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Period Name Country Political affiliation 1949 Édouard Herriot (interim) Radical Party 1949–1951 Paul-Henri Spaak Socialist Party 1952–1954 François de Menthon Popular Republican Movement 1954–1956 Guy Mollet Socialist Party 1956–1959 Fernand Dehousse Socialist Party 1959 John Edwards Labour Party 1960–1963 Per Federspiel Venstre 1963–1966 Pierre Pflimlin Popular Republican Movement 1966–1969 Sir Geoffrey de Freitas Labour Party 1969–1972 Olivier Reverdin Liberal Party 1972–1975 Giuseppe Vedovato Christian Democracy 1975–1978 Karl Czernetz Social Democratic Party 1978–1981 Hans J. de Koster People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 1981–1982 José María de Areilza Union of the Democratic Centre 1983–1986 Karl Ahrens Social Democratic Party 1986–1989 Louis Jung Group of the European People's Party 1989–1992 Andreas Björck European Democratic Group 1992 Geoffrey Finsberg European Democratic Group 1992–1995 Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez Socialist Group 1996–1999 Leni Fischer Group of the European People's Party 1999–2002 Lord Russell Johnston Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2002–2004 Peter Schieder Socialist Group 2005–2008 René van der Linden Group of the European People's Party 2008–2010 Lluís Maria De Puig Socialist Group 2010–2012 Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Justice and Development Party 2012–2014 Jean-Claude Mignon Group of the European People's Party 2014–2016 Anne Brasseur Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2016–2017 Pedro Agramunt Group of the European People's Party2017–2018Stella Kyriakides Group of the European People's Party 2018Michele Nicoletti Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group2018–2020Liliane Maury Pasquier Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group2020–2022Rik Daems Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe2022–2024Tiny Kox Unified European Left Group2024–2026Theodoros RoussopoulosGroup of the European People's Party2026–presentPetra BayrSocial Democratic Party

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