Vice-President of the European Commission

[1] Since the 2009 Lisbon Treaty, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is automatically and permanently one of the Vice-Presidents by virtue of their position as High Representative (commonly referred to as the 'HR/VP' role).

Commission salaries are set as a percentage of the top civil service grade.

[2] The von der Leyen Commission established a new position of Executive Vice-President.

There are three Executive Vice-Presidents, each appointed from one of the three largest political groups in the European Parliament.

She was succeeded in the second Barroso Commission by Catherine Ashton who was also the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.