Commissioner for Justice and Rule of Law

The Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship was a member of the European Commission . The department was newly created when the Barroso II Commission took office in 2010. Before that, there was the Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security since 1995 , whose office has now been divided into a justice and domestic affairs department . In 2014 the departments were redistributed again. The office of Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality is now held by the Czech Věra Jourová .

The office was filled by Viviane Reding from Luxembourg . After this after the 2014 European elections the European Parliament had returned, it was followed by her compatriot for the rest of the Barroso Commission term Martine Reichert .

Previous incumbent

Commissioner for Justice and Rule of Law

Commissioner	Term of office	Country
Didier Reynders	since 2019	Belgium

Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality

Commissioner	Term of office	Country
Věra Jourová	2014-2019	Czech Republic

Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship

designation	Commissioner	Term of office	Country
Martine Reicherts	2014	Luxembourg
Viviane Reding	2010-2014	Luxembourg

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