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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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European Parliament
StylePresident[1]
StatusPresiding officer
Member ofEuropean Parliament
ResidenceLouise Weiss building
SeatStrasbourg, France
AppointerEuropean Parliament
Term length2.5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderPaul Henri Spaak / Robert Schuman[2]
Formation1952 / 1958[2]
DeputyVice-Presidents of the European Parliament
Websiteeuroparl.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 130px Simone Veil
(1927–2017) 		22x20px France 17 July 1979 19 January 1982 UDF Liberal Democrats 1979
2 years, 186 days
2 130px Piet Dankert
(1934–2003) 		22x20px Netherlands 19 January 1982 24 July 1984 PvdA Socialists
2 years, 187 days
3 File:Pierre Pflimlin par Claude Truong-Ngoc 1975 (cropped).jpg Pierre Pflimlin
(1907–2000) 		22x20px France 24 July 1984 20 January 1987 UDF / RPR European People's Party 1984
2 years, 180 days
4 130px C. Henry Plumb
(1925–2022) 		22x20px United Kingdom 20 January 1987 25 July 1989 Conservative European Democrats
2 years, 186 days
5 130px Enrique Barón Crespo
(born 1944) 		 Spain 25 July 1989 21 January 1992 PSOE Socialists 1989
2 years, 180 days
6 File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F061785-0005, Hamburg, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Egon Klepsch (cropped).jpg Egon Klepsch
(1930–2010) 		22x20px Germany 21 January 1992 19 July 1994 CDU European People's Party
2 years, 179 days
7 130px Klaus Hänsch
(born 1938) 		22x20px Germany 19 July 1994 14 January 1997 SPD Party of European Socialists 1994
2 years, 186 days
8 130px José María Gil-Robles
(1935–2023) 		File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 14 January 1997 20 July 1999 PP European People's Party
2 years, 187 days
9 File:Nicole Fontaine.jpg Nicole Fontaine
(1942–2018) 		22x20px France 20 July 1999 15 January 2002 UMP European People's Party 1999
2 years, 179 days
10 130px Pat Cox
(born 1952) 		File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 15 January 2002 20 July 2004 Independent Liberal Democrats
2 years, 187 days
11 130px Josep Borrell
(born 1947) 		File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 20 July 2004 16 January 2007 PSOE Party of European Socialists 2004
2 years, 180 days
12 Pöttering, Hans-Gert-9757.jpg Hans-Gert Pöttering
(born 1945) 		22x20px Germany 16 January 2007 14 July 2009 CDU European People's Party
2 years, 179 days
13 130px Jerzy Buzek
(born 1940) 		 Poland 14 July 2009 17 January 2012 PO European People's Party 2009
2 years, 187 days
14 Martin Schulz (cropped).jpg Martin Schulz
(born 1955) 		22x20px Germany 17 January 2012 17 January 2017 SPD Socialists & Democrats
5 years, 0 days 2014
15 130px Antonio Tajani
(born 1953) 		22x20px Italy 17 January 2017 3 July 2019 FI European People's Party
2 years, 167 days
16 130px David Sassoli
(1956–2022) 		22x20px Italy 3 July 2019 11 January 2022† PD Socialists & Democrats 2019
2 years, 192 days
17 130px Roberta Metsola
(born 1979) 		22x20px Malta 18 January 2022[a] Incumbent PN European People's Party
3 years, 359 days

President Of The European Parliament Media

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  • Bundesarchiv Bild 183-39998-0427, Paul-Henri Spaak

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    Former PM of Italy Alcide de Gasperi

  • Giuseppe Pella 1963.jpg

    Giuseppe Pella

  • KAS-Furler, Hans-Bild-14318-1 (cropped).jpg

    KAS-Furler, Hans-Bild-14318-1 (cropped)

  • Robert-Schuman-1953 (cropped).jpg

    Robert-Schuman-1953 (cropped)

  • KAS-Furler, Hans-Bild-14318-1 (cropped).jpg

    KAS-Furler, Hans-Bild-14318-1 (cropped)

  • Gaetano Martino.jpg

    Gaetano Martino

  • Jean Duvieusart.jpg

    Jean Duvieusart

Notes

  1. ↑ Acting from 11 to 18 January 2022.

References

  1. ↑ English Style Guide: A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission (PDF) (8 ed.). European Commission. October 2019. p. 119. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Parliament began either in 1952 with the Common Assembly or 1958 with the Parliamentary Assembly.
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