The European Commissioner for Equality is a post in the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

. The portfolio was previously combined with

Justice In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...

as ''Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality'' under commissioner is

Věra Jourová Věra Jourová (; born 18 August 1964) is a Czech politician and lawyer who served as Vice-President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency from 2019 to 2024, and as the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equa ...

; however, the two portfolios were split in December 2019. The current holder is

Hadja Lahbib Hadja Lahbib (; born 21 June 1970) is a Belgian journalist of Algerian origins, television presenter, director and politician, who has been serving as the European Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management and European Commissioner for ...

. Hadja Lahbib also serves as Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management.

Portfolio

The post was created in 2010 by splitting the previous Justice, Freedom and Security portfolio into a justice post (the subject covered here) and a security post: the Commissioner for Home Affairs. This split was made as a concession to the liberals in the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...

to gain their support for the second

Barroso Commission The Barroso Commission was the European Commission in office from 22 November 2004 until 31 October 2014. Its President of the European Commission, president was José Durão Barroso, who presided over 27 other commissioners (one from Member sta ...

List of Commissioners

References

External links

Commissioner's Website
{{CommissionPortfolios

Equality Equality generally refers to the fact of being equal, of having the same value. In specific contexts, equality may refer to: Society * Egalitarianism, a trend of thought that favors equality for all people ** Political egalitarianism, in which ...

Commissioner Equality