EU Commissioner for Agriculture

The Commissioner for Agriculture is a member of the European Commission. The post is currently held by Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski. The post is in charge of rural issues including most notably the controversial Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which represents 44% of the EU budget. They also participate in meetings of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (Agrifish) configuration of the Council of the European Union.

Commissioner for Agriculture of European Commission
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Incumbent Janusz Wojciechowski since 1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Reports to	Ursula von der Leyen
Seat	Berlaymont building, Brussels, Belgium
Appointer	European Council with the consent of the President of the European Commission and the European Parliament
Term length	5 years
Constituting instrument	Treaties of the European Union
Formation	7 January 1958 (1958-01-07)
First holder	Sicco Mansholt
Website	ec.europa.eu/agriculture

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List of commissioners

	Name	Country	Period	Commission
1	Sicco Mansholt	Netherlands	1958–1972	Hallstein Commission, Rey Commission, Malfatti Commission
2	Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza	Italy	1972–1973	Mansholt Commission
3	Pierre Lardinois	Netherlands	1973–1977	Ortoli Commission
4	Finn Olav Gundelach	Denmark	1977–1981	Jenkins Commission, Thorn Commission
5	Poul Dalsager	Denmark	1981–1985	Thorn Commission
6	Frans Andriessen	Netherlands	1985–1989	Delors Commission I
7	Ray MacSharry	Ireland	1989–1992	Delors Commission II
8	René Steichen	Luxembourg	1992–1995	Delors Commission III
9	Franz Fischler	Austria	1995–2004	Santer Commission, Prodi Commission
10	Sandra Kalniete	Latvia	2004	Prodi Commission
11	Mariann Fischer Boel	Denmark	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I
12	Dacian Cioloş	Romania	2010 – October 2014	Barroso Commission II
13	Phil Hogan	Ireland	1 November 2014 – December 2019	Juncker Commission
14	Janusz Wojciechowski	Poland	December 2019	Von der Leyen Commission

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