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Santer Commission
The Santer Commission was the European Commission that held office from 1995 until 15 March, 1999. It consisted of its president, Jacques Santer, and nineteen other commissioners. The Santer Commission did not serve its full five year term, but was forced to resign early over allegations of corruption. It was the succesor to the Delors Commission and was succeeded by the Prodi Commission.
Membership
| Position | Member state | Office-holder |
|---|---|---|
| President | Luxembourg | Jacques Santer |
| Vice-President and Commissioner for External Affairs | United Kingdom | Leon Brittan |
| Vice-President and Commissioner for Relations with the Southern Mediterranean, Latin America & the Middle East | Manuel Marin | |
| Commissioner for the Internal Market | Italy | Mario Monti |
| Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development | Austria | Franz Fischler |
| Commissioner for Competition | Karel van Miert | |
| Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs | Yves-Thibault de Silguy | |
| Commissioner for Employment & Social Affairs | Ireland | Pádraig Flynn |
| Commissioner for Consumers Policy & Consumer Health Protection | Italy | Emma Bonino |
| Commissioner for the Environment | Denmark | Ritt Bjerregaard |
| Commissioner for Industrial affairs, Information & Telecommunications Technologies | Martin Bangemann | |
| Commissioner for Transport | United Kingdom | Neil Kinnock |
| Commissioner for Energy & Tourism | Christos Papoutsis | |
| Commissioner for Immigration, Justice & Home Affairs | Anita Gradin | |
| Commissioner for Budget, Personnel & Administration | Erkki Liikanen | |
| Commissioner for Regional Policy | Monika Wulf-Mathies | |
| Commissioner for Research, Science & Technology | France | Edith Cresson |
| Commissioner for Relations with Central & Eastern Europe | Netherlands | Hans van den Broek: |
| Commissioner for Relations with African, Caribbean & Pacific countries | Portugal | Joăo de Deus Pinheiro: |
| Commissioner for Relations with the European Parliament, Culture and Audiovisual Policy | Marcelino Oreja |
See also
References
- EU Press release (1994). "Division of portfolios in the new Commission " (http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/94/1002&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en). Retrieved Mar. 25, 2005.
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