There are fourteen vice-presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the president in presiding over the plenary of the European Parliament.
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.
The vice-presidents are elected following the election of the president, which takes place every two and a half years or when necessary if positions become vacant.
6th parliament 30 July 2004 to 16 January 2007 Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence;
Members Group State 1 Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca EPP-ED 2 Antonios Trakatellis EPP-ED 3 Dagmar Roth-Behrendt PES 4 Edward McMillan-Scott EPP-ED 5 Ingo Friedrich EPP-ED 6 Mario Mauro EPP-ED 7 António Costa PES 8 Luigi Cocilovo ALDE 9 Jacek Saryusz-Wolski EPP-ED 10 Pierre Moscovici PES 11 Miroslav Ouzký EPP-ED 12 Janusz Onyszkiewicz ALDE 13 Gérard Onesta Greens/EFA 14 Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann EUL/NGL
16 January 2007 to 14 July 2009 Elected (unopposed) in order of precedence:
Members Group State Votes 1 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou EPP-ED 322 2 Alejo Vidal-Quadras EPP-ED 300 3 Gérard Onesta Greens/EFA 285 4 Edward McMillan-Scott EPP-ED 274 5 Mario Mauro EPP-ED 262 6 Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez PES 260 7 Luigi Cocilovo ALDE 234 8 Mechtild Rothe PES 217 9 Luisa Morgantini The left 10 Pierre Moscovici PES 207 11 Manuel António Dos Santos PES 193 12 Diana Wallis ALDE 192 13 Marek Siwiec PES 180 14 Adam Bielan UEN 128
7th parliament 14 July 2009 to 17 January 2012 Elected in order of precedence:
Members Group State Votes 1 Giovanni Pittella S&D 360 2 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou EPP 355 3 Stavros Lambrinidis S&D 346 4 Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez S&D 327 5 Alejo Vidal-Quadras EPP 308 6 Dagmar Roth-Behrendt S&D 287 7 Libor Rouček S&D 278 8 Isabelle Durant Greens/EFA 276 9 Roberta Angelilli EPP 274 10 Diana Wallis ALDE 272 11 Pál Schmitt EPP 257 12 Edward McMillan-Scott Non-attached 244 13 Rainer Wieland EPP 237 14 Silvana Koch-Mehrin ALDE 186
Changes since election Departed member Group State Date Reason Replacement Elected Group State Pál Schmitt EPP 14 May 2010 Resigned due to becoming president of Hungary László Tőkés May 2010 EPP Silvana Koch-Mehrin ALDE 11 May 2011 Resigned due to doctorate plagiarism scandal Giles Chichester 6 July 2011 ECR
17 January 2012 to 1 July 2014 Elected in order of precedence:
Members Group State Votes 1 Gianni Pittella S&D 319 2 Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez S&D 295 3 Anni Podimata S&D 281 4 Alejo Vidal-Quadras EPP 269 5 Georgios Papastamkos EPP 248 6 Roberta Angelilli EPP 246 7 Othmar Karas EPP 244 8 Edward McMillan-Scott ALDE 239 9 Isabelle Durant Greens/EFA 238 10 Alexander Alvaro ALDE 235 11 Rainer Wieland EPP 230 12 Oldřich Vlasák ECR 223 13 Jacek Protasiewicz EPP 206 14 László Surján EPP 188
8th parliament 1 July 2014 to 18 January 2017 Elected in order of precedence:
Members Group State Votes 1 Antonio Tajani EPP 452, Round 1 2 Mairead McGuinness EPP 441, Round 1 3 Rainer Wieland EPP 437, Round 1 4 Ramón Luis Valcárcel EPP 406, Round 1 5 Ildikó Pelczné Gáll EPP 400, Round 1 6 Adina Vălean EPP 394, Round 1 7 Corina Crețu S&D 406, Round 2 8 Sylvie Guillaume S&D 406, Round 2 9 David Sassoli S&D 394, Round 2 10 Olli Rehn ALDE 377, Round 3 11 Alexander Graf Lambsdorff ALDE 365, Round 3 12 Ulrike Lunacek Greens/EFA 319, Round 3 13 Dimitrios Papadimoulis GUE/NGL 302, Round 3 14 Ryszard Czarnecki ECR 284, Round 3
Changes since election Departed member Group State Date Reason Replacement Elected Group State Corina Crețu S&D October 2014 Resigned due to becoming European Commissioner Ioan Mircea Pașcu November 2014 S&D Olli Rehn ALDE May 2015 Resigned due to becoming Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland Anneli Jäätteenmäki May 2015 ALDE
18 January 2017 to 3 July 2019 Elected in order of precedence;
Members Group State Votes 1 Mairead McGuinness EPP 466, Round 1 2 Bogusław Liberadzki S&D 378, Round 1 3 David Sassoli S&D 377, Round 1 4 Rainer Wieland EPP 336, Round 1 5 Sylvie Guillaume S&D 335, Round 1 6 Ryszard Czarnecki ECR 328, Round 1 7 Ramón Luis Valcárcel EPP 323, Round 1 8 Evelyne Gebhardt S&D 315, Round 1 9 Pavel Telička ALDE 313, Round 1 10 Ildikó Pelczné Gáll EPP 310, Round 1 11 Ioan Mircea Pașcu S&D 517, Round 2 12 Dimitrios Papadimoulis GUE/NGL 469, Round 2 13 Ulrike Lunacek Greens/EFA 441, Round 2 14 Alexander Graf Lambsdorff ALDE 393, Round 2
Changes since election Departed member Group State Date Reason Replacement Elected Group State Ildikó Pelczné Gáll EPP 1 September 2017 Resigned due to joining the European Court of Auditors Lívia Járóka 15 November 2017 EPP Ulrike Lunacek Greens/EFA 23 October 2017 Resigned from politics after a defeat in national elections Heidi Hautala 26 October 2017 Greens/EFA Alexander Graf Lambsdorff ALDE 23 October 2017 Resigned due to becoming member of the Bundestag Fabio Massimo Castaldo 15 November 2017 EFDD Ryszard Czarnecki ECR 7 February 2018 Removed from office due to serious misconduct Zdzisław Krasnodębski 1 March 2018 ECR
9th Parliament 3 July 2019 to 18 January 2022 Elected in order of precedence:
Members Group State Votes 1 Mairead McGuinness EPP 618, Round 1 2 Pedro Silva Pereira S&D 556, Round 1 3 Rainer Wieland EPP 516, Round 1 4 Katarina Barley S&D 516, Round 1 5 Othmar Karas EPP 477, Round 1 6 Ewa Kopacz EPP 461, Round 1 7 Klára Dobrev S&D 402, Round 1 8 Dita Charanzová RE 395, Round 1 9 Nicola Beer RE 363, Round 1 10 Lívia Járóka EPP 349, Round 1 11 Heidi Hautala Greens/EFA 336, Round 1 12 Marcel Kolaja Greens/EFA 426, Round 2 13 Dimitrios Papadimoulis GUE/NGL 401, Round 2 14 Fabio Massimo Castaldo NI 285, Round 3
Changes since election Departed member Group State Date Reason Replacement Elected Group State Mairead McGuinness EPP October 2020 Resigned due to becoming European Commissioner Roberta Metsola November 2020 EPP
18 January 2022 to 16 July 2024 Elected in order of precedence:
Members Group State Votes 1 Othmar Karas EPP 536, Round 1 2 Pina Picierno S&D 527, Round 1 3 Pedro Silva Pereira S&D 517, Round 1 4 Ewa Kopacz EPP 467, Round 1 5 Eva Kaili S&D 454, Round 1 6 Evelyn Regner S&D 434, Round 1 7 Rainer Wieland EPP 432, Round 1 8 Katarina Barley S&D 426, Round 1 9 Dita Charanzová RE 406, Round 1 10 Michal Šimečka RE 494, Round 2 11 Nicola Beer RE 410, Round 2 12 Roberts Zīle ECR 403, Round 2 13 Dimitrios Papadimoulis GUE/NGL 492, Round 3 14 Heidi Hautala Greens/EFA 304, Round 3
Changes since election Member Group State Date Reason Replacement Elected Group State Eva Kaili S&D December 2022 Expelled following her arrest amid Qatar corruption scandal investigation Marc Angel January 2023 S&D Michal Šimečka RE October 2023 Gave up his EP mandate to lead the domestic opposition following the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election Martin Hojsík October 2023 RE Nicola Beer RE December 2023 Gave up her EP mandate on appointment as European Investment Bank vice-president Jan-Christoph Oetjen January 2024 RE
10th Parliament
16 July 2024 to present Elected in order of precedence:
Members Group State Votes 1 Sabine Verheyen EPP 604, Round 1 2 Ewa Kopacz EPP 572, Round 1 3 Esteban González Pons EPP 478, Round 1 4 Katarina Barley S&D 450, Round 1 5 Pina Picierno S&D 405, Round 1 6 Victor Negrescu S&D 394, Round 1 7 Martin Hojsík Renew 393, Round 1 8 Christel Schaldemose S&D 378, Round 1 9 Javi López Fernandez S&D 377, Round 1 10 Sophie Wilmès Renew 371, Round 1 11 Nicolae Ştefănuță Greens/EFA 347, Round 1 12 Antonella Sberna ECR 314, Round 2 13 Roberts Zīle ECR 490, Round 2 14 Younous Omarjee The Left 311, Round 2