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Vice President of the European Parliament

There are fourteen vice-presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the president in presiding over the plenary of the European Parliament.

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Role

Vice-presidents are members of the Bureau 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 the conciliation committee.

Election

The vice-presidents are elected following the election of the president, which takes place every two and a half years.

There tends to be an agreement dividing up the 14 posts between the groups, and thus they are usually elected without formal opposition. However, in 2009 Edward McMillan-Scott, through the individual support of 40 MEPs, successfully challenged his group's (the European Conservatives and Reformists) formal candidate; Michał Kamiński. Having been elected and prevented the election of Kaminski, McMillan-Scott was expelled from the ECR and Kaminski gained the group chair.

6th parliament

30 July 2004 to 16 January 2007

Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence;

16 January 2007 to 14 July 2009

Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence;

7th parliament

14 July 2009 to 17 January 2012

Elected in order of precedence;

17 January 2012 to 1 July 2014

Elected in order of precedence;

8th parliament

1 July 2014–18 January 2017

Elected in order of precedence;

Elected on 18 January 2017

References

Vice President of the European Parliament Wikipedia


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