{{refimprove|date=January 2024}} {{Short description|Member of the EU Commission}}{{Infobox official post | post = European Commissioner of Equality | image = Hadja Lahbib - 2024 - P064626-664320.jpg | incumbent = [[Hadja Lahbib]] | precursor = [[Helena Dalli]] | termlength = 5 years | incumbentsince = 1 December 2024 | appointer = [[President of the European Commission]] }}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} The '''European Commissioner for Equality''' is a post in the [[European Commission]]. The portfolio was previously combined with [[European Commissioner for Justice|Justice]] as ''Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality'' under commissioner is [[Věra Jourová]]; however, the two portfolios were split in December 2019. The current holder is [[Hadja Lahbib]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 November 2023 |title=Helena Dalli |url=https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/helena-dalli_en |access-date=2023-11-17 |publisher=European Commission |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Helena Dalli |url=https://erc.europa.eu/event-speaker/helena-dalli |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=ERC |language=en}}</ref>
Hadja Lahbib also serves as [[European Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management|Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management]].
==Portfolio== The post was created in 2010 by splitting the previous [[List of European Commission portfolios#Justice, Freedom and Security|Justice, Freedom and Security]] portfolio into a justice post (the subject covered here) and a security post: the [[List of European Commission portfolios#Home Affairs|Commissioner for Home Affairs]]. This split was made as a concession to the [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (European Parliament group)|liberals]] in the [[European Parliament]] to gain their support for the second [[Barroso Commission]].
== List of Commissioners == {| class="wikitable" !# ! colspan="2" |Name !Country !Period !Commission |- |1 |[[File:Hearing with Helena Dalli (MT), candidate commissioner for equality (48832245446) (cropped).jpg|76x76px]] |[[Helena Dalli]] |{{flagu|Malta}} |2019–2024 |[[Von der Leyen Commission I|von der Leyen I]] |- |2 |[[File:Lahbib EC Portrait 2024 (cropped).jpg|89x89px]] |[[Hadja Lahbib]] |{{flagu|Belgium}} |2024–2029 |[[Von der Leyen Commission II|von der Leyen II]] |}
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== External links == * [https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/helena-dalli_en Commissioner's Website]
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[[Category:Portfolios in the European Commission|Equality]] [[Category:European Union law|Commissioner Equality]]