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There are fourteenvice-presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for thepresident in presiding over the plenary of theEuropean Parliament .
Vice-presidents are members of theBureau 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 theconciliation committee .[ 1]
The vice-presidents are elected following the election of the president, which takes place every two and a half years or when necessary if positions become vacant.[ 2]
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
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16 January 2007 to 14 July 2009 Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence:[ 3]
Vice-presidents elected by country in 2009 Three
Two
One
None
14 July 2009 to 17 January 2012 Elected in order of precedence:[ 5]
17 January 2012 to 1 July 2014 Elected in order of precedence:[ 8]
1 July 2014 to 18 January 2017 Elected in order of precedence:[ 9]
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
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
3 July 2019 to 18 January 2022 Elected in order of precedence:[ 14]
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 16 July 2024 Elected in order of precedence:[ 15]
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
16 July 2024 to present [ edit ] Elected in order of precedence:[ 22]
Members Group State Votes 1 Sabine Verheyen EPP Germany 604, Round 1 2 Ewa Kopacz EPP Poland 572, Round 1 3 Esteban González Pons EPP 478, Round 1 4 Katarina Barley S&D Germany 450, Round 1 5 Pina Picierno S&D Italy 405, Round 1 6 Victor Negrescu S&D Romania 394, Round 1 7 Martin Hojsík Renew Slovakia 393, Round 1 8 Christel Schaldemose S&D Denmark 378, Round 1 9 Javi López Fernandez S&D Spain 377, Round 1 10 Sophie Wilmès Renew Belgium 371, Round 1 11 Nicolae Ştefănuță Greens/EFA Romania 347, Round 1 12 Antonella Sberna ECR Italy 314, Round 2 13 Roberts Zīle ECR Latvia 490, Round 2 14 Younous Omarjee The Left France 311, Round 2
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