Romanian European Commissioner

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As of its accession to the European Union on January 1, 2007, Romania will be represented in the European Commission with one Commissioner.

According to Article 45 of the protocol to the Accession Treaty of Bulgaria and Romania:

A national of each new Member State shall be appointed to the Commission as from the date of accession. The new Members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Council, acting by qualified majority and by common accord with the President of the Commission, after consulting the European Parliament(...)[1].

The first Romanian European Commissioner to be appointed is Leonard Orban, unaffiliated, Commissioner for Multilingualism in the Barroso Commission, from January 1, 2007 until 31 October 2009.

Nom-Year	Prime Minister	Commissioner	Party	Commission	Portfolio	Term	Notes
2006	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu	Leonard Orban	independent	Barroso Commission	Multilingualism	2007-2009

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