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

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# Name Country Period Commission
1   Fritz Hellwig   West Germany 1967–1970 Rey Commission
2   Ralf Dahrendorf   West Germany 1973–1977 Ortoli Commission
3   Guido Brunner   West Germany 1977–1981 Jenkins Commission
4   Filippo Maria Pandolfi   Italy 1989–1993 Delors Commission
5   Antonio Ruberti   Italy 1993–1995 Delors Commission III
6   Édith Cresson   France 1995–1999 Santer Commission
7 Philippe Busquin   Belgium 1999–2004 Prodi Commission
8   Louis Michel   Belgium 2004 Prodi Commission
9   Janez Potočnik   Slovenia 2004–2010 Barroso Commission I
10   Máire Geoghegan-Quinn   Ireland 2010–2014 Barroso Commission II
11   Carlos Moedas   Portugal 2014–2019 Juncker Commission

See also

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