Secretary-General of the European Commission
The Secretary-General of the European Commission is the senior civil servant of the European Commission. The Secretary-General, who is responsible to the President of the European Commission, is in charge of the various Directorates-General, headed by Directors-General.
Their personal staff form the Secretariat-General of the European Commission.- Émile Noël, France, 1957–1987
- David Williamson, United Kingdom, 1987–1997
- , The Netherlands, 1997–2000
- David O'Sullivan, Ireland, 2000–2005
- Catherine Day, Ireland 2005–2015
- Alexander Italianer, Netherlands, 2015–2018
- Martin Selmayr, Germany, 2018–2019
- Ilze Juhansone, Latvia, 2019–present
