Brussels - Officials in Brussels on Wednesday published the complete list of national figures taking part in the incoming European Commission, the European Union's executive arm. Negotiations are now underway to allocate portfolios, with the new 27-member team due to formally assume office early next year.
What follows is the complete list, along with a brief description of each commissioner-designate's previous post and their political affiliation.
Countries are listed in alphabetical order:
Austria - Johannes Hahn, science minister (conservative)
Belgium - Karel De Gucht, EU aid commissioner (liberal)
Britain - Catherine Ashton, new EU foreign policy chief and former trade commissioner (social-democrat)
Bulgaria - Rumiana Jeleva, foreign minister (conservative)
Cyprus - Androulla Vassiliou, EU health commissioner (liberal)
Czech Republic - Stefan Fuele, minister for European affairs (unaffiliated)
Denmark - Connie Hedegaard, climate and energy minister (conservative)
Estonia - Siim Kallas, EU commissioner for administrative affairs (liberal)
Finland - Olli Rehn, EU enlargement commissioner (liberal)
France - Michel Barnier, former foreign minister, member of the European Parliament (conservative)
Germany - Guenther H. Oettinger, head of the regional government of Baden-Wuerttemberg (conservative)
Greece - Maria Damanaki, member of parliament (radical left)
Hungary - Laszlo Andor, board member European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (unaffiliated)
Ireland - Maire Geoghegan Quinn, former cabinet minister (liberal)
Italy - Antonio Tajani, EU transport commissioner (conservative)
Latvia - Andris Piebalgs, EU energy commissioner (conservative)
Lithuania - Algirdas Semeta, EU budget commissioner (conservative)
Luxembourg - Viviane Reding, EU media and information society commissioner (conservative)
Malta - John Dalli, social policy minister (conservative)
The Netherlands - Neelie Kroes, EU competition commissioner (liberal)
Poland - Janusz Lewandowski, economist and member of parliament (conservative)
Portugal - Jose Manuel Barroso, EU commission president (conservative)
Romania - Dacian Ciolos, former agriculture minister (liberal)
Slovakia - Maros Sefcovic, EU education commissioner (social democrat)
Slovenia - Janez Potocnik, EU science commissioner (unaffiliated)
Spain - Joaquin Almunia, EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner (socialist)
Sweden - Cecilia Malmstroem, minister for European Affairs (liberal)
