European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
| Věra Jourová | |
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| European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2014 |
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| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
The Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality is a post in the European Commission. The current commissioner is Věra Jourová.
The post was created in 2010 by splitting the previous Justice, Freedom and Security portfolio into a justice post (the subject covered here) and a security post: the Commissioner for Home Affairs. This split was made as a concession to the liberals in the European Parliament to gain their support for the second Barroso Commission.
A major innovation of the Juncker Commission is the nomination of a First Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, for Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. His role includes to "guide and coordinate all other Justice and Home Affairs(JHA)-related Commissioners, in particular those of the new DG Justice (Věra Jourová) and the DG Home Affairs (Dimitris Avramopoulos)".
The portfolio of the Commissioner has evolved under the Juncker Commission and renamed into Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality. Major changes are :
DG Justice and Consumers
DG Justice, Freedom and Security (former)
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