
Andrus Ansip 
Portfolios: Digital Single Market - Vice-President
 
 
Maroš Šefčovič 
Portfolios: Energy Union - Vice-President
 
 
Valdis Dombrovskis 
Portfolios: Euro and Social Dialogue - Vice-President
 
 
Jyrki Katainen 
Portfolios: Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness - Vice-President
 
 
Phil Hogan 
Portfolios: Agriculture and Rural Development
 
 
Miguel Arias Cañete 
Portfolios: Climate Action and Energy
 
 
Margrethe Vestager 
Portfolios: Competition
 
 
Günther Oettinger 
Portfolios: Digital Economy and Society
 
 
Pierre Moscovici 
Portfolios: Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Union
 
 
Tibor Navracsics 
Portfolios: Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship
 
 
Marianne Thyssen 
Portfolios: Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
 
 
Karmenu Vella 
Portfolios: Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
 
 
Johannes Hahn 
Portfolios: European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
 
 
Jonathan Hill 
Portfolios: Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
 
 
Vytenis Andriukaitis 
Portfolios: Health and Food Safety
 
 
Christos Stylianides 
Portfolios: Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
 
 
Elżbieta Bieńkowska 
Portfolios: Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
 
 
Neven Mimica 
Portfolios: International Cooperation and Development
 
 
Vĕra Jourová 
Portfolios: Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
 
 
Dimitris Avramopoulos 
Portfolios: Migration and Home Affairs
 
 
Corina Crețu 
Portfolios: Regional Policy
 
 
Carlos Moedas 
Portfolios: Research, Science and Innovation
 
 
Cecilia Malmström 
Portfolios: Trade
 
 
Violeta Bulc 
Portfolios: Transport
 
 
Alenka Bratušek 
Portfolios: Energy Union - Vice-President
( Withdrawn candidature )