European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare

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European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
AppointerPresident of the European Commission
PrecursorEuropean Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
Inaugural holderRichard Burke
Formation1977

The European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare is a member of the European Commission. The current Commissioner is Olivér Várhelyi. The portfolio is responsible for matters of public health and animal welfare.

Portfolio

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Markos Kyprianou was appointed to the Barroso Commission as European Commissioner for Health & Consumer Protection; however, with the accession of Bulgaria on 1 January 2007, the Consumer Protect portfolio was split off and given to Meglena Kuneva (See: European Commissioner for Consumer Protection). The post's Directorate-General is still merged with that office.

One policy is the promotion of warnings on tobacco packets, with the Commission moving towards pictorial warnings.[1] Following several European Union member states enacting bans on smoking in public places Kyprianou proposed a plan for an EU-wide ban of that kind.[2]

In May 2007, Kyprianou released a paper to tackle the shortage of organ donation in the Union. The plan included promotion, specially trained medical staff and an EU wide organ donor card.[3] After Kyprianou was appointed Foreign Minister of Cyprus, he was replaced by Androulla Vasiliou on 3 March 2008.

List of commissioners

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# Name Country Period Commission
1 File:Richard Burke, April 1983 (cropped).jpg Richard Burke File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 1977–1981 Jenkins
2 File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F041436-0007, Hamburg, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Narjes.jpg Karl-Heinz Narjes File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 1981–1985 Thorn
3 Stanley Clinton Davis File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1985–1988 Delors I
4 Grigoris Varfis File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1985–1989 Delors I
5 File:Karel van Miert (SP, België), Bestanddeelnr 933-5684 (cropped).jpg Karel Van Miert File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1989–1992 Delors II
6 File:Christiane Scrivener 1989 (cropped).jpg Christiane Scrivener File:Flag of France.svg France 1992–1994 Delors II
7 File:Emma Bonino 2006.jpg Emma Bonino File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1995–1999 Santer
8 File:David Byrne 1999.jpg David Byrne File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 1999–2004 Prodi
9 File:Pavel Telička.jpg Pavel Telička File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 2004 Prodi (Parallel to Byrne)
10 File:Markos Kyprianou 2007.jpg Markos Kyprianou File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 2004–2010 Barroso I (Health only)
11 File:Androulla Vassiliou at Göteborg Book Fair 2013 (crop).jpg Androulla Vassiliou File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 2008–2010 Barroso I (Health only)
12 File:John Dalli 2011 (cropped).jpg John Dalli File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 2010–16 October 2012 Barroso II
13 File:Hearings Maroš Šefčovič (Slovakia) - Vice president-designate - interinstitutional relations and foresight. (48821461522) (cropped bis).jpg Maroš Šefčovič File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 2012 Barroso II (Acting)
14 File:Tonio Borg 2012.jpg Tonio Borg File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 2012–2014 Barroso II (Health only from 2013)
15 File:Neven Mimica 2013.jpg Neven Mimica File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2013–2014 Barroso II (Consumer protection only)
16 File:Informal meeting of health ministers (iEPSCO). Handshake Jevgeni Ossinovski and (35873181072) (cropped).jpg Vytenis Andriukaitis File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 2014–2019 Juncker
17 File:Hearings Hearings Stella Kyriakides (Cyprus) - Health (48828012607) (cropped2).jpg Stella Kyriakidou File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 2019–2024 von der Leyen I
18 File:Várhelyi EC Portrait 2024 (cropped).jpg Olivér Várhelyi File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2024–present von der Leyen II

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Commissioner Kyprianou urges EU governments to use pictorial warnings on tobacco packets European Commission
  2. ^ Commission wants EU-wide smoking ban in public places Archived 30 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine euractiv.com 30 January 2007
  3. ^ Brussels to push for EU-wide organ donor card EUobserver. 20 May 2007
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