Political office 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]
[2]
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;
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]
7th parliament
Vice-presidents elected by country in 2009 Three
Two
One
None
14 July 2009 to 17 January 2012 Elected in order of precedence;[4]
17 January 2012 to 1 July 2014 Elected in order of precedence;[7]
8th parliament
1 July 2014 to 18 January 2017 Elected in order of precedence;[8]
Members
Group
State
Votes
1
Antonio Tajani EPP 452, Round 1
2
Mairead McGuinness EPP 441, Round 1
3
Rainer Wieland EPP 437, Round 1
4
Ramón Luis Valcárcel EPP 406, Round 1
5
Ildikó Pelczné Gáll EPP 400, Round 1
6
Adina Vălean EPP 394, Round 1
7
Corina Crețu S&D 406, Round 2
8
Sylvie Guillaume S&D 406, Round 2
9
David Sassoli S&D 394, Round 2
10
Olli Rehn ALDE 377, Round 3
11
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff ALDE 365, Round 3
12
Ulrike Lunacek Greens/EFA 319, Round 3
13
Dimitrios Papadimoulis GUE/NGL 302, Round 3
14
Ryszard Czarnecki ECR 284, Round 3
Changes since election
Departed member
Group
State
Date
Reason
Replacement
Elected
Group
State
Corina Crețu S&D October 2014
Resigned due to becoming European Commissioner
Ioan Mircea Pașcu November 2014
S&D
Olli Rehn ALDE May 2015
Resigned due to becoming Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland
Anneli Jäätteenmäki May 2015
ALDE
18 January 2017 to 3 July 2019 Elected in order of precedence;
Members
Group
State
Votes
1
Mairead McGuinness EPP 466, Round 1
2
Bogusław Liberadzki S&D 378, Round 1
3
David Sassoli S&D 377, Round 1
4
Rainer Wieland EPP 336, Round 1
5
Sylvie Guillaume S&D 335, Round 1
6
Ryszard Czarnecki ECR 328, Round 1
7
Ramón Luis Valcárcel EPP 323, Round 1
8
Evelyne Gebhardt S&D 315, Round 1
9
Pavel Telička ALDE 313, Round 1
10
Ildikó Pelczné Gáll EPP 310, Round 1
11
Ioan Mircea Pașcu S&D 517, Round 2
12
Dimitrios Papadimoulis GUE/NGL 469, Round 2
13
Ulrike Lunacek Greens/EFA 441, Round 2
14
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff ALDE 393, Round 2
9th Parliament
3 July 2019 to 18 January 2022 Elected in order of precedence;[13]
Members
Group
State
Votes
1
Mairead McGuinness EPP 618, Round 1
2
Pedro Silva Pereira S&D 556, Round 1
3
Rainer Wieland EPP 516, Round 1
4
Katarina Barley S&D 516, Round 1
5
Othmar Karas EPP 477, Round 1
6
Ewa Kopacz EPP 461, Round 1
7
Klára Dobrev S&D 402, Round 1
8
Dita Charanzová RE 395, Round 1
9
Nicola Beer RE 363, Round 1
10
Lívia Járóka EPP 349, Round 1
11
Heidi Hautala Greens/EFA 336, Round 1
12
Marcel Kolaja Greens/EFA 426, Round 2
13
Dimitrios Papadimoulis GUE/NGL 401, Round 2
14
Fabio Massimo Castaldo NI 285, Round 3
Changes since election
Departed member
Group
State
Date
Reason
Replacement
Elected
Group
State
Mairead McGuinness EPP October 2020
Resigned due to becoming European Commissioner
Roberta Metsola November 2020
EPP
18 January 2022 to present Elected in order of precedence;[14]
Members
Group
State
Votes
1
Othmar Karas EPP 536, Round 1
2
Pina Picierno S&D 527, Round 1
3
Pedro Silva Pereira S&D 517, Round 1
4
Ewa Kopacz EPP 467, Round 1
5
Eva Kaili S&D 454, Round 1
6
Evelyn Regner S&D 434, Round 1
7
Rainer Wieland EPP 432, Round 1
8
Katarina Barley S&D 426, Round 1
9
Dita Charanzová RE 406, Round 1
10
Michal Šimečka RE 494, Round 2
11
Nicola Beer RE 410, Round 2
12
Roberts Zīle ECR 403, Round 2
13
Dimitrios Papadimoulis GUE/NGL 492, Round 3
14
Heidi Hautala Greens/EFA 304, Round 3
