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Delors Commission
The Delors Commission was the European Commission that held office from 1985 until 1995, which consists of three terms. Its president was Jacques Delors, widely regarded as the most dynamic and successful Commission president ever. It was succeeded by the Santer Commission.
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Achievements
The Commission gave a new momentum to the process of European integration, notably presideing over the signature of the Single European Act in February 1986. The Commission can also be considered as the "Founding Fathers of the Euro" as they layed down the foundation for the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in the Treaty of Maastricht (1992).
Members
| Name | Function | First Term | Second Term | Third Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Delors | President | yes | yes | yes |
| David Williamson | Secretary General | yes | yes | yes |
| Abel Matutes | Mediterranean policy | yes | yes | yes |
| Alois Pfeiffer | yes | |||
| António Cardoso e Cunha | Personnel, administration and translation | yes | yes | |
| Antonio Ruberti | yes | |||
| Bruce Millan | Regional Policy and Cohesion | yes | yes | |
| Carlo Ripa di Meana | Environment | yes | yes | |
| Christiane Scrivener | Taxation and customs union | yes | yes | |
| Claude Cheysson | yes | |||
| Filippo Maria Pandolfi | Science, research and development | yes | ||
| Francis Cockfield | yes | |||
| Frans Andriessen | External relations and trade policy | yes | yes | |
| Grigoris Varfis | yes | |||
| Hans van den Broek | yes | |||
| Henning Christophersen | Economic and financial affairs | yes | yes | yes |
| Ioannis Paleokrassas | yes | |||
| Jean Dondelinger | Audiovisual and cultural affairs | yes | ||
| João de Deus Pinheiro | yes | |||
| Karel van Miert | Transport | yes | yes | |
| Karl-Heinz Narjes | yes | |||
| Lorenzo Natali | yes | |||
| Manuel Marin | Cooperation and development | yes | yes | yes |
| Marcelino Oreja | yes | |||
| Martin Bangemann | Internal market and industrial affairs | yes | yes | |
| Nicolas Mosar | yes | |||
| Padraig Flynn | yes | |||
| Peter Schmidhuber | Budget | yes | yes | yes |
| Peter Sutherland | Social affairs | yes | ||
| Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi | yes | |||
| Ray Mac Sharry | Agriculture | yes | ||
| René Steichen | yes | |||
| Sir Leon Brittan | Competition | yes | yes | |
| Stanley Clinton Davis | yes | |||
| Vasso Papandréou | Employment, industrial relations and social affairs | yes | ||
| Willy de Clercq | yes |
See Also
References
- EU Press release (1988). "Responsabilities of the members of the new commission" (http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/88/825&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en). Retrieved Mar. 24, 2005.
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