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 28 Commissioners. The head of the SG is the Secretary-General of the European Commission.

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The Berlaymont Building in Brussels, headquarters of the Secretariat-General of the European Commission

The SG, under the remit of the President, has a high degree of importance in the Commission. It organises meetings, controls the agenda and is responsible for the minutes. The President makes use of this power in his running of the Commission.[1]

Successive Secretaries-General

Secretary-General	Member State	Beginning	End	Commission
Émile Noël	France	26 March 1958	18 September 1987	Hallstein I
				Hallstein II
				Rey Commission
				Malfatti Commission
				Mansholt Commission
				Ortoli Commission
				Jenkins Commission
				Thorn Commission
				Delors I
David Williamson	United Kingdom	19 September 1987	31 July 1997	Delors I
				Delors II
				Delors III
				Santer Commission
Carlo Trojan	Netherlands	01 August 1997	31 May 2000	Santer Commission
Carlo Trojan	Netherlands	01 August 1997	31 May 2000	Prodi Commission
David O'Sullivan	Ireland	01 June 2000	10 November 2005	Prodi Commission
David O'Sullivan	Ireland	01 June 2000	10 November 2005	Barroso I
Catherine Day	Ireland	11 November 2005	01 September 2015	Barroso I
				Barroso II
				Juncker Commission
Alexander Italianer	Netherlands	01 September 2015	01 March 2018	Juncker Commission
Martin Selmayr	Germany	01 March 2018	30 November 2019	Juncker Commission
Ilze Juhansone(acting)	Latvia	24 July 2019	Ongoing	Juncker Commission
Ilze Juhansone(acting)	Latvia	24 July 2019	Ongoing	von der Leyen Commission

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References

Eppink, Derk-Jan (2007). Life of a European Mandarin: Inside the Commission. Ian Connerty (trans.) (1st ed.). Tielt, Belgium: Lannoo. pp. 217–8. ISBN 978-90-209-7022-7.

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