European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
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The Commissioner for Health and Food Safety is the member of the European Commission. The current post of Commissioner is held by Stella Kyriakidou (Greek: Στέλλα Κυριακίδου) from Cyprus, a psychologist and politician of the conservative Democratic Rally party. The portfolio is responsible for matters of public health, food safety, animal health and plant health.
Portfolio[]
Markos Kyprianou was appointed to the Barroso Commission as European Commissioner for Health & Consumer Protection; however, with the accession of Bulgaria on 1 January 2007, the Consumer Protect portfolio was split off and given to Meglena Kuneva (See: European Commissioner for Consumer Protection). The post's Directorate-General is still merged with that office.
One policy is the promotion of warnings on tobacco packets, with the Commission moving towards pictorial warnings.[1] Following several European Union member states enacting bans on smoking in public places Kyprianou proposed a plan for an EU-wide ban of that kind.[2]
In May 2007, Kyprianou released a paper to tackle the shortage of organ donation in the Union. The plan included promotion, specially trained medical staff and an EU wide organ donor card.[3] After Kyprianou was appointed Foreign Minister of Cyprus, he was replaced by Androulla Vasiliou on 3 March 2008.
List of commissioners[]
Name | Country | Period | Commission | |
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1 | Richard Burke | Ireland | 1977–1981 | Jenkins |
2 | Karl-Heinz Narjes | West Germany | 1981–1985 | Thorn |
3 | Stanley Clinton Davis | United Kingdom | 1985–1988 | Delors I |
4 | Grigoris Varfis | Greece | 1985–1989 | Delors I |
5 | Karel Van Miert | Belgium | 1989–1992 | Delors II |
6 | Christiane Scrivener | France | 1992–1994 | Delors II |
7 | Emma Bonino | Italy | 1995–1999 | Santer |
8 | David Byrne | Ireland | 1999–2004 | Prodi |
9 | Pavel Telička | Czech Republic | 2004 | Prodi (Parallel to Byrne) |
10 | Markos Kyprianou | Cyprus | 2004–2010 | Barroso I (Health only) |
11 | Androulla Vassiliou | Cyprus | 2008–2010 | Barroso I (Health only) |
12 | John Dalli | Malta | 2010–16 October 2012 | Barroso II |
13 | Maroš Šefčovič | Slovakia | 2012 | Barroso II (Acting) |
14 | Tonio Borg | Malta | 2012–2014 | Barroso II (Health only from 2013) |
15 | Neven Mimica | Croatia | 2013–2014 | Barroso II (Consumer protection only) |
16 | Vytenis Andriukaitis | Lithuania | 2014–2019 | Juncker |
17 | Stella Kyriakidou | Cyprus | 2019–present | von der Leyen |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Commissioner Kyprianou urges EU governments to use pictorial warnings on tobacco packets ec.europa.eu
- ^ Commission wants EU-wide smoking ban in public places euractiv.com 30 January 2007
- ^ Brussels to push for EU-wide organ donor card euobserver.com 20 May 2007
External links[]
- European Union health policy
- Portfolios in the European Commission