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This article describes the party affiliations of the leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council. The list below gives the political party that each head of government, or head of state, belongs to at the national level, as well as the European political alliance to which that national party belongs. The states are listed from most to least populous. More populous states have greater influence in the council, in accordance with the system of Qualified Majority Voting.

Summary

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List of leaders

State		State		State
European Union (non-voting) Member since 1 December 2019^[a]	President of the European Council Charles Michel (Renew – MR)	European Union (non-voting) Member since 1 December 2019	President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (EPP – CDU)	Republic of Austria Member since 6 December 2021	Chancellor Karl Nehammer (EPP – ÖVP)
Kingdom of Belgium Member since 1 October 2020	Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Renew – Open Vld)	Republic of Bulgaria Member since 9 April 2024	Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev (Independent)	Republic of Croatia Member since 19 October 2016	Prime Minister Andrej Plenković (EPP – HDZ)
Republic of Cyprus Member since 28 February 2023	President Nikos Christodoulides (Independent)	Czech Republic Member since 17 December 2021	Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ECR – ODS)	Denmark Member since 27 June 2019	Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S&D – S)
Republic of Estonia Member since 23 July 2024	Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Renew – ER)	Republic of Finland Member since 20 June 2023	Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (EPP – Kok.)	French Republic Member since 14 May 2017	President Emmanuel Macron (Renew – RE)
Federal Republic of Germany Member since 8 December 2021	Chancellor Olaf Scholz (S&D – SPD)	Hellenic Republic Member since 26 June 2023^[b]	Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (EPP – ND)	Hungary Member since 29 May 2010	Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Patriots – Fidesz)
Ireland Member since 9 April 2024	Taoiseach Simon Harris (EPP – FG)	Italian Republic Member since 22 October 2022	Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (ECR – FdI)	Republic of Latvia Member since 15 September 2023	Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (EPP – V)
Republic of Lithuania Member since 12 July 2019	President Gitanas Nausėda (Independent)	Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Member since 17 November 2023	Prime Minister Luc Frieden (EPP – CSV)	Republic of Malta Member since 13 January 2020	Prime Minister Robert Abela (S&D – PL)
Netherlands Member since 2 July 2024	Prime Minister Dick Schoof (Independent)	Republic of Poland Member since 13 December 2023^[c]	Prime Minister Donald Tusk (EPP – PO)	Portuguese Republic Member since 2 April 2024	Prime Minister Luís Montenegro (EPP – PSD)
Romania Member since 21 December 2014	President Klaus Iohannis (EPP – PNL)^[d]	Slovak Republic Member since 25 October 2023^[e]	Prime Minister Robert Fico (Una. – Smer)	Republic of Slovenia Member since 1 June 2022	Prime Minister Robert Golob (Renew – GS)
Kingdom of Spain Member since 2 June 2018	Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (S&D – PSOE)	Kingdom of Sweden Member since 18 October 2022	Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (EPP – M)

Notes

^ Michel had already been a member of the Council from October 2014 to October 2019 as Prime Minister of Belgium.
^ Mitsotakis had already been Prime Minister, and therefore a member of the Council, from July 2019 to May 2023.
^ Tusk had already been a member of the Council from November 2007 to September 2014 as Prime Minister, and from December 2014 to November 2019 as its President.
^ Membership in PNL is formally suspended while in office.
^ Fico had already been Prime Minister, and therefore a member of the Council, from July 2006 to July 2010 and from April 2012 to March 2018.

The last change to the list of leaders was on 10 February 2012, when Janez Janša became the Prime Minister of Slovenia.

Member-state	Votes	Leader	Title	Start of mandate	Picture	National party	European party	Elections
Member-state	Votes	Leader	Title	Start of mandate	Picture	National party	European party	Last	Next
Germany	29	Angela Merkel	Federal Chancellor (Prime Minister)	2005		CDU	EPP	2009	2013?
France	29	Nicolas Sarkozy	President	2007		UMP	EPP	2007	2012
United Kingdom	29	David Cameron	Prime Minister	2010		Conservatives	AECR	2010	2015?
Italy	29	Mario Monti	President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister)	2011		Independent		2008	2013?
Spain	27	Mariano Rajoy	President of the Government (Prime Minister)	2011		PP	EPP	2011	2015?
Poland	27	Donald Tusk	Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister)	2007		PO	EPP	2011	2015?
Romania	14	Traian Băsescu	President	2007 (also in office: 2004-2007)		Independent^[1]	EPP^[2]	2009	2014?
Netherlands	13	Mark Rutte	Prime Minister	2010		VVD	ELDR	2010	2014?
Greece	12	Lucas Papademos	Prime Minister	2011		Independent		2009	2012
Belgium	12	Elio Di Rupo	Prime Minister	2011		PS	PES	2010	2014?
Portugal	12	Pedro Passos Coelho	Prime Minister	2011		PSD	EPP	2011	2015?
Czech Republic	12	Petr Nečas	Prime Minister	2010		ODS	AECR	2010	2014?
Hungary	12	Orbán Viktor	Prime Minister	2010 (also in office: 1998–2002)		Fidesz	EPP	2010	2014?
Sweden	10	Fredrik Reinfeldt	Minister of the State (Prime Minister)	2006		Moderaterna	EPP	2010	2014?
Austria	10	Werner Faymann	Federal Chancellor (Prime Minister)	2008		SPÖ	PES	2008	2013?
Bulgaria	10	Boyko Borisov	Prime Minister	2009		GERB	EPP	2009	2013?
Denmark	7	Helle Thorning-Schmidt	Minister of the State (Prime Minister)	2011		SD	PES	2011	2015?
Slovakia	7	Iveta Radičová	Prime Minister	2010		SDKÚ–DS	EPP	2010	2012
Finland	7	Jyrki Katainen	Prime Minister	2011		Kok.	EPP	2011	2015?
Ireland	7	Enda Kenny	Taoiseach (Prime Minister)	2011		FG	EPP	2011	2016?
Lithuania	7	Dalia Grybauskaitė	President	2009		Independent		2009	2014?
Latvia	4	Valdis Dombrovskis	Prime Minister	2009		JL	EPP	2011	2015?
Slovenia	4	Janez Janša	Prime Minister	2012 (also in office: 2004–2008)		SDS	EPP	2011	2015?
Estonia	4	Andrus Ansip	Prime Minister	2005		Reformierakond	ELDR	2011	2015?
Cyprus	4	Dimitris Christofias	President	2008		AKEL	PEL^[1]	2008	2013?
Luxembourg	4	Jean-Claude Juncker	Prime Minister	1995		CSV	EPP	2009	2014?
Malta	3	Lawrence Gonzi	Prime Minister	2004		PN	EPP	2008	2013?

^ AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.

References

^ Previously PD-L; supported by the PD-L during the 2009 presidential campaign; officially not affiliated during presidency according to the Constitution
^ Member of the EPP Congress in quality of EPP Head of State although officially not member of PD-L. See for instance the EPP webpage Heads of State and Government, or press releases from EPP congresses, such as the EPP press release "President Sarkozy and most European leaders to meet in Marseille", Marseille, 5 December 2011.

External links

Council of the European Union (official website)

[1] Michel had already been a member of the Council from October 2014 to October 2019 as Prime Minister of Belgium.

[2] Mitsotakis had already been Prime Minister, and therefore a member of the Council, from July 2019 to May 2023.

[3] Tusk had already been a member of the Council from November 2007 to September 2014 as Prime Minister, and from December 2014 to November 2019 as its President.

[4] Membership in PNL is formally suspended while in office.

[5] Fico had already been Prime Minister, and therefore a member of the Council, from July 2006 to July 2010 and from April 2012 to March 2018.

[6] Previously PD-L; supported by the PD-L during the 2009 presidential campaign; officially not affiliated during presidency according to the Constitution

[7] Member of the EPP Congress in quality of EPP Head of State although officially not member of PD-L. See for instance the EPP webpage Heads of State and Government, or press releases from EPP congresses, such as the EPP press release "President Sarkozy and most European leaders to meet in Marseille", Marseille, 5 December 2011.

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Summary

List of leaders

See also

References

External links