European Commissioner for Consumer Protection
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The Commissioner for Consumer Protection is the member of the European Commission responsible for the protection of European consumers rights. The current Commissioner is Meglena Kuneva (ALDE).
This is a new post, created when Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007. It was previously part of the Health & Consumer Protection portfolio which was held by Markos Kyprianou.
Unlike the Multilingualism portfolio that was created for Romanian, Leonard Orban this post was welcomed due to the large size of the combined portfolio. The Directorate-General is still merged with that office.
Office holders;
- Meglena Kuneva (of Bulgaria) - Barroso Commission (2007-2009)
Kuneva was decisively approved by the the European Parliament on 12 December 2006 with 583 votes "in favour", 21 votes "against" and 28 votes "abstentions". She took office on January 1st 2007 when her country joined the Union.
- John Bell - from Ireland - Head of Cabinet
- Kristian Hedberg - from Finland - Deputy Head of Cabinet
- Sabine Zwaenepoel - from Belgium - Member of Cabinet
- Jaroslav Golev - from Bulgaria - Member of Cabinet
- Jivka Staneva - from Bulgaria - Member of Cabinet
- Cristina Castagnoli - from Italy - Member of Cabinet
- Eliana Garces Tolon - from Spain - Member of Cabinet
- Krastio Preslavsky - from Bulgaria - Assistant to the Commissioner
- Anna Stankeva - from Bulgaria - Personal Assistant to the Commissioner
- Helen Kearns - from Ireland - Spokesman
Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud, Enterprise & Industry - Institutional Relations & Communication Strategy - Justice, Freedom & Security - Transport
Agriculture & Rural Development - Competition - Consumer Protection - Development & Humanitarian Aid - Economic & Financial Affairs - Education, Training & Culture - Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities - Energy - Enlargement - Environment - External Relations & European Neighbourhood Policy - Fisheries & Maritime Affairs - Health - Information Society & Media - Internal Market & Services - Financial Programming & the Budget - Multilingualism - Regional Policy - Taxation & Customs Union - Trade - Science & Research
President of the European Commission - List of European Commissioners by nationality - Directorate-General