There are fourteen vice-presidents of the European Parliament who sit in for the

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Role

Vice-presidents are members of the

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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

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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

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) formal candidate;

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. 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; EP VP 07

;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 to 18 January 2017 Elected in order of precedence; ;18 January 2017 to 3 July 2019 Elected in order of precedence;

9th Parliament

;3 July 2019 to 18 January 2022 Elected in order of precedence; ;18 January 2022 to present Elected in order of precedence;

References

External links

Rules of Procedures, Rule 14: Election of Vice-presidents

Rules of Procedures, Rule 20: Duties of Vice-presidents
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