European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

The Commissioner for Health and Food Safety is the member of the European Commission. The current post of Commissioner is held by Stella Kyriakidou (Greek: Στέλλα Κυριακίδου) from Cyprus, a psychologist and politician of the conservative Democratic Rally party. The portfolio is responsible for matters of public health, food safety, animal health and plant health.

Portfolio

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
Name Country Period Commission
1 Richard Burke  Ireland 1977–1981 Jenkins
2 Karl-Heinz Narjes  West Germany 1981–1985 Thorn
3 Stanley Clinton Davis  United Kingdom 1985–1988 Delors I
4 Grigoris Varfis  Greece 1985–1989 Delors I
5 Karel Van Miert  Belgium 1989–1992 Delors II
6 Christiane Scrivener  France 1992–1994 Delors II
7 Emma Bonino  Italy 1995–1999 Santer
8 David Byrne  Ireland 1999–2004 Prodi
9 Pavel Telička  Czech Republic 2004 Prodi (Parallel to Byrne)
10 Markos Kyprianou  Cyprus 2004–2010 Barroso I (Health only)
11 Androulla Vassiliou  Cyprus 2008–2010 Barroso I (Health only)
12 John Dalli  Malta 2010–16 October 2012 Barroso II
13 Maroš Šefčovič  Slovakia 2012 Barroso II (Acting)
14 Tonio Borg  Malta 2012–2014 Barroso II (Health only from 2013)
15 Neven Mimica  Croatia 2013–2014 Barroso II (Consumer protection only)
16 Vytenis Andriukaitis  Lithuania 2014–2019 Juncker
17 Stella Kyriakidou  Cyprus 2019–present von der Leyen

See also

References
  1. Commissioner Kyprianou urges EU governments to use pictorial warnings on tobacco packets ec.europa.eu
  2. Commission wants EU-wide smoking ban in public places euractiv.com 30 January 2007
  3. Brussels to push for EU-wide organ donor card euobserver.com 20 May 2007
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.