Commissioner for Energy

The Energy Commissioner is a member of the European Commission . The department has existed since the merger of the commissions of the European Economic Community with those of Euratom and the ECSC in 1967; previously, the last two communities responsible for energy policy areas had been independent.

The current incumbent is Kadri Simson . The Energy Commissioner is assigned to the Energy Commissioner .

Previous incumbent

Commissioner	Term of office	Country	national party	political direction / European party
Kadri Samson	since 2019	Estonia	K	ALDE
Miguel Arias Cañete	2014-2019	Spain	PP	EPP
Günther Oettinger	2010-2014	Germany	CDU	EPP
Andris Piebalgs	2004-2010	Latvia	LC	ELDR
Loyola de Palacio	1999-2004	Spain	PP	EPP
Christos Papoutsis	1995-1999	Greece	PASOK	SPE
Marcelino Oreja Aguirre	1994 - 1999	Spain	PP	EPP
Abel Matutes	1993-1994	Spain	PP	EPP
António Cardoso e Cunha	1989-1993	Portugal	Psd	EPP
Nicolas Mosar	1985-1989	Luxembourg	CSV	EPP
Etienne Davignon	1981-1985	Belgium	independent
Guido Brunner	1977-1981	Germany	FDP	ELD
Henri François Simonet	1973-1977	Belgium	PS	social democratic
Wilhelm Haferkamp	1967 - 1973	Germany	SPD	social democratic

Web links

• DG Energy website (English)

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 1, 2019]).