European Commissioner for Equality


The European Commissioner for Equality is a post in the European Commission. The portfolio was previously combined with Justice as Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality under commissioner is Věra Jourová; however, the two portfolios were split in December 2019. The current holder is Hadja Lahbib.
Hadja Lahbib also serves as Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management.

Portfolio

The post was created in 2010 by splitting the previous Justice, Freedom and Security portfolio into a justice post and a security post: the Commissioner for Home Affairs. This split was made as a concession to the liberals in the European Parliament to gain their support for the second Barroso Commission.

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