Presidency of the European Council
01 Jan 1958 - 31 Dec 2009 See table below
President of the European Council
01 Jan 2010 - 30 Nov 2014 Herman Achille Van Rompuy ....................... 1947- (Belgium)
01 Dec 2014 - Donald Franciszek Tusk .......................... 1957- (Poland)
Presidents of the EU Commission
01 Jan 1958 - 30 Jun 1967 Walter Hallstein ................................ 1901-1982 (West Germany)
01 Jul 1967 - 01 Jul 1970 Jean Max Georges Rey ............................ 1902-1983 (Belgium)
01 Jul 1970 - 01 Mar 1972 Franco Maria Malfatti ........................... 1927-1991 (Italy)
01 Mar 1972 - 05 Jan 1973 Sicco Leendert Mansholt ......................... 1908-1995 (Netherlands)
05 Jan 1973 - 05 Jan 1977 François-Xavier Ortoli .......................... 1925-2007 (France)
05 Jan 1977 - 19 Jan 1981 Roy Harris Jenkins .............................. 1920-2003 (United Kingdom)
19 Jan 1981 - 06 Jan 1985 Gaston Thorn .................................... 1928-2007 (Luxembourg)
06 Jan 1985 - 24 Jan 1995 Jacques Lucien Jean Delors ...................... 1925- (France)
24 Jan 1995 - 15 Mar 1999 Jacques Santer .................................. 1937- (Luxembourg)
15 Mar - 15 Sep 1999 Manuel Marín González ........................... 1949- (Spain)
15 Sep 1999 - 22 Nov 2004 Romano Prodi .................................... 1939- (Italy)
22 Nov 2004 - 31 Oct 2014 José Manoel Durão Barroso ....................... 1949- (Portugal)
01 Nov 2014 - Jean-Claude Juncker ............................. 1954- (Luxembourg)
Presidents of the Common Assembly of the ECSC
1952 - 1954 Paul-Henri Charles Spaak ........................ 1899-1972 (Belgium)
- 19 Aug 1954 Alcide De Gasperi ............................... 1881-1954 (Italy)
19 Aug 1954 - 1956 Giuseppe Pella .................................. 1902-1981 (Italy)
1956 - 19 Mar 1958 Hans Furler ..................................... 1904-1975 (West Germany)
Presidents of the European Parliamentary Assembly
19 Mar 1958 - 28 Mar 1960 Robert Schuman .................................. 1886-1963 (France)
28 Mar 1960 - 27 Mar 1962 Hans Furler
Presidents of the European Parliament
27 Mar 1962 - 21 Mar 1964 Gaetano Martino ................................. 1900-1967 Italy
21 Mar 1964 - 24 Sep 1965 Jean Pierre Duvieusart .......................... 1900-1977 Belgium
24 Sep 1965 - 07 Mar 1966 Victor Leemans .................................. 1901-1971 Netherlands
07 Mar 1966 - 11 Mar 1969 Alain Émile Louis Marie Poher ................... 1909-1996 France
11 Mar 1969 - 09 Mar 1971 Mario Scelba .................................... 1901-1991 Italy
09 Mar 1971 - 13 Mar 1973 Walter Behrendt ................................. 1914-1997 West Germany
13 Mar 1973 - 11 Mar 1975 Cornelis Berkhouwer ............................. 1919-1992 Netherlands
11 Mar 1975 - 08 Mar 1977 Georges Spénale ................................. 1913-1983 France
08 Mar 1977 - 17 Jul 1979 Emilio Colombo .................................. 1920-2013 Italy
17 Jul 1979 - 19 Jan 1982 Simone Veil ..................................... 1927- France
19 Jan 1982 - 24 Jul 1984 Piet Dankert .................................... 1934-2003 Netherlands
24 Jul 1984 - 20 Jan 1987 Pierre Eugène Jean Pflimlin ..................... 1907-2000 France
20 Jan 1987 - 25 Jul 1989 Baron Henry Plumb ............................... 1925- United Kingdom
25 Jul 1989 - 14 Jan 1992 Enrique Barón Crespo ............................ 1944- Spain
14 Jan 1992 - 19 Jul 1994 Egon Alfred Klepsch ............................. 1930-2010 Germany
19 Jul 1994 - 14 Jan 1997 Klaus Hänsch .................................... 1938- Germany
14 Jan 1997 - 20 Jul 1999 José María Gil-Robles Delgada ................... 1935- Spain
20 Jul 1999 - 15 Jan 2002 Nicole Fontaine ................................. 1942- France
15 Jan 2002 - 20 Jul 2004 Patrick Cox ..................................... 1952- Ireland
20 Jul 2004 - 16 Jan 2007 Josep Borrell Fontelles ......................... 1947- Spain
16 Jan 2007 - 14 Jul 2009 Hans-Gert Pöttering ............................. 1945- Germany
14 Jul 2009 - 17 Jan 2012 Jerzy Karol Buzek ............................... 1940- Poland
17 Jan 2012 - Martin Schulz ................................... 1955- Germany
High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
18 Oct 1999 - 30 Nov 2009 Javier Solana Madariaga ......................... 1942- (Spain)
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
01 Dec 2009 - 31 Oct 2014 Catherine Margaret Ashton,
Baroness of Upholland .......................... 1956- (United Kingdom)
01 Nov 2014 - Frederica Mogherini ............................. 1973- (Italy)
Presidents of the European Monetary Fund
01 Jan 1994 - 30 Jun 1997 Alexandre Lamfalussy ............................ 1929- Beglium
01 Jul 1997 - 31 May 1998 Wilem Duisenberg ................................ 1935-2005 Netherlands
Presidents of the European Central Bank
01 Jun 1998 - 31 Oct 2003 Wilem Duisenberg
01 Nov 2003 - 31 Oct 2011 Jean-Claude Trichet ............................. 1942- France
01 Nov 2011 - Mario Draghi .................................... 1947- Italy
Presidents of the European Court of Justice
10 Dec 1952 - 07 Oct 1958 Massimo Pilotti ................................. 1879-1962 Italy
07 Oct 1952 - 08 Oct 1964 Andreas Matthias Donner ......................... 1918-1992 Netherlands
08 Oct 1964 - 07 Oct 1967 Charles Léon Hammes ............................. 1898-1967 Luxembourg
07 Oct 1967 - 07 Oct 1976 Robert Lecourt .................................. 1908-2004 France
07 Oct 1976 - 30 Oct 1980 Hans Kutscher ................................... 1911-1993 West Germany
30 Oct 1980 - 10 Apr 1984 Joseph Marie Honoré Charles Mertens,
Baron de Wilmars ............................... 1912-2002 Belgium
10 Apr 1984 - 07 Oct 1988 Alistair Sean Mackenzie Stuart,
Baron Mackenzie Stuart ......................... 1924-2000 United Kingdom
07 Oct 1988 - 07 Oct 1994 Ole Due ......................................... 1931-2005 Denmark
07 Oct 1994 - 07 Oct 2003 Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias ................... 1946- Spain
07 Oct 2003 - Vasíleios Skourís ............................... 1948- Greece
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| Presidents of the European Council |
Country |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1958 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1958 |
West Germany |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1959 |
France |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1959 |
Italy |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1960 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1960 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1961 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1961 |
West Germany |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1962 |
France |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1962 |
Italy |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1963 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1963 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1964 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1964 |
West Germany |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1965 |
France |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1965 |
Italy |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1966 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1966 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1967 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1967 |
West Germany |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1968 |
France |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1968 |
Italy |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1969 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1969 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1970 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1970 |
West Germany |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1971 |
France |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1971 |
Italy |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1972 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1972 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1973 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1973 |
Denmark |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1974 |
West Germany |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1974 |
France |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1975 |
Ireland |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1975 |
Italy |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1976 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1976 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1977 |
United Kingdom |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1977 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1978 |
Denmark |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1978 |
West Germany |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1979 |
France |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 1979 |
Ireland |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1980 |
Italy |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1980 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1981 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1981 |
United Kingdom |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1982 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1982 |
Denmark |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1983 |
West Germany |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1983 |
Greece |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1984 |
France |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1984 |
Ireland |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1985 |
Italy |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1985 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1986 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1986 |
United Kingdom |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1987 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1987 |
Denmark |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1988 |
West Germany |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1988 |
Greece |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1989 |
Spain |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1989 |
France |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1990 |
Ireland |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1990 |
Italy |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1991 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1991 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1992 |
Portugal |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1992 |
United Kingdom |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1993 |
Denmark |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1993 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1994 |
Greece |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1994 |
Germany |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1995 |
France |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1995 |
Spain |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1996 |
Italy |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1996 |
Ireland |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1997 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1997 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1998 |
United Kingdom |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1998 |
Austria |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 1999 |
Germany |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 1999 |
Finland |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2000 |
Portugal |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2000 |
France |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2001 |
Sweden |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2001 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2002 |
Spain |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2002 |
Denmark |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2003 |
Greece |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2003 |
Italy |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2004 |
Ireland |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2004 |
Netherlands |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2005 |
Luxembourg |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2005 |
United Kingdom |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2006 |
Austria |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2006 |
Finland |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2007 |
Germany |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2007 |
Portugal |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2008 |
Slovenia |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2008 |
France |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2009 |
Czech Republic |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2009 |
Sweden |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2010 |
Spain |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 2010 |
Belgium |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2011 |
Hungary |
| 01 Jun - 31 Dec 2011 |
Poland |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2012 |
Denmark |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 2012 |
Cyprus |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2013 |
Ireland |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 2013 |
Lithuania |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2014 |
Greece |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 2014 |
Italy |
| 01 Jan - 30 Jun 2015 |
Latvia |
| 01 Jul - 31 Dec 2015 |
Luxembourg |
| Members of the European Union |
|
01 Jan 1958 - Kingdom of Belgium
- French Republic
- Federal Republic of (West) Germany
- Republic of Italy
- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Kingdom of The Netherlands
01 Jan 1973 - Kingdom of Denmark
- Republic of Ireland
- United Kingdom
01 Jan 1981 - Hellenic Republic
01 Jan 1986 - Republic of Portugal
- Kingdom of Spain
01 Jan 1995 - Federal Republic of Austria
- Republic of Finland
- Kingdom of Sweden
01 Jan 2004 - Republic of Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Republic of Estonia
- Republic of Hungary
- Republic of Latvia
- Republic of Lithuania
- Republic of Malta
- Republic of Poland
- Republic of Slovakia
- Republic of Slovenia
01 Jan 2007 - Republic of Bulgaria
- Republic of Romania
01 Jul 2013 - Republic of Croatia |
|
Candidate Countries |
|
22 Mar 2004 - F.Y.R.O.M
20 Oct 2005 - Turkey (dormant)
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Applied |
28 Apr 2009 - Albania
28 Apr 2009 - Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Andorra
Armenia
Belarus
Georgia
Iceland (Accession process suspended as of 2013)
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Norway (membership rejected 1994)
Russian Federation
San Marino
Switzerland (membership rejected 1992)
Ukraine |