Bureau (European Parliament)
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The Bureau of the European Parliament
is responsible for matters relating to the budget, administration, organisation and staff. It is composed of the President of the European Parliament
along with all 14 Vice-Presidents
and the five Quaestors
(in a consultive capacity). They are elected for two and a half years (renewable term) with the President holding a deciding vote. Elections are usually held at the start, and at the mid-point, of each Parliamentary term.
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
is responsible for matters relating to the budget, administration, organisation and staff. It is composed of the President of the European Parliament
President of the European Parliament
The President of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament. He or she also represents the Parliament within the EU and internationally. The President's signature is required for enacting most EU laws and the EU budget.Presidents serve...
along with all 14 Vice-Presidents
Vice President of the European Parliament
There are fourteen Vice Presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the President in presiding over the plenary of the European Parliament.-Role:...
and the five Quaestors
Quaestor (European Parliament)
Five Quaestors in the European Parliament look after the financial and administrative interests of Members of the European Parliament.The current Quaestors, elected 15 July 2009, are:...
(in a consultive capacity). They are elected for two and a half years (renewable term) with the President holding a deciding vote. Elections are usually held at the start, and at the mid-point, of each Parliamentary term.
2009-2012
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| Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Buzek Jerzy Karol Buzek is a Polish engineer, academic lecturer and politician who was the ninth post-Cold War Prime Minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001... |
President President of the European Parliament The President of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament. He or she also represents the Parliament within the EU and internationally. The President's signature is required for enacting most EU laws and the EU budget.Presidents serve... |
European People's Party | Silesian (Poland) Silesian (European Parliament constituency) In European elections, Silesian is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the Silesian Voivodeship.- Nomenclature :The relevant Polish legislation establishing the constituencies does not give the constituencies formal names... |
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| Giovanni Pittella Giovanni Pittella Giovanni Pittella is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern and Vice President of the European Parliament for the seventh parliament... |
Vice President Vice President of the European Parliament There are fourteen Vice Presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the President in presiding over the plenary of the European Parliament.-Role:... |
Socialists & Democrats Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats is the social-democratic political group in the European Parliament, formed by MEPs of the Party of European Socialists and allied centre-left parties. The group dates its ancestry via various names back to the beginning of the European... |
Southern Italy Southern Italy (European Parliament constituency) In European elections, Southern Italy is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania and Molise.... |
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| Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou is a Greek politician, Member of the New Democracy party. She was born and brought up at the island of Zakynthos, Greece. She studied Sociology at the University of Geneva... |
Vice President | European People's Party | Greece Greece (European Parliament constituency) In European elections, Greece is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-four MEPs. It covers the member state of Greece.-Current MEPs:As of October 2007-1981:... |
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| Anni Podimata | Vice President | Socialists & Democrats | Greece | |
| Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Party of European Socialists... |
Vice President | Socialists & Democrats | Spain Spain (European Parliament constituency) In European elections, Spain is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by fifty-four MEPs. It covers the member state of Spain.-Current MEPs:As of September 2007-1987:... |
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| Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca is a Spanish Member of the European Parliament, and a radiation physicist. He was elected on the People's Party ticket and sits with the European People's Party group.... |
Vice President | European People's Party | Spain | |
| Dagmar Roth-Behrendt Dagmar Roth-Behrendt Dagmar Roth-Behrendt is a German Member of the European Parliament, and a lawyer. She was elected on the SPD ticket and sits with the Party of European Socialists group.... |
Vice President | Socialists & Democrats | Germany Germany (European Parliament constituency) In European elections, Germany is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by ninety-nine members. It covers the member state of Germany.-Current MEPs:As of October 2007-1979:... |
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| Libor Rouček Libor Roucek Libor Rouček is a Czech politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Czech Social Democratic Party,part of the Socialist Group and sits onthe European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs.... |
Vice President | Socialists & Democrats | Czech Republic Czech Republic (European Parliament constituency) In European elections, Czech Republic is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-four MEPs. It covers the member state of the Czech Republic.-Current MEPs:As of October 2007-2004:... |
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| Isabelle Durant Isabelle Durant Isabelle A.J. Durant is a Belgian politician, member of the Ecolo party. On 15 September, 2010 Durant supported the new initiative Spinelli Group in the European Parliament, which was founded to reinvigorate the strive for federalisation of the European Union... |
Vice President | Green-EFA | French-speaking Belgium French-speaking electoral college The French-speaking electoral college is one of three constituencies of the European Parliament in Belgium. It currently elects 9 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :... |
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| Roberta Angelilli Roberta Angelilli Roberta Angelilli is an Italian politician andMember of the European Parliamentfor Centralwith the Alleanza Nazionale, part of the Union for a Europe of Nations and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.She is a substitute for the Committee on... |
Vice President | European People's Party | Central Italy Central Italy (European Parliament constituency) In European elections, Central Italy is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the regions of Lazio, Marche, Tuscany and Umbria.... |
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| Diana Wallis Diana Wallis Diana Paulette Wallis is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber. Wallis was first elected in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and in 2009.... |
Vice President | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the... |
Yorkshire and the Humber (UK) Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency) Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :... |
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| László Tőkés László Tokés László Tőkés is a Romanian politician of Hungarian ethnicity, currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament and Vice President of the European Parliament .... |
Vice President | European People's Party | Romania Romania (European Parliament constituency) In European elections, Romania is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by thirty-five MEPs. It covers the member state of Romania.- 2009 - 2014:As of June 7, 2009 Romania is represented in the European Parliament by 33 MEPs.... |
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| Edward McMillan-Scott Edward McMillan-Scott Edward Hugh Christian McMillan-Scott is a British Member of the European Parliament and one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament... |
Vice President | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | Yorkshire and the Humber (UK) | |
| Rainer Wieland Rainer Wieland Rainer Wieland is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Baden-Württemberg. Since 2009 he is one of the 14 Vice Presidents of the Parliament. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party... |
Vice President | European People's Party | Germany | |
| Giles Chichester Giles Chichester Giles Chichester is a British Conservative Party politician, and a Member of the European Parliament for South West England and Gibraltar. He was elected as a temporary Vice President of the European Parliament on 6 July 2011 to replace Silvana Koch-Mehrin who had resigned over plagiarism... |
Vice President | European Conservatives and Reformists | South West England (UK) South West England (European Parliament constituency) South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, reduced from 7 in 2004.-Boundaries:... |
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| Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg Lidia Geringer de Oedenberg Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the DS & OPwith the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group... |
Quaestor Quaestor (European Parliament) Five Quaestors in the European Parliament look after the financial and administrative interests of Members of the European Parliament.The current Quaestors, elected 15 July 2009, are:... |
Socialist & Democrats | Lower Silesian and Opole (Poland) Lower Silesian and Opole (European Parliament constituency) In European elections, Lower Silesian and Opole is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship and Opole Voivodeship.- Nomenclature :... |
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| Jim Higgins | Quaestor | European People's Party | North-West Ireland | |
| Astrid Lulling Astrid Lulling Astrid Lulling is a politician in Luxembourg, and a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party.- Current positions held :... |
Quaestor | European People's Party | Luxembourg Luxembourg (European Parliament constituency) In European elections, Luxembourg is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by six MEPs. It covers the member state of Luxembourg and uses the D'Hondt method.-Returned members:... |
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| Jiří Maštálka Jirí Maštálka Jiří Maštálka is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left party group in the European Parliament.... |
Quaestor | European United Left–Nordic Green Left European United Left–Nordic Green Left European United Left/Nordic Green Left is a left-wing political group with seats in the European Parliament since 1995.-Position:According to its 1994 constituent declaration, the group is opposed to the present European political structure, but committed to integration... |
Czech Republic | |
| Bill Newton Dunn Bill Newton Dunn William "Bill" Newton Dunn is a British politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands for the Liberal Democrats.-Early life:... |
Quaestor | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | East Midlands (UK) East Midlands (European Parliament constituency) East Midlands is a constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elects 5 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :... |
Resigned
- Pál SchmittPál SchmittPál Schmitt is the current President of Hungary. He was elected President of Hungary in a 263 to 59 vote in the Parliament of Hungary and was sworn in on 2010....
, Vice President, EPP, Hungary - became President of the Republic of Hungary on 6 August 2010
- replaced by Tőkés (Romania)
- Silvana Koch-MehrinSilvana Koch-MehrinEsther Silvana Koch-Mehrin is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Free Democratic Party of Germany. Until May 2011, she was Vice Chairwoman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. She is a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets...
, Vice President, ALDE, Germany - resigned over doctoral thesis plagiarism affair on 11 May 2011
- Silvana Koch-Mehrin
- replaced by Chichester (South West England)
- Stavros LambrinidisStavros LambrinidisStavros Lambrinidis is a former Vice President of the European Parliament and was between 17 June 2011 until 11 November 2011 the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece.-Yale University:...
, Vice President, S & D, Greece - became Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece on 17 June 2011
- Stavros Lambrinidis
- replaced by Podimata (Greece)
2007-2009
- Hans-Gert PötteringHans-Gert PötteringHans-Gert Pöttering is a German conservative politician , and was the President of the European Parliament from January 2007 to July 2009...
: President - Rodi Kratsa-TsagaropoulouRodi Kratsa-TsagaropoulouRodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou is a Greek politician, Member of the New Democracy party. She was born and brought up at the island of Zakynthos, Greece. She studied Sociology at the University of Geneva...
: Vice-President - Alejo Vidal-Quadras RocaAlejo Vidal-Quadras RocaAlejo Vidal-Quadras Roca is a Spanish Member of the European Parliament, and a radiation physicist. He was elected on the People's Party ticket and sits with the European People's Party group....
: Vice-President - Gérard OnestaGérard OnestaGérard Onesta is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the South West of France.He is a member of the French Green Party, part of the European Greens. On 20 July 2004 he was re-elected a Member of the European Parliament, and he was elected four times one of its...
: Vice-President - Edward McMillan-ScottEdward McMillan-ScottEdward Hugh Christian McMillan-Scott is a British Member of the European Parliament and one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament...
: Vice-President - Mario MauroMario MauroMario Mauro is an Italian Member of the European Parliament and a teacher of history. He was first elected on the Forza Italia ticket, and in 2009 on the merged party The People of Freedom ticket...
: Vice-President - Miguel Angel Martínez MartínezMiguel Angel Martínez MartínezMiguel Angel Martínez Martínez is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Party of European Socialists...
: Vice-President - Luigi CocilovoLuigi CocilovoLuigi Cocilovo is an Italian Member of the European Parliament and a University researcher in Law. He was elected on the Olive Tree ticket and sits with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group....
: Vice-President - Mechtild RotheMechtild RotheMechtild Rothe is a German politician andMember of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany,part of the Socialist Group and sits on...
: Vice-President - Luisa MorgantiniLuisa MorgantiniLuisa Morgantini is an Italian Member of the European Parliament. She was elected as independent with the Communist Refoundation Party ticket and sits with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group....
: Vice-President - Pierre MoscoviciPierre MoscoviciPierre Moscovici is a French politician, a member of the Departmental Council of Doubs and a Member of the French Parliament. He is a member of the French Socialist Party ; part of the Party of European Socialists...
: Vice-President - Manuel António dos SantosManuel António dos SantosManuel António dos Santos is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists.-References:...
: Vice-President - Diana WallisDiana WallisDiana Paulette Wallis is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber. Wallis was first elected in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 and in 2009....
: Vice-President - Marek SiwiecMarek SiwiecMarek Maciej Siwiec is a Polish politician and since 2004 Member of the European Parliament for the Greater Poland Voivodship with the Democratic Left Alliance-Labor Union, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. In the European elections of...
: Vice-President - Adam BielanAdam BielanAdam Jerzy Bielan is a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for Lesser Poland and Świętokrzyskie with Poland Comes First. He is Vice-Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists political grouping....
: Vice-President - James Nicholson: Quaestor
- Astrid LullingAstrid LullingAstrid Lulling is a politician in Luxembourg, and a Member of the European Parliament for the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party.- Current positions held :...
: Quaestor - Mia De VitsMia De VitsMarie Louise "Mia" De Vits is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Socialistische Partij-Anders, part of the Socialist Group and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.She is a substitute for the Committee on...
: Quaestor - Ingo FriedrichIngo FriedrichIngo Friedrich was a German Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the CSU ticket and sits with the EPP-ED Group.Herr Friedrich holds a University degree in Economics...
: Quaestor - Szabolcs FazakasSzabolcs FazakasSzabolcs Fazakas is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. On 23 July 2004 he was elected Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control. Mr...
: Quaestor - Jan Mulder: Quaestor
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