European Commissioner for Equality

Helena Dalli
European Commissioner for Equality
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 December 2019
PresidentUrsula von der Leyen

The European Commissioner for Equality is a post in the European Commission. The portfolio was previously combined with Justice as Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality under commissioner is Věra Jourová; however, the two portfolios were split in December 2019. Helena Dalli serves as Equality Commissioner.[1][2]

Portfolio

The post was created in 2010 by splitting the previous Justice, Freedom and Security portfolio into a justice post (the subject covered here) and a security post: the Commissioner for Home Affairs. This split was made as a concession to the liberals in the European Parliament to gain their support for the second Barroso Commission.

References

  1. ^ "Helena Dalli". commissioners.ec.europa.eu. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Helena Dalli". ERC. Retrieved 27 November 2023.