The secretary-general of the European Commission is the senior civil servant of the European Commission. The secretary-general, who is responsible to the president of the European Commission, is in charge of the various Directorates-General, headed by directors-general.
Their staff form the Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
List of secretaries-general of the European Commission N. Secretary-General Member State Beginning End Commission1Émile Noël26 March 195818 September 1987Hallstein IHallstein IIRey CommissionMalfatti CommissionMansholt CommissionOrtoli CommissionJenkins CommissionThorn CommissionDelors I2David Williamson 19 September 1987 31 July 1997Delors IDelors IIDelors IIISanter Commission31 August 199731 May 2000Santer CommissionProdi Commission4David O'Sullivan1 June 200010 November 2005Prodi CommissionBarroso I5Catherine Day11 November 20051 September 2015Barroso IBarroso IIJuncker Commission6Alexander Italianer1 September 20151 March 2018Juncker Commission7Martin Selmayr1 March 201830 November 2019Juncker Commission8Ilze Juhansone24 July 2019OngoingJuncker CommissionVon der Leyen Commission IVon der Leyen Commission II
See also European Civil Service
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