Flashcards: European Commissioners

Ignacia Loyola de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi (16 September 1950—13 December 2006) was a Spanish politician.

Meglena Shtilianova Kuneva (Bulgarian: Меглена Щилиянова Кунева; born 22 June 1957) is a Bulgarian and EU politician.

Viviane Reding (born 27 April 1951 in Esch-sur-Alzette) is a Luxembourg politician, currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).

Christos Stylianides (Χρήστος Στυλιανίδης in Greek, born June 26, 1958) is a politician who is the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management since November 1, 2014.

Corina Crețu (born June 24, 1967 in Bucharest) is a Romanian politician, and incumbent European Commissioner for Regional Policy.

Pascal Lamy (born 8 April 1947) is a French political consultant and businessman.

Pedro Solbes Mira (born 31 August 1942 in Pinoso, Alicante) is a Spanish economist.

Günther Hermann Oettinger (born 15 October 1953) is a German politician and a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Tibor Navracsics (born Veszprém, Hungary, 13 June 1966) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade from June to September 2014.

Phil Hogan (born 4 July 1960) is an Irish politician who currently serves as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development since November 2014.

Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, PC, QC, DL (25 September 1939 – 21 January 2015) was a British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament and barrister, as well as a member of the European Commission.

Neven Mimica (pronounced [nêʋen mîmit͡sa]; born 12 October 1953) is a Croatian politician and diplomat who serves as European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development in the Juncker Commission since 1 November 2014.

The Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality is a post in the European Commission.