Vice President of the European Parliament

There are fourteen vice-presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the president in presiding over the plenary of the European Parliament.

Role

Vice-presidents are members of the Bureau and chair the plenary when the president is not in the chair. The president may also delegate any duty, task or power to one of the vice-presidents. Three vice-presidents, designated by the Conference of presidents, traditionally have more power than the others; the right to be on the conciliation committee.^[1]

Election

The vice-presidents are elected following the election of the president, which takes place every two and a half years.^[2]

There tends to be an agreement dividing up the 14 posts between the groups, and thus they are usually elected without formal opposition. However, in 2009 Edward McMillan-Scott, through the individual support of 40 MEPs, successfully challenged his group's (the European Conservatives and Reformists) formal candidate; Michał Kamiński. Having been elected and prevented the election of Kaminski, McMillan-Scott was expelled from the ECR and Kaminski gained the group chair.^[1]

6th parliament

Vice-presidents elected by country in 2004

  Three

  Two

  One

  None

30 July 2004 to 16 January 2007

Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence;

	Members	Group	State
1	Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca	EPP-ED	Spain
2	Antonios Trakatellis	EPP-ED	Greece
3	Dagmar Roth-Behrendt	PES	Germany
4	Edward McMillan-Scott	EPP-ED	United Kingdom
5	Ingo Friedrich	EPP-ED	Germany
6	Mario Mauro	EPP-ED	Italy
7	António Costa	PES	Portugal
8	Luigi Cocilovo	ALDE	Italy
9	Jacek Saryusz-Wolski	EPP-ED	Poland
10	Pierre Moscovici	PES	France
11	Miroslav Ouzký	EPP-ED	Czech Republic
12	Janusz Onyszkiewicz	ALDE	Poland
13	Gérard Onesta	Greens/EFA	France
14	Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann	EUL/NGL	Germany

Vice-presidents elected by country in 2007

  Three

  Two

  One

  None

16 January 2007 to 14 July 2009

Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence;^[3]

	Members	Group	State	Votes
1	Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou	EPP-ED	Greece	322
2	Alejo Vidal-Quadras	EPP-ED	Spain	300
3	Gérard Onesta	Greens/EFA	France	285
4	Edward McMillan-Scott	EPP-ED	United Kingdom	274
5	Mario Mauro	EPP-ED	Italy	262
6	Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez	PES	Spain	260
7	Luigi Cocilovo	ALDE	Italy	234
8	Mechtild Rothe	PES	Germany	217
9	Luisa Morgantini	GUE/NGL	Italy	207
10	Pierre Moscovici	PES	France	207
11	Manuel António Dos Santos	PES	Portugal	193
12	Diana Wallis	ALDE	United Kingdom	192
13	Marek Siwiec	PES	Poland	180
14	Adam Bielan	UEN	Poland	128

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Vice-presidents elected by country in 2009

  Three

  Two

  One

  None

14 July 2009 to 17 January 2012

Elected in order of precedence;^[4]

	Members	Group	State	Votes
1	Giovanni Pittella	S&D	Italy	360
2	Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou	EPP	Greece	355
3	Stavros Lambrinidis	S&D	Greece	346
4	Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez	S&D	Spain	327
5	Alejo Vidal-Quadras	EPP	Spain	308
6	Dagmar Roth-Behrendt	S&D	Germany	287
7	Libor Rouček	S&D	Czech Republic	278
8	Isabelle Durant	Greens/EFA	Belgium	276
9	Roberta Angelilli	EPP	Italy	274
10	Diana Wallis	ALDE	United Kingdom	272
11	Pál Schmitt	EPP	Hungary	257
12	Edward McMillan-Scott	Non-attached[5]	United Kingdom	244
13	Rainer Wieland	EPP	Germany	237
14	Silvana Koch-Mehrin	ALDE	Germany	186

Changes since election
Departed member	Group	State	Date	Reason	Replacement	Elected	Group	State
Pál Schmitt	EPP	Hungary	14 May 2010	Resigned due to becoming president of Hungary	László Tőkés[6]	May 2010	EPP	Romania
Silvana Koch-Mehrin	ALDE	Germany	11 May 2011	Resigned due to doctorate plagiarism scandal	Giles Chichester	6 July 2011	ECR	UK

17 January 2012 to 1 July 2014

Elected in order of precedence;^[7]

	Members	Group	State	Votes
1	Gianni Pittella	S&D	Italy	319
2	Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez	S&D	Spain	295
3	Anni Podimata	S&D	Greece	281
4	Alejo Vidal-Quadras	EPP	Spain	269
5	Georgios Papastamkos	EPP	Greece	248
6	Roberta Angelilli	EPP	Italy	246
7	Othmar Karas	EPP	Austria	244
8	Edward McMillan-Scott	ALDE	United Kingdom	239
9	Isabelle Durant	Greens/EFA	Belgium	238
10	Alexander Alvaro	ALDE	Germany	235
11	Rainer Wieland	EPP	Germany	230
12	Oldřich Vlasák	ECR	Czech Republic	223
13	Jacek Protasiewicz	EPP	Poland	206
14	László Surján	EPP	Hungary	188

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Elected on July 1, 2014.^[8]

	Members	Group	State	Votes
1	Antonio Tajani	EPP	Italy	452, Round 1
2	Mairead McGuinness	EPP	Ireland	441, Round 1
3	Rainer Wieland	EPP	Germany	437, Round 1
4	Ramón Luis Valcárcel	EPP	Spain	406, Round 1
5	Ildikó Pelczné Gáll	EPP	Hungary	400, Round 1
6	Adina Vălean	EPP	Romania	394, Round 1
7	Corina Crețu	S&D	Romania	406, Round 2
8	Sylvie Guillaume	S&D	France	406, Round 2
9	David Sassoli	S&D	Italy	394, Round 2
10	Olli Rehn	ALDE	Finland	377, Round 3
11	Alexander Graf Lambsdorff	ALDE	Germany	365, Round 3
12	Ulrike Lunacek	Greens/EFA	Austria	319, Round 3
13	Dimitrios Papadimoulis	GUE/NGL	Greece	302, Round 3
14	Ryszard Czarnecki	ECR	Poland	284, Round 3

Changes since election
Departed member	Group	State	Date	Replacement	Elected	Group	State
Corina Crețu	S&D	Romania	October 2014	Ioan Mircea Pașcu	November 2014	S&D	Romania
Olli Rehn	ALDE	Finland	May 2015	Anneli Jäätteenmäki	May 2015	ALDE	Finland

References

1. New European Conservatives group in disarray over renegade MEP, ANDREW WILLIS 14 July 2009
2. http://www.euparliament.eu/european-organisation
3. European Parliament Press Release on election (2007)
4. European Parliament Press Release on election (2009)
5. Was elected with the British Conservatives and sat with ECR. However successfully stood against ECR's official candidate and was expelled. Although he joined the Liberal Democrats in the UK, he sits as a Non-attached Member in the European Parliament.
6. http://wireupdate.com/local/european-parliament-elects-laszlo-tokes-as-vice-president/
7. European Parliament Press Release on election (2012)
8. European Parliament Press Release on election (2014)

External links

• Rules of Procedures, Rule 14: Election of Vice-presidents
• Rules of Procedures, Rule 20: Duties of Vice-presidents