Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development

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The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is a member of the European Commission . The department has existed since 1958, i.e. since the European Economic Community was founded . The current incumbent on the Von der Leyen Commission since December 2019 is Janusz Wojciechowski . The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is responsible for the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development .

Previous incumbent

Commissioner Term of office Country national party European party /
political direction
Janusz Wojciechowski since 2019 PolandPoland Poland PiS EKR
Phil Hogan 2014-2019 IrelandIreland Ireland Fine Gael EPP
Dacian Cioloș 2010-2014 RomaniaRomania Romania independent EPP related parties
Mariann Fischer Boel 2004-2010 DenmarkDenmark Denmark Venstre ELDR
Franz Fischler 1995 - 2004 AustriaAustria Austria ÖVP EPP
René Steichen 1993-1995 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg CSV EPP
Ray MacSharry 1989-1993 IrelandIreland Ireland FF national liberal
Frans Andriessen 1985-1989 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands CDA EPP
Poul Dalsager 1981-1985 DenmarkDenmark Denmark S. SPE
Finn Olav Gundelach 1977 - 1981 DenmarkDenmark Denmark independent
Pierre Lardinois 1973-1977 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands CIP Christian Democratic
Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza 1972-1973 ItalyItaly Italy DC Christian Democratic
Sicco Mansholt 1958 - 1972 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands PvdA social democratic

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]).