Prodi Commission
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The Prodi Commission was the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Led by Romano Prodi, it took office on 13 September 1999 after the Santer Commission resigned. Its planned term of office to 31 October 2004 was extended when the initial Barroso Commission list proposal was withdrawn. It finally left office on 21 November 2004.
In the following tables, the colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme:
| affiliation | Inital | May 04 | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| left leaning / socialist | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| right leaning / conservative | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| liberal | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| other/unknown | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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[edit] Membership until 2004-05-01
Including Romano Prodi, who was the President of the Commission, there were initially 20 posts which were filled as follows:
| commissioner | nominating member state | portfolio | party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romano Prodi | Italy | President | Olive Tree |
| Neil Kinnock | UK | Vice-President, Administrative Reform | Labour |
| Loyola de Palacio | Spain | Vice-President, Relations with the Parliament, Transport & Energy | PP |
| Pedro Solbes | Spain | Economic & Monetary Affairs | PSOE |
| Michel Barnier | France | Regional Policy | UMP |
| Frits Bolkestein | Netherlands | Internal Market, Taxation and Customs Union | VVD |
| Philippe Busquin | Belgium | Research | PS |
| David Byrne | Ireland | Health & Consumer Protection | Fianna Fáil |
| Anna Diamantopoulou | Greece | Employment and Social Affairs | PASOK |
| Franz Fischler | Austria | Agriculture, Rural Development & Fisheries | ÖVP |
| Pascal Lamy | France | Trade | Socialist |
| Erkki Liikanen | Finland | Enterprise & Information Society | SDP |
| Mario Monti | Italy | Competition | ? |
| Poul Nielson | Denmark | Development & Humanitarian Aid | SD |
| Chris Patten | UK | External Relations | Conservatives |
| Viviane Reding | Luxembourg | Education and Culture | CSV |
| Michaele Schreyer | Germany | Budget | Greens |
| Günter Verheugen | Germany | Enlargement | SPD |
| António Vitorino | Portugal | Justice and Home Affairs | PS |
| Margot Wallström | Sweden | Environment | SAP |
[edit] Replacement Commissioners
Some of the EU15 Commissioners were replaced before the end of the Commission's term.
| commissioner | nominating member state | portfolio | party affiliation | replacing | served from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olli Rehn | Finland | Regional Policy | Centre | Erkki Liikanen | 12 July 2004 |
| Louis Michel | Belgium | Research | MR | Philippe Busquin | July 2004 |
| Jacques Barrot | France | Regional Policy | UMP | Michel Barnier | April 2004 |
| Joaquín Almunia | Spain | Economic and Monetary Affairs | PSOE | Pedro Solbes | 26 April 2004 |
| Stavros Dimas | Greece | Employment and Social affairs | ND | Anna Diamantopoulou | March 2004 |
[edit] Membership from 2004-05-01
These were augmented on 1 May 2004 by 10 commissioners from the accession states. Each of these shared a portfolio with one of the pre-existing commissioners. They eventually took over from the original portfolio holders, but only for a brief period until the Barroso Commission was inaugurated.
| commissioner | nominating member state | portfolio | party affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Péter Balázs | Hungary | Regional Policy | ? |
| Joe Borg | Malta | Development & Humanitarian Aid | Nationalist Party |
| Ján Figeľ | Slovakia | Enterprise & Information Society | KDH |
| Dalia Grybauskaitė | Lithuania | Education and Culture | ? |
| Danuta Hübner | Poland | Trade | none |
| Siim Kallas | Estonia | Economic & Monetary Affairs | ERP |
| Sandra Kalniete | Latvia | Agriculture, Rural Development & Fisheries | Popular Front of Latvia |
| Marcos Kyprianou | Cyprus | Budget | Diko |
| Pavel Telička | Czech Republic | Health & Consumer Protection | none |
| Janez Potočnik | Slovenia | Enlargement | none |
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| Preceded by Santer Commission Marín Commission |
European Commission | Succeeded by Barroso Commission |
