The notable exceptions were Rocco Buttiglione, whose appointment was so fiercely criticized, and the new president himself.
Commissioners can appoint six or seven administrator-grade officials to their cabinets. Each cabinet must contain at least three different nationalities and either the head or deputy head must be a different nationality from the commissioner. The chef de cabinet, usually an experienced Commission civil servant or diplomat, will be an A-13 grade official (A2 under the old rules), while the deputy chef is grade A-12 (formerly A3).
Each commissioner has a spokesperson, who must be of a different nationality. The spokespersons are not members of the cabinets, but are answerable to the Commission spokeswoman, Françoise Le Bail.
José Manuel Barroso (Portugal, president)
Head of cabinet: João Vale de Almeida
Deputy: Alexander Italianer
Spokesperson: Françoise le Bail
Günter Verheugen (Germany, enterprise and industry)
Head of cabinet: Peter Tempel
Deputy: Christian Danielsson
Members: Petra Erler, Simon Mordue, Matthias Oel, Anne-Laure De Coincy
Siim Kallas (Estonia, administrative affairs and fight against fraud)
Head of cabinet: Henrik Hololei
Deputy: Kristian Schmidt
Members: Derk-Jan Eppink, Keir Fitch, Veronica Manfredi, Margus Rahuoja, Elisabeth Werner
Rocco Buttiglione (Italy, justice, freedom and security)
All cabinet members TBA
Jacques Barrot (France, transport)
Head of cabinet: Benoit le Bret
Deputy: Kerstin Jorna
Members: Miguel Sagredo, Armelle Lidou, Francis Morgan, Thomas Chenevier Spokesman: Stefaan De Rynck
Margot Wallström (Sweden, institutional relations and communications)
Head of cabinet: Rolf Annerberg
Deputy: Antonia Carparelli
Members: Anne Bergenfelt, Beate Gminder, Lena Ag, Mark Gray
Joe Borg (Malta, fisheries and maritime affairs)
Head of cabinet: Patrick Tabone
Deputy: Michael Köhler
Members: Joanna Darmanin, Maja Kirchner, Tiago Pitta e Cunha, Waddah Saab, Ella Strickland
Stavros Dimas (Greece, environment)
Head of cabinet: Nancy Kontou
Deputy: Pierre Schellekens
Members: Dimitris Giotakos, Kostas Kostopolous, Martijn Quinn, Claudia Canevari
Joaquín Almunia (Spain, economic and monetary affairs)
Head of cabinet: Maria Luisa Lamela
Deputy: Peter Bekx
Members: Benjamin Angel, Gabriele Giudice, Maria Martin Prat, Antoine Quero, Ursula Castro
Spokesperson: Amelia Torres
Ingrida Udre (Latvia, taxation and customs union)
Head of cabinet: Andris Piebalgs
Deputy: Pim van Ballekom
Members: Oskars Kastens, Angela Bardenhywer
(remainder TBA)
Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Austria, external affairs)
Head of cabinet: Patrick Child
Deputy: Peter Schwaiger
Members: Judith Gebetstroithner, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, Hubert Gambs, Richard Kuehnel, Vincent Guerend
Spokesperson: Emma Udwin
Ján Figel (Slovakia, education and culture)
Head of cabinet: Miroslav Adamis
Deputy: Margarida Gameiro
Members: Peter Javorcik, Eva Wenigová, David Hughes, Bern Biervert, Giuseppa Contino
Spokesperson: Frédéric Vincent
Mariann Fischer Boel (Denmark, agriculture and rural devt.)
Head of cabinet: Claus Sørensen
Deputy: Klaus-Dieter Borchardt
Members: Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, Christina Borckman, Linda Mauperon, Rosario Bento Pais
Spokesperson: Michael Mann
Dalia Grybauskaite (Lithuania, budget, financial programming)
Head of cabinet: Stephen Quest
Deputy: Leina Adakauskiene
Members: Rima Kaziliuniene, Denis Genton, Arunas Ribokas, Vasco Cal, Baudouin Baudru
Spokesperson: Ewa Hudlund
Danuta Hübner (Poland, regional policy)
Head of cabinet: Joost Korte
Deputy: Marta Cygan
Members: Marco Panigalli, Joanna Szychowska, Slawomir Tokarski, Eric von Breska, David Young
Spokesperson: TBA
László Kovács (Hungary, energy)
Head of cabinet: Tamàs Szücs
Deputy: Christopher Jones
Members: Bonifacio García Porras, László Varró, Alexandra Jour-Schröder, Anabela Gago-Filori, Attila Marján
Neelie Kroes (The Netherlands, competition)
Head of cabinet: Ben Smulders
Deputy: Olivier Guersent
Members: Carlos Tenreiro, Barbara Brandtner, Lorena Boix-Alonso, Michelle Sutton
Spokesperson: Jonathan Todd
Markos Kyprianou (Cyprus, health and consumer protection)
Head of cabinet: Margaritis Schinas
Deputy: Philippe Brunet
Members: Paula Pinho, Alessandro Giordani, Despina Spanou, Erdem Erginel, Georgina Georgiou
Spokesperson: Philip Tod
Peter Mandelson (UK, trade)
Head of cabinet: Simon Fraser
Deputy: Denis Redonnet
Members: Roger Liddle, Hiddo Houben, Renate Nikolay, Per Haugaard, Catherine Wendt
Spokesperson: Claude Veron-Reville
Charlie McCreevy (Ireland, internal market and services)
Head of cabinet: Martin Power
Deputy: Claire Bury
Members: Michael Murray, Martin Merlin, Peter Kerstens, Helen Blake, Shane Sutherland
Spokesperson: Oliver Drewes
Louis Michel (Belgium, development)
Head of cabinet: Sabine Weyand
Deputy: Koen Doens
Members: Hervé Delphin, Valérie Glatigny, Jean-François Brakeland, Karin Gardes
Janez Potocnik (Slovenia, research)
Head of cabinet: Peter Dröll
Deputy: Kurt Vandenberghe
Members: Boftjan Sporar, Sian Prout, Benedicte Caremier, Charlotte Haentzel, Matjaz Malgaj
Spokesperson: Antonia Mochan
Viviane Reding (Luxembourg, information society and media)
Head of cabinet: Johannes Laitenber
Deputy: Viviane Hoffman
Members: Christophe Forax, Nathalie Davies, Miguel Faranca, Raf Chanterie, Ken Duchtel
Spokesperson: Martin Selmayr
Olli Rehn (Finland, enlargement)
Head of cabinet: Timo Pesonen
Deputy: Fernando Frutuoso De Melo
Members: Jean-Christophe Filori, Maria Asenius, Kristian Hedberg, Heather Grabbe, Mikko Alkio
Spokesperson: Krisztina Nagy
Vladimir Spidla (Czech Republic, employment and social affairs)
Head of cabinet: Ramiro Cibrian
Deputy: Kristin Schreiber
Members: Daniela Bankier, Michael Ralph, Stephan Ouaki, Jan Jarab, Iva Lanova
Spokesperson: Katherina von Schnurbein