President of The European Commission - List of Presidents

List of Presidents

President	State and previous post	Party	Term	Notes
HallsteinWalter Hallstein	West Germany	Christian Democrats	01958-01-011 January 1958 – 01967-06-3030 June 1967	Established the Common Agricultural Policy and tackled the empty chair crisis that led to the Luxembourg compromise.
ReyJean Rey	Belgium	Liberal Democrats	01967-07-022 July 1967 – 01970-07-011 July 1970	Began initiatives on European Political Cooperation and EMU.
MalfattiFranco Maria Malfatti	Italy	Christian Democrats	01970-07-022 July 1970 – 01972-03-011 March 1972	Made advances on the single market. Opened membership talks with the Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the UK.
MansholtSicco Mansholt	Netherlands	Socialists	01972-03-2222 March 1972 – 01973-01-055 January 1973	Oversaw creation of the European Monetary System and the first enlargement
OrtoliFrançois-Xavier Ortoli	France	Christian Democrats	01973-01-066 January 1973 – 01977-01-055 January 1977	Managed the enlarged Community during the instability of the 1973 oil crisis and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
JenkinsRoy Jenkins	United Kingdom	Socialists	01977-01-066 January 1977 – 01981-01-1919 January 1981	Oversaw the development of the EMU and was the first President to attend the G8.
ThornGaston Thorn	Luxembourg	Liberal Democrats	01981-01-2020 January 1981 – 01985-01-066 January 1985	Speed up enlargement while working on the Single European Act. However with a period of eurosclerosis, Thorn was unable to exert his influence.
DelorsJacques Delors	France	Socialists	01985-01-077 January 1985 – 01995-01-2424 January 1995	Oversaw the enactment of both the Single European Act and the Treaty of Maastricht, was a principal architect behind the Committee of the Regions and handled the 1995 enlargement.
SanterJacques Santer	Luxembourg	People's Party	01995-01-2525 January 1995 – 01999-03-1515 March 1999	Santer worked on the Treaty of Amsterdam, Treaty of Nice and the launch of the euro. However this was overshadowed by his Commission's budget controversy.
MarinManuel Marín (Interim)	Spain	Socialists	01999-03-1515 March 1999 – 01999-09-1717 September 1999	In the wake of Santer's early resignation, his commission continued under Manuel Marín as a caretaker administration.
ProdiRomano Prodi	Italy	Socialists	01999-09-1717 September 1999 – 02004-11-2222 November 2004	Oversaw the enforcement of the Nice Treaty and the signing of the European Constitution. He also oversaw the launch of the physical euro in 2002.
BarrosoJosé Manuel Barroso	Portugal	People's Party	02004-11-2222 November 2004 – present	Barroso oversaw the Lisbon Treaty, the 2004 and 2007 enlargements and major legislation including the REACH and Bolkestein Directives.

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