Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Protection

The Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Protection is a member of the European Commission .

The field of humanitarian aid was added to the portfolio of the Development Commissioner in 1973. When the Barroso II Commission took office in February 2010, however, it was outsourced to a separate department. Bulgarian Rumjana Schelewa was initially nominated as commissioner, but on January 19, 2010 she resigned from the position following criticism from the European Parliament . In her place, the Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissow nominated the previous Vice President of the World Bank Kristalina Georgiewa for this office. On February 9, 2010, the European Parliament approved the amended list of Commissioners.

The incumbent was Christos Stylianides until November 2019 . On December 1, 2019, Janez Lenarčič succeeded him in the von der Leyen Commission . Before that, he had to face a hearing in the EU Parliament .

The Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (DG ECHO) reports to the Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management.

Previous incumbent

Commissioner	Term of office	Country	national party	european party
Janez Lenarčič	2019–	Slovenia Slovenia	no	no
Christos Stylianides	2014-2019	Cyprus Republic Cyprus	DISY	EPP
Kristalina Georgieva	2010-2014	Bulgaria Bulgaria	GERB	EPP

For the incumbents of the Development and Humanitarian Aid Department (1973–2010) see Commissioner for Development .

Web links

Official website of DG ECHO (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Candidate from Bulgaria gives up . Norddeutscher Rundfunk - tagesschau.de. January 19, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
↑ 2010/41 / EU, Euratom: Council decision of 22 January 2010 - in agreement with the President-elect of the Commission - adopting the list of other persons proposed by the Council as members of the Commission and repealing and replacing the Decision 2009/903 / EU . In: Official Journal of the European Union . L, No. 20, 2010, pp. 5-6.
↑ EU Parliament confirms new commission . ZEIT ONLINE GmbH. February 9, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
↑ European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid . European Commission. Retrieved January 22, 2019.

[1] Candidate from Bulgaria gives up . Norddeutscher Rundfunk - tagesschau.de. January 19, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[2] 2010/41 / EU, Euratom: Council decision of 22 January 2010 - in agreement with the President-elect of the Commission - adopting the list of other persons proposed by the Council as members of the Commission and repealing and replacing the Decision 2009/903 / EU . In: Official Journal of the European Union . L, No. 20, 2010, pp. 5-6.

[3] EU Parliament confirms new commission . ZEIT ONLINE GmbH. February 9, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[4] European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid . European Commission. Retrieved January 22, 2019.