The secretary-general of the European Commission is the senior civil servant of the European Commission. The secretary-general, who is responsible to the president of the European Commission, is in charge of the various Directorates-General, headed by directors-general.
Their staff form the Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
List of secretaries-general of the European Commission
| N. | Secretary-General | Member State | Beginning | End | Commission | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | ||||||
| 2 | David Williamson |  United Kingdom
|
19 September 1987 | 31 July 1997 | Delors I | |
| Delors II | ||||||
| Delors III | ||||||
| Santer Commission | ||||||
| 3 | Carlo Trojan |  Netherlands
|
1 August 1997 | 31 May 2000 | Santer Commission | |
| Prodi Commission | ||||||
| 4 | 
|
David O’Sullivan |  Ireland
|
1 June 2000 | 10 November 2005 | Prodi Commission |
| Barroso I | ||||||
| 5 | 
|
Catherine Day | Ireland
|
11 November 2005 | 1 September 2015 | Barroso I |
| Barroso II | ||||||
| Juncker Commission | ||||||
| 6 | 
|
Alexander Italianer | Netherlands
|
1 September 2015 | 1 March 2018 | Juncker Commission |
| 7 | 
|
Martin Selmayr |  Germany
|
1 March 2018 | 30 November 2019 | Juncker Commission |
| 8 | 
|
Ilze Juhansone |  Latvia
|
24 July 2019 | Ongoing | Juncker Commission |
| Von der Leyen Commission I | ||||||
| Von der Leyen Commission II | ||||||
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