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Santer Commission
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The Santer Commission was the 19 member European Commission headed by Jacques Santer that held office from 1995 until 15 March 1999, before it's term expired. In contrast to the successful Delors Commission it replaced, the Santer Commission is notorious in being the only Commission forced to resign en mass due to allegations of corruption.
The allegations centred around Édith Cresson, a former French Prime Minister who was in charge of the Research, Science & Technology and portfolio. She appointed her friend and dental surgeon as a personal advisor and was found guilty of not reporting failures in a youth training programme from which vast sums went missing.
After the European Parliament threatened to throw out the Commission, the entire body resigned to be replaced by the interim Marín Commission and then the Prodi Commission later that year.
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| Portfolio | Member state | Office-holder | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Luxembourg | Jacques Santer | CSV |
| Vice-President and Commissioner for External Affairs | United Kingdom | Leon Brittan | Conservative |
| Vice-President and Commissioner for Relations with the Southern Mediterranean, Latin America & the Middle East |
Spain | Manuel Marin | PSOE |
| Commissioner for the Internal Market | Italy | Mario Monti | ? |
| Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development | Austria | Franz Fischler | OVP |
| Commissioner for Competition | Belgium | Karel van Miert | SP |
| Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs | France | Yves-Thibault de Silguy | unknown |
| Commissioner for Employment & Social Affairs | Ireland | Pádraig Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Commissioner for Consumers Policy & Consumer Health Protection | Italy | Emma Bonino | Transnational Radical Party |
| Commissioner for the Environment | Denmark | Ritt Bjerregaard | SD |
| Commissioner for Industrial affairs, Information & Telecommunications Technologies | Germany | Martin Bangemann | FDP |
| Commissioner for Transport | United Kingdom | Neil Kinnock | Labour |
| Commissioner for Energy & Tourism | Greece | Christos Papoutsis | PASOK |
| Commissioner for Immigration, Justice & Home Affairs | Sweden | Anita Gradin | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
| Commissioner for Budget, Personnel & Administration | Finland | Erkki Liikanen | SDP |
| Commissioner for Regional Policy | Germany | Monika Wulf-Mathies | SPD |
| Commissioner for Research, Science & Technology | France | Édith Cresson | PS |
| Commissioner for Relations with Central & Eastern Europe | Netherlands | Hans van den Broek | CDA |
| Commissioner for Relations with African, Caribbean & Pacific countries | Portugal | João de Deus Pinheiro | PSD |
| Commissioner for Relations with the European Parliament, Culture and Audiovisual Policy | Spain | Marcelino Oreja | PP |
The colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme:
| affiliation | number of commissioners |
|---|---|
| right leaning / conservative | 7 (seven) |
| liberal | 9 (nine) |
| left leaning / socialist | 2 (two) |
| unknown / independent | 1 (one) |
- EU Press release, 1994, "Division of portfolios in the new Commission", Retrieved Mar. 25, 2005.
| Preceded by Delors Commission |
European Commission | Succeeded by Marín Commission (interim), Prodi Commission |
