PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMISSION Period of office President Country of origin Party 1958-67 Walter Hallstein West GermanyChristian Democrat 1967-70Jean Rey BelgiumLiberal 1970-72 Franco Maria Malfatti ItalyChristian Democrat 1972 - 73 Sicco Mansholt NetherlandsSocialist 1973-77 François-Xavier Ortoli FranceUDR (Gaullist) 1977-81Roy Jenkins United KingdomLabour 1981-85Gaston Thorn LuxembourgLiberal 1985 - 95Jacques Delors FranceSocialist 1995- March 1999 Jacques Santer LuxembourgChristian Democrat March 1999 - September 1999 Manuel Marín (Interim)SpainSocialist (PSOE) September 1999 -18 November 2004 Romano ProdiItaly Olive Tree coalition (center-left alliance) November 2004 - present José Manuel Durão Barroso PortugalSocial Democrat (PSD)