Thorn Commission

The EC Commission under President Gaston Thorn was in office from 1981 to 1985 . The color means the political affiliation (blue = EPP , red = SPE , yellow = ALDE ).

Department	Country	Commissioner
president	Luxembourg	Gaston Thorn
Delegate to the President, Personnel and Administration , Statistical Affairs, Official Publications Bureau	Ireland	Richard Burke
External , nuclear affairs	Germany	Wilhelm Haferkamp
Vice President , Financial Control, Finance, Budget and Taxes	United Kingdom	Christopher Tugendhat
Energy , industry	Belgium	Étienne Davignon
Mediterranean policy , enlargement , information	Italy	Lorenzo Natali
Vice President, Economy and Currency	France	François-Xavier Ortoli
Regional policy	Italy	Antonio Giolitti
development	France	Claude Cheysson , from May 1981 Edgard Pisani
Agriculture , fishing	Denmark	Finn Olav Gundelach
Agriculture	Denmark	Poul Dalsager
Internal Market , Industrial Innovation, Customs Union , Enlargement , Consumer Protection , Nuclear Safety	Germany	Karl-Heinz Narjes
Transport , fishing , cooperation on tourism issues	Greece	Giorgios Contogeorgis
Personnel, administration, statistics	Ireland	Michael O'Kennedy
Employment and Social Affairs	United Kingdom	Ivor Richard
Relations with parliament , competition	Netherlands	Frans Andriessen