President of the European Parliament

The President of the European Parliament is the head of the European Parliament. He or she also represents the Parliament within the EU and internationally. The President has to sign that EU laws and the EU budget can become valid.

President of the European Parliament
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Incumbent Roberta Metsola since 18 January 2022
European Parliament
Style	President
Status	Presiding officer
Member of	European Parliament
Residence	Louise Weiss building
Seat	Strasbourg, France
Appointer	European Parliament
Term length	2.5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Paul Henri Spaak / Robert Schuman
Formation	1952 / 1958
Deputy	Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament
Website	europarl.europa.eu

Presidents serve two-and-a-half-year terms. This time is normally divided between the two major political parties of the European Parliament. There have been twenty-eight Presidents, since the Parliament was created in 1952. Thirteen of whom have served since the first Parliamentary election in 1979. Two Presidents have been women and most have come from the older member states.

List of Elected President of the European Parliament

N.	Portrait	President (Born–Died)	State	Took office	Left office	Party	Group		Election	Refs
1		Simone Veil (1927–2017)	France	17 July 1979	19 January 1982	UDF		Liberal Democrats	1979
				2 years, 186 days
2		Piet Dankert (1934–2003)	Netherlands	19 January 1982	24 July 1984	PvdA		Socialists
				2 years, 187 days
3		Pierre Pflimlin (1907–2000)	France	24 July 1984	20 January 1987	UDF / RPR		European People's Party	1984
				2 years, 180 days
4		C. Henry Plumb (1925–2022)	United Kingdom	20 January 1987	25 July 1989	Conservative		European Democrats
				2 years, 186 days
5		Enrique Barón Crespo (born 1944)	Spain	25 July 1989	21 January 1992	PSOE		Socialists	1989
				2 years, 180 days
6		Egon Klepsch (1930–2010)	Germany	21 January 1992	19 July 1994	CDU		European People's Party
				2 years, 179 days
7		Klaus Hänsch (born 1938)	Germany	19 July 1994	14 January 1997	SPD		Party of European Socialists	1994
				2 years, 186 days
8		José María Gil-Robles (1935–2023)	Spain	14 January 1997	20 July 1999	PP		European People's Party
				2 years, 187 days
9		Nicole Fontaine (1942–2018)	France	20 July 1999	15 January 2002	UMP		European People's Party	1999
				2 years, 179 days
10		Pat Cox (born 1952)	Ireland	15 January 2002	20 July 2004	Independent		Liberal Democrats
				2 years, 187 days
11		Josep Borrell (born 1947)	Spain	20 July 2004	16 January 2007	PSOE		Party of European Socialists	2004
				2 years, 180 days
12		Hans-Gert Pöttering (born 1945)	Germany	16 January 2007	14 July 2009	CDU		European People's Party
				2 years, 179 days
13		Jerzy Buzek (born 1940)	Poland	14 July 2009	17 January 2012	PO		European People's Party	2009
				2 years, 187 days
14		Martin Schulz (born 1955)	Germany	17 January 2012	17 January 2017	SPD		Socialists & Democrats
				5 years, 0 days					2014
15		Antonio Tajani (born 1953)	Italy	17 January 2017	3 July 2019	FI		European People's Party
				2 years, 167 days
16		David Sassoli (1956–2022)	Italy	3 July 2019	11 January 2022†	PD		Socialists & Democrats	2019
				2 years, 192 days
17		Roberta Metsola (born 1979)	Malta	18 January 2022	Incumbent	PN		European People's Party
				2 years, 337 days

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