Secretary-General of the European Commission

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.

Secretary-General of the European Commission
Emblem of the commission
Flag of Europe
Incumbent Ilze Juhansone since 1 August 2019
Secretariat-General of the European Commission
Style	Secretary-General
Status	Chief executive
Reports to	President of the European Commission
Seat	Brussels, Belgium
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	Treaties of the European Union
Formation	1967
First holder	Émile Noël
Deputy	Deputy Secretary-General
Website	ec.europa.eu

Their staff form the Secretariat-General of the European Commission.

List of secretaries-general of the European Commission

Secretary-General		Member State	Beginning	End	Commission
	Émile Noël	France	26 March 1958	18 September 1987	Hallstein I
					Hallstein II
					Rey Commission
					Malfatti Commission
					Mansholt Commission
					Ortoli Commission
					Jenkins Commission
					Thorn Commission
					Delors I
	David Williamson	United Kingdom	19 September 1987	31 July 1997	Delors I
					Delors II
					Delors III
					Santer Commission
	Carlo Trojan [nl]	Netherlands	1 August 1997	31 May 2000	Santer Commission
					Prodi Commission
	David O'Sullivan	Ireland	1 June 2000	10 November 2005	Prodi Commission
					Barroso I
	Catherine Day	Ireland	11 November 2005	1 September 2015	Barroso I
					Barroso II
					Juncker Commission
	Alexander Italianer	Netherlands	1 September 2015	1 March 2018	Juncker Commission
	Martin Selmayr	Germany	1 March 2018	30 November 2019	Juncker Commission
	Ilze Juhansone	Latvia	24 July 2019	Ongoing	Juncker Commission
					von der Leyen Commission

See also

• European Civil Service