European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development

The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is a member of the European Commission. The post is currently held by Commissioner Phil Hogan. The post is in charge of rural issues including most notably the controversial Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which represents 44% of the EU budget. They also participate in meetings of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (Agrifish) configuration of the Council of the European Union.

List of commissioners

	Name	Country	Period	Commission
1	Sicco Mansholt	Netherlands	1958–1972	Hallstein Commission, Rey Commission, Malfatti Commission
2	Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza	Italy	1972–1973	Mansholt Commission
3	Pierre Lardinois	Netherlands	1973–1981	Ortoli Commission
4	Finn Olav Gundelach	Denmark	1981–1985	Jenkins Commission, Thorn Commission
5	Frans Andriessen	Netherlands	1985–1989	Delors Commission I
6	Ray MacSharry	Ireland	1989–1992	Delors Commission II
7	René Steichen	Luxembourg	1992–1995	Delors Commission III
8	Franz Fischler	Austria	1995–2004	Santer Commission, Marín Commission, Prodi Commission
9	Sandra Kalniete	Latvia	2004	Prodi Commission
10	Mariann Fischer Boel	Denmark	2004–2010	Barroso Commission I
11	Dacian Cioloş	Romania	2010-10/2014	Barroso Commission II
12	Phil Hogan	Ireland	from 01/11/2014	Juncker Commission