Ortoli_Commission Knowpia

Ortoli Commission
Ortoli Commission
; Commission of the European Union
	The Ortoli Commission
Date formed	6 January 1973
Date dissolved	5 January 1977
People and organisations
President of the Commission	François-Xavier Ortoli
History
Predecessor	Mansholt
Successor	Jenkins

The Ortoli Commission is the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1973 to 5 January 1977. Its President was François-Xavier Ortoli.

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]

Portfolio(s)	Commissioner	Member state		Ref.
President	François-Xavier Ortoli	France	UDR	^[2]
Vice President; External Relations	Christopher Soames, Baron Soames	United Kingdom	Conservative	^[2]
Vice President; Economic and Finance, Credit and Investments	Wilhelm Haferkamp	West Germany	SPD	^[2]
Vice President; Parliamentary Affairs, Environmental Policy, Transport	Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza	Italy	Christian Democracy	^[2]
Vice President; Taxation, Energy	Henri François Simonet	Belgium	PS	^[2]
Vice President; Social Affairs	Patrick Hillery	Ireland	Fianna Fáil	^[2]
Development cooperation	Jean-François Deniau (resigned on 12 April 1973)	France	UDF	^[2]
Development	Claude Cheysson	France	Socialist Party	^[2]
Research, Science, Education	Ralf Dahrendorf	West Germany	FDP	^[2]
Competition	Albert Borschette	Luxembourg	Independent	^[2]
Agriculture	Pierre Lardinois	Netherlands	KVP	^[2]
Internal Market, Customs Union	Finn Olav Gundelach	Denmark	Independent	^[2]
Regional Policy	George Thomson	United Kingdom	Labour	^[2]
Industry and Technology	Altiero Spinelli^[3]	Italy	Italian Communist Party	^[2]

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

^ Discover the former Presidents: The Ortoli Commission, Europa (web portal), Accessed 23 August 2007
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Dumoulin, Michel; Palmero, Élisabeth; Dujardin, Vincent; Bussière, Éric; Ludlow, Piers; Brouwer, Jan Willem (2014). The European Commission 1973-86. European Commission. pp. 40–41. ISBN 978-92-79-29023-7. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
^ Replaced on July 13, 1976 by Cesidio Guazzaroni.

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

Ortoli Commission
Commission of the European Union
The Ortoli Commission
Date formed	6 January 1973 (1973-01-06)
Date dissolved	5 January 1977 (1977-01-05)
People and organisations
President of the Commission	François-Xavier Ortoli
History
Predecessor	Mansholt
Successor	Jenkins