The European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare is a member of the European Commission. The current Commissioner is Olivér Várhelyi. The portfolio is responsible for matters of public health and animal welfare.
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.Commissioner Kyprianou urges EU governments to use pictorial warnings on tobacco packets European Commission 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.Commission wants EU-wide smoking ban in public places euractiv.com 30 January 2007
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.Brussels to push for EU-wide organ donor card EUobserver. 20 May 2007 After Kyprianou was appointed Foreign Minister of Cyprus, he was replaced by Androulla Vasiliou on 3 March 2008.
List of commissioners #NameCountryPeriodCommission 1 Richard Burke 1977–1981 Jenkins 2 Karl-Heinz Narjes 1981–1985 Thorn 3 Stanley Clinton Davis 1985–1988 Delors I 4 Grigoris Varfis 1985–1989 Delors I 5 Karel Van Miert 1989–1992 Delors II 6 Christiane Scrivener 1992–1994 Delors II 7 Emma Bonino 1995–1999 Santer 8 David Byrne 1999–2004 Prodi 9 Pavel Telička 2004 Prodi (Parallel to Byrne) 10 Markos Kyprianou 2004–2010 Barroso I (Health only) 11 Androulla Vassiliou 2008–2010 Barroso I (Health only) 12 John Dalli 2010–16 October 2012 Barroso II 13 Maroš Šefčovič 2012 Barroso II (Acting) 14 Tonio Borg 2012–2014 Barroso II (Health only from 2013) 15 Neven Mimica 2013–2014 Barroso II (Consumer protection only) 16 Vytenis Andriukaitis 2014–2019 Juncker 17 Stella Kyriakidou 2019–2024 von der Leyen I 18 Olivér Várhelyi 2024–present von der Leyen II
See also Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
References
External links Commissioner's website Commission's health website EU Health portal