Data on Commissioners

This dataset includes data on Commissioners (1958-2021). There is one observation per individual who has served as a Commissioner. The dataset indicates the national party and European political group of each individual, the Commissions that the individual served during, and the earliest and latest dates that each individual was in office.

commissioners

Format

A data frame with 26 variables:

key_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each observation. Indicates the default sort order for the dataset.

commissioner_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each individual who was served as a Commissioner.

full_name

String. The full name of the Commissioner.

full_name_latin

String. The full name of the Commissioner using only basic Latin characters.

last_name

String. The last name of the Commissioner.

last_name_latin

String. The last name of the Commissioner using only basic Latin characters.

first_name

String. The first name of the Commissioner.

first_name_latin

String. The first name of the Commissioner using only basic Latin characters.

member_state_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each member state.

member_state

String. The name of the Commissioner's member state.

member_state_code

String. The two-letter code assigned by the Commission to the Commissioner's member state.

national_party_code

String. The common abbreviation of the Commissioner's national political party.

national_party_name

String. The name of the Commissioner's national political party in the Commissioner's member state's official language.

national_party_name_english

String. The name of the Commissioner's national political party in English.

political_group_code

String. The common abbreviation of the political group.

political_group_name

String. The name of the Commissioner's political group.

commissions

String. A list of the Commissions in which the Commissioner served, separated by a comma.

count_commissions

Numeric. The number of Commissions in which the Commissioner served.

start_date

Date. The start date of the Commissioner across all Commissions in which the Commissioner served.

start_year

Numeric. The start year of the Commissioner across all Commissions in which the Commissioner served.

start_month

Numeric. The start month of the Commissioner across all Commissions in which the Commissioner served.

start_day

Numeric. The start day of the Commissioner across all Commissions in which the Commissioner served.

end_date

Date. The end date of the Commissioner across all Commissions in which the Commissioner served.

end_year

Numeric. The start year of the Commissioner across all Commissions in which the Commissioner served.

end_month

Numeric. The start month of the Commissioner across all Commissions in which the Commissioner served.

end_day

Numeric. The end day of the Commissioner across all Commissions in which the Commissioner served.