Health Commissioner

The Commissioner for Health is an official title for a Commissioner of the European Union . The Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety is attached to it. The department was created in 1999 with responsibility for health and consumer protection and was split up after the EU expanded in 2007 .

In the Barroso II Commission , both departments were reunited from 2010 onwards. In addition, the area of pharmaceuticals , which was previously part of the Enterprise and Industry portfolio, has since come under the responsibility of the Commissioner for Health. In the Juncker Commission , the health department was expanded to include responsibility for food safety. The current Commissioner for Health is Stella Kyriakides .

Previous incumbent

Commissioner	Term of office	Country	national party	European party / political direction	other responsibilities
Stella Kyriakides	since 2019	Cyprus	DISY	EPP
Vytenis andriukaitis	2014-2019	Lithuania	LSDP	S&D
Tonio Borg	2012-2014	Malta	PN	EPP	Consumer protection (until 2013)
John Dalli	2010–2012	Malta	PN	EPP	Consumer protection
Androulla Vassiliou	2008-2010	Cyprus	ED	ELDR
Márkos Kyprianoú	2004-2008	Cyprus	DK	centrist	Consumer protection (until 2006)
David Byrne	1999-2004	Ireland	FF	AEN	Consumer protection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EurActiv , 30 Nov 2009: New EU health chief takes control of pharmaceutical policy .