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List of members of the European Council

The European Council (informally EUCO) is a collegiate body that defines the overall political direction and priorities of the European Union.[1]

European political affiliation of the current members of the European Council

Established as an informal summit in 1975, the European Council was formalised as an institution in 2009 upon the commencement of the Treaty of Lisbon. Its current president is Charles Michel, former Prime Minister of Belgium.

Membership

EUCO is composed of the heads of state or government of the EU member states, the President of the European Council, and the President of the European Commission.[1]

The membership of each member state depends on its political system. A member of the EUCO is usually the highest representative of the executive branch of government. Member states with presidential or semi-presidential system of government are represented by the head of state (president). Those countries are France, Romania, Cyprus and Lithuania. Other member states with parliamentary systems of government are represented by prime ministers.

Current members

StateMember[2]Affiliation[3]Member sinceTime as memberElectionsNext electionShare of population [a][4]Notes


European Union
President of the European Council
Charles Michel		Renew – MR1 December 20199 years, 238 days[b]2022
2019		2024—Non-voting member


European Union
President of the European Commission
Ursula
von der Leyen		EPP – CDU1 December 20194 years, 222 days20192024—Non-voting member


Republic of Austria
Chancellor
Karl Nehammer		EPP – ÖVP6 December 20212 years, 217 days201920241.99%Head of government


Kingdom of Belgium
Prime Minister
Alexander
De Croo		Renew – Open Vld1 October 20203 years, 283 days201920242.58%Head of government


Republic of Bulgaria
Prime Minister
Dimitar Glavchev		Independent9 April 202492 days—20241.55%Head of government


Republic of Croatia
Prime Minister
Andrej Plenković		EPP – HDZ19 October 20167 years, 265 days2024
2020
2016		20280.90%Head of government


Republic of Cyprus
President
Nikos Christodoulides		Independent28 February 20231 year, 133 days202320280.20%Head of state and head of government


Czech Republic
Prime Minister
Petr Fiala		ECR – ODS17 December 20212 years, 206 days202120252.36%Head of government


Denmark
Prime Minister
Mette Frederiksen		S&D – S27 June 20195 years, 13 days2022
2019		20261.30%Head of government


Republic of Estonia
Prime Minister
Kaja Kallas		Renew – ER26 January 20213 years, 166 days202320270.30%Head of government


Republic of Finland
Prime Minister
Petteri Orpo		EPP – Kok.20 June 20231 year, 20 days202320271.24%Head of government


French Republic
President
Emmanuel Macron		Renew – RE14 May 20177 years, 57 days2022
2017		202715.07%Head of state


Federal Republic of Germany
Chancellor
Olaf Scholz		S&D – SPD8 December 20212 years, 215 days2021202518.57%Head of government


Hellenic Republic
Prime Minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis		EPP – ND26 June 20234 years, 335 days[c]2023 (Jun)
2023 (May)
2019		20272.39%Head of government


Hungary
Prime Minister
Viktor Orbán		Patriots – Fidesz29 May 201014 years, 42 days2022
2018
2014
2010		20262.17%Between July and December 2024, Viktor Orbán is the head of government of the presidency of the Council of the European Union.


Ireland
Taoiseach
Simon Harris		EPP – FG9 April 202492 days202020251.12%Head of government


Italian Republic
Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni		ECR – FdI22 October 20221 year, 262 days2022202713.38%Head of government


Republic of Latvia
Prime Minister
Evika Siliņa		EPP – V15 September 2023299 days202220260.42%Head of government


Republic of Lithuania
President
Gitanas Nausėda		Independent12 July 20194 years, 364 days2024
2019		20290.62%Head of state


Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Prime Minister
Luc Frieden		EPP – CSV17 November 2023236 days202320280.14%Head of government


Republic of Malta
Prime Minister
Robert Abela		S&D – PL13 January 20204 years, 179 days202220270.12%Head of government


Netherlands
Prime Minister
Dick Schoof		Independent2 July 20248 days202320273.94%Head of government


Republic of Poland
Prime Minister
Donald Tusk		EPP – PO13 December 202312 years, 154 days[d]202320278.45%Head of government


Portuguese Republic
Prime Minister
Luís Montenegro		EPP – PSD2 April 202499 days202420282.30%Head of government


Romania
President
Klaus Iohannis		EPP – PNL21 December 20149 years, 202 days2019
2014		20244.29%Head of state

Membership in PNL is formally suspended while in office. Klaus Iohannis, however, still regularly attends EPP pre-European Council meetings.[3]


Slovak Republic
Prime Minister
Robert Fico		Una. – Smer–SD25 October 202310 years, 250 days[e]202320271.22%Head of government


Republic of Slovenia
Prime Minister
Robert Golob		Renew – GS1 June 20222 years, 39 days202220260.47%Head of government


Kingdom of Spain
Prime Minister
Pedro Sánchez		S&D – PSOE2 June 20186 years, 38 days2023
2019 (Nov)
2019 (Apr)
2016		202710.59%Head of government


Kingdom of Sweden
Prime Minister
Ulf Kristersson		EPP – M18 October 20221 year, 266 days202220262.32%Head of government

Timeline of membership

Boris JohnsonTheresa MayDavid CameronGordon BrownTony BlairJohn MajorMargaret ThatcherJames CallaghanHarold WilsonUlf KristerssonMagdalena AnderssonStefan LöfvenFredrik ReinfeldtGöran PerssonIngvar CarlssonPedro SánchezMariano RajoyJosé Luis Rodríguez ZapateroJosé María AznarFelipe GonzálezRobert GolobJanez JanšaMarjan ŠarecMiro CerarAlenka BratušekJanez JanšaBorut PahorJanez JanšaAnton RopRobert FicoĽudovít ÓdorEduard HegerIgor MatovičPeter PellegriniRobert FicoIveta RadičováRobert FicoMikuláš DzurindaKlaus IohannisTraian BăsescuLuís MontenegroAntónio CostaPedro Passos CoelhoJosé SócratesPedro Santana LopesJosé Manuel BarrosoAntónio GuterresAníbal Cavaco SilvaDonald TuskMateusz MorawieckiBeata SzydłoEwa KopaczDonald TuskJarosław KaczyńskiKazimierz MarcinkiewiczMarek BelkaLeszek MillerDick SchoofMark RutteJan Peter BalkenendeWim KokRuud LubbersDries van AgtJoop den UylRobert AbelaJoseph MuscatLawrence GonziLuc FriedenXavier BettelJean-Claude JunckerJacques Louis SanterPierre WernerGaston Egmond ThornGitanas NausėdaDalia GrybauskaitėValdas AdamkusArtūras PaulauskasEvika SiliņaKrišjānis KariņšMāris KučinskisLaimdota StraujumaValdis DombrovskisIvars GodmanisAigars KalvītisIndulis EmsisGiorgia MeloniMario DraghiGiuseppe ContePaolo GentiloniMatteo RenziEnrico LettaMario MontiSilvio BerlusconiRomano ProdiSilvio BerlusconiGiuliano AmatoMassimo D'AlemaRomano ProdiLamberto DiniSilvio BerlusconiCarlo Azeglio CiampiGiuliano AmatoGiulio AndreottiCiriaco De MitaGiovanni GoriaAmintore FanfaniBettino CraxiAmintore FanfaniGiovanni SpadoliniArnaldo ForlaniFrancesco CossigaGiulio AndreottiAldo MoroSimon HarrisLeo VaradkarMicheál MartinLeo VaradkarEnda KennyBrian CowenBertie AhernJohn BrutonAlbert ReynoldsCharles HaugheyGarret FitzGeraldCharles HaugheyGarret FitzGeraldCharles HaugheyJack LynchLiam CosgraveViktor OrbánGordon BajnaiFerenc GyurcsányPéter MedgyessyKyriakos MitsotakisIoannis SarmasKyriakos MitsotakisAlexis TsiprasVassiliki Thanou-ChristophilouAlexis TsiprasAntonis SamarasPanagiotis PikrammenosLucas PapademosGeorge PapandreouKostas KaramanlisKonstantinos SimitisAndreas PapandreouKonstantinos MitsotakisXenophon ZolotasIoannis GrivasTzannis TzannetakisAndreas PapandreouGeorgios RallisOlaf ScholzAngela MerkelGerhard SchröderHelmut KohlHelmut SchmidtEmmanuel MacronFrançois HollandeNicolas SarkozyJacques ChiracFrançois MitterrandValéry Giscard d'EstaingPetteri OrpoSanna MarinAntti RinneJuha SipiläAlexander StubbJyrki KatainenMari KiviniemiMatti VanhaneniAnneli JäätteenmäkiPaavo LipponenEsko AhoKaja KallasJüri RatasTaavi RõivasAndrus AnsipJuhan PartsMette FrederiksenLars Løkke RasmussenHelle Thorning-SchmidtLars Løkke RasmussenAnders Fogh RasmussenPoul Nyrup RasmussenPoul SchlüterAnker JørgensenPetr FialaAndrej BabišBohuslav SobotkaJiří RusnokPetr NečasJan Fischer (politician)Mirek TopolánekJiří ParoubekStanislav GrossVladimír ŠpidlaNikos ChristodoulidesNicos AnastasiadesDemetris ChristofiasTassos PapadopoulosAndrej PlenkovićTihomir OreškovićZoran MilanovićDimitar GlavchevNikolai DenkovRumen RadevKiril PetkovRumen RadevBoyko BorisovOgnyan GerdzhikovBoyko BorisovGeorgi BliznashkiPlamen OresharskiMarin RaykovBoyko BorisovSergei StanishevAlexander De CrooSophie WilmèsCharles MichelElio Di RupoYves LetermeHerman Van RompuyYves LetermeGuy VerhofstadtJean-Luc DehaeneWilfried MartensMark EyskensWilfried MartensPaul Vanden BoeynantsLeo TindemansKarl NehammerAlexander SchallenbergSebastian KurzBrigitte BierleinSebastian KurzChristian KernWerner FaymannAlfred GusenbauerWolfgang SchüsselViktor KlimaFranz VranitzkyUrsula von der LeyenJean-Claude JunckerJosé Manuel BarrosoRomano ProdiManuel MarínJacques SanterJacques DelorsGaston ThornRoy JenkinsFrançois-Xavier OrtoliCharles MichelDonald TuskHerman Van RompuyUnited KingdomSwedenSpainSloveniaSlovakiaRomaniaPortugalPolandNetherlandsMaltaLuxembourgLithuaniaLatviaItalyIrelandHungaryGreeceGermanyFranceFinlandEstoniaDenmarkCzech RepublicCyprusCroatiaBulgariaBelgiumAustriaPresident of the European CommissionPresident of the European Council

Longest-serving members of the European Council

Below is the list of leaders who have been members of the European Council for more than 10 years:

#MemberPositionStateMembershipLast affiliation
1Jean-Claude JunckerPrime Minister  LuxembourgJanuary 20, 1995 – December 4, 201318 years, 318 daysEPP
Commission President  European UnionNovember 1, 2014 – November 20, 20195 years, 29 days
23 years, 337 days
2Helmut KohlChancellor  GermanyOctober 1, 1982 – October 27, 199816 years, 26 daysEPP
3Angela MerkelChancellor  GermanyNovember 22, 2005 – December 8, 202116 years, 16 daysEPP
4Jacques SanterPrime Minister  LuxembourgJuly 20, 1984 – January 26, 199510 years, 190 daysEPP
Commission President  European UnionJanuary 25, 1995 – March 15, 19994 years, 49 days
14 years, 238 days
5Viktor OrbánPrime Minister  HungaryMay 29, 2010 – present14 years, 42 daysPatriots
6François MitterrandPresident  FranceMay 21, 1981 – May 17, 199513 years, 361 daysS&D
7Mark RuttePrime Minister  NetherlandsOctober 14, 2010 – July 2, 202413 years, 262 daysRenew
8Donald TuskPrime Minister  PolandNovember 16, 2007 – September 22, 20146 years, 310 daysEPP
Council President  European UnionDecember 1, 2014 – November 30, 20194 years, 364 days
Prime Minister  PolandDecember 13, 2023 – present210 days
12 years, 154 days
9Wilfried MartensPrime Minister  BelgiumMarch 3, 1979 – April 6, 19812 years, 34 daysEPP
December 17, 1981 – March 7, 199210 years, 81 days
12 years, 115 days
10José Manuel BarrosoPrime Minister  PortugalApril 6, 2002 – July 17, 20042 years, 133 daysEPP
Commission President  European UnionNovember 22, 2004 – October 31, 20149 years, 343 days
12 years, 111 days
11Jacques ChiracPresident  FranceMay 17, 1995 – May 16, 200711 years, 364 daysEPP
12Ruud LubbersPrime Minister  NetherlandsNovember 4, 1982 – August 22, 199411 years, 291 daysEPP
13Margaret ThatcherPrime Minister  United KingdomMay 4, 1979 – November 28, 199011 years, 208 daysECR
14Bertie AhernTaoiseach  IrelandJune 26, 1997 – May 7, 200810 years, 316 daysECR
15Robert FicoPrime Minister  SlovakiaJuly 4, 2006 – July 8, 20104 years, 4 daysUna.
April 4, 2012 – March 22, 20185 years, 352 days
October 25, 2023 – present259 days
10 years, 250 days
16Göran PerssonPrime Minister  SwedenMarch 22, 1996 – October 6, 200610 years, 198 daysS&D
17Poul SchlüterPrime Minister DenmarkSeptember 10, 1982 – January 25, 199310 years, 137 daysEPP
18Felipe GonzálezPrime Minister  SpainJanuary 1, 1986 – May 5, 199610 years, 125 daysS&D
19Tony BlairPrime Minister  United KingdomMay 2, 1997 – June 27, 200710 years, 56 daysS&D
20Jacques DelorsCommission President  European UnionJanuary 7, 1985 – January 24, 199510 years, 17 daysS&D

See also

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References

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