European Commissioner for Competition
The Commissioner for Competition is the member of the European Commission responsible for competition. The current commissioner is Margrethe Vestager (ALDE).
Image: Hansvonder Groben 1965
Image: Maan Sassen 1968 (1)
Image: Frans Andriessen 1979 (1)
Image: Peter Sutherland (1985)
The European Commission (EC) is part of the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission headed by a President. It includes an administrative body of about 32,000 European civil servants. The commission is divided into departments known as Directorates-General (DGs) that can be likened to departments or ministries each headed by a Director-General who is responsible to a Commissioner.
The Berlaymont building, seat of the European Commission
Walter Hallstein, the first President of the Commission
Incumbent President von der Leyen
Floor 13 of the Berlaymont, Commission's meeting room