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 #NameCountryPeriodCommission 1 Fritz Hellwig 1967–1970 Rey Commission 2 Ralf Dahrendorf 1973–1977 Ortoli Commission 3 Guido Brunner 1977–1981 Jenkins Commission 4 Filippo Maria Pandolfi 1989–1993 Delors Commission 5 Antonio Ruberti 1993–1995 Delors Commission III 6 Édith Cresson 1995–1999 Santer Commission 7 Philippe Busquin 1999–2004 Prodi Commission 8 Louis Michel 2004 Prodi Commission 9 Janez Potočnik 2004–2010 Barroso Commission I 10 Máire Geoghegan-Quinn 2010–2014 Barroso Commission II 11 Carlos Moedas 2014–2019 Juncker Commission
See also Directorate-General for Research Joint Research Centre European Research Area Framework Programmes Lisbon Strategy European Atomic Energy Community Eurodoc European Research Advisory Board European Research Council European Charter for Researchers European Council of Applied Sciences and Engineering European Institute of Technology
External links Commissioner's website Commission's research portal EU joint research centre AthenaWeb – European Science Research