European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation

The Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation was a portfolio within the European Commission. In 2019, the portfolio was merged with the Commissioner for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture to form the role of European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, held by Mariya Gabriel.

The portfolio was responsible primarily for research and improving the conditions in the Union for researchers. The post is known familiarly as Science and Research; however it involves other fields such as technology, development etc.

List of commissioners

#NameCountryPeriodCommission
1 Fritz Hellwig  West Germany1967–1970Rey Commission
2 Ralf Dahrendorf  West Germany1973–1977Ortoli Commission
3 Guido Brunner  West Germany1977–1981Jenkins Commission
4 Filippo Maria Pandolfi  Italy1989–1993Delors Commission
5 Antonio Ruberti  Italy1993–1995Delors Commission III
6 Édith Cresson  France1995–1999Santer Commission
7Philippe Busquin  Belgium1999–2004Prodi Commission
8 Louis Michel  Belgium2004Prodi Commission
9 Janez Potočnik  Slovenia2004–2010Barroso Commission I
10 Máire Geoghegan-Quinn  Ireland2010–2014Barroso Commission II
11 Carlos Moedas  Portugal2014–2019Juncker Commission

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