Regional Policy Commissioner

The Regional Policy Commissioner is a member of the European Commission . He is responsible for the regional policy of the European Union .

For the first time, there was a commissioner in 1967 who was responsible for regional policy, but not as a separate department. At that time, Hans von der Groeben was Commissioner for Internal Market , Trade , Taxes and Regional Policy. Since the Ortoli Commission took office in 1973, regional policy has been an independent department. From 1985 to 1999 it was called Regional Policy and Cohesion .

The current incumbent in the Von der Leyen Commission is Elisa Ferreira .

Previous incumbent

Commissioner	Term of office	origin	national party	European party / political direction
Elisa Ferreira	since 2019	Portugal	PS	SPE
Corina Crețu	2014-2019	Romania	Psd	SPE
Johannes Hahn	2010-2014	Austria	ÖVP	EPP
Paweł Samecki	2009-2010	Poland	PO related	EPP related parties
Danuta Huebner	2004-2009	Poland	PO	EPP
Jacques Barrot	2004	France	UMP	EPP
Michel Barnier	1999-2004	France	UMP	EPP
Monika Wulf-Mathies	1995-1999	Germany	SPD	SPE
Bruce Millan	1989-1995	United Kingdom	Labor	SPE
Grigoris Varfis	1985-1989	Greece	PASOK	SPE
Antonio Giolitti	1977 - 1985	Italy	PSI	SPE
George Thomson	1973-1977	United Kingdom	Labor	social democratic
Albert Borschette	1970 - 1973	Luxembourg
Hans von der Groeben	1967-1970	Germany	CDU related	Christian Democratic

Web links

• Official website of DG REGIO

Individual evidence

1. ↑ dpa: The new commissioners: From old hands and newcomers - the new EU Commission . In: The time . November 27, 2019, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed December 2, 2019]).