The Secretary-General of the European Commission is the senior

civil servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

. The Secretary-General, who is responsible to the

President of the European Commission The president of the European Commission is the head of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union (EU). The President of the Commission leads a Cabinet of Commissioners, referred to as the College, collectively account ...

, is in charge of the various Directorates-General, headed by Directors-General. Their staff form the

Secretariat-General of the European Commission The Secretariat-General (SG) is a service department of the European Commission. The SG is based in the Berlaymont in Brussels (Belgium). The SG supports the whole of the Commission, and in particular the 27 Commissioners. The head of the SG is t ...

List of Secretaries-General of the European Commission

* Émile Noël, France, 1957–1987 *

David Williamson David Keith Williamson AO (born 24 February 1942) is an Australian dramatist and playwright. He has also written screenplays and teleplays. Early life David Williamson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 24 February 1942, and was brought ...

, United Kingdom, 1987–1997 *, The Netherlands, 1997–2000 * David O'Sullivan, Ireland, 2000–2005 * Catherine Day, Ireland 2005–2015 *

Alexander Italianer Alexander Italianer (born 16 March 1956) is a retired European civil servant from the Netherlands who served as Secretary-General of the European Commission from 2015 to 2018. Biography Alexander Italianer was born in 1956 in London, United Ki ...

, Netherlands, 2015–2018 * Martin Selmayr, Germany, 2018–2019 *

Ilze Juhansone Ilze Juhansone (born 1971) is the Secretary-General of the European Commission. She is a European civil servant and former Latvian diplomat. In August 2019, she became the acting Secretary-General pending the search for a full-time successor to ...

, Latvia, 2019–present

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List of Secretaries-General of the European Commission

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