Ortoli Commission

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The Ortoli Commission is the European Commission that held office from January 6, 1973 to 1977. Its President was François-Xavier Ortoli.

Contents 1 Work 2 Membership 2.1 Summary by political leanings 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Work

It was the successor to the Mansholt Commission and was succeeded by the Jenkins Commission. It was the first Commission since the first enlargement at the start of the year. It managed the extended Community during the instability of the Yom Kippur war, the 1973 oil crisis and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.^[1]

[edit] Membership

Portfolio(s)	Commissioner	Member state	Party affiliation
President	François-Xavier Ortoli	France	Gaullist
Development cooperation	Jean-François Deniau	France	UDF
Development	Claude Cheysson	France	Socialist Party
Vice President; Social Affairs	Patrick Hillery	Ireland	Fianna Fáil
Vice President; Economic and Finance, Credit and Investments	Wilhelm Haferkamp	West Germany	SPD
Research, Science, Education	Ralf Dahrendorf	West Germany	FDP
Competition	Albert Borschette	Luxembourg
Vice President; Taxation, Energy	Henri François Simonet	Belgium	PS
Agriculture	Pierre Lardinois	Netherlands	KVP
Internal Market, Customs Union	Finn Olav Gundelach	Denmark
Vice President; External Relations	Christopher Soames, Baron Soames	United Kingdom	Conservative
Regional Policy	George Thomson	United Kingdom	Labour
Industry and Technology	Altiero Spinelli	Italy
Vice President; Parliamentary Affairs, Environmental Policy, Transport	Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza	Italy

[edit] Summary by political leanings

The colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme:

affiliation	number of commissioners
right leaning / conservative	4
liberal	1
left leaning / socialist	6
unknown/independent	3

[edit] See also

• Budgetary Treaty

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• European Commission Website
• PDF Archive of Commission Membership
• PDF Analysis of Political Experience of Commission Membership by UK politician Tom King and the Centre for Policy Studies

v • d • e European Commission Presidents and their Commissions ECSC: Jean Monnet (1952) • René Mayer (1955) • Paul Finet (1958) • Piero Malvestiti (1959) • Rinaldo Del Bo (1963) • Albert Coppé (1963) EAEC: Louis Armand (1958) • Étienne Hirsch (1959) • Pierre Chatenet (1962) EEC: Walter Hallstein (1958)2 EC: Jean Rey (1967) • Franco Maria Malfatti (1970) • Sicco Mansholt (1972) • François-Xavier Ortoli (1973) • Roy Jenkins (1977) • Gaston Thorn (1981) • Jacques Delors (1985)2 EU: Jacques Delors (1993) • Jacques Santer (1995) • Manuel Marín (1999) • Romano Prodi (1999) • José Manuel Barroso (2004) Commission President  · President of the European Council  · Council Presidency  · President of Parliament