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13 people have been President of the European Commission since 1958. Ursula von der Leyen, the first woman in the post, has held it since 2019.
Luxembourg has supplied three (Thorn, Santer, Juncker), and Roy Jenkins is the only Briton.
The EEC Commission, then from 1967 the single merged Commission, before the first enlargement in January 1973.
From the first enlargement, which brought in the United Kingdom, to the end of the Delors years and the Maastricht Treaty.
Santer's Commission resigned in March 1999. Prodi took office that September, then Barroso served two terms to 2014.
Juncker, the third President from Luxembourg, then the incumbent, the first woman in the office, re-elected in 2024.
Can you name them all?
Test yourself13 people have been President of the European Commission since 1958. Ursula von der Leyen, the first woman in the post, has held it since 2019.
Walter Hallstein, Jean Rey, Franco Maria Malfatti, Sicco Mansholt, François-Xavier Ortoli, Roy Jenkins, Gaston Thorn, Jacques Delors, Jacques Santer, Romano Prodi, José Manuel Barroso, Jean-Claude Juncker and Ursula von der Leyen.
Luxembourg has supplied three (Thorn, Santer, Juncker), and Roy Jenkins is the only Briton.
Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them European Commission archive, on 4 October 2026. Next review by 4 October 2027.
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