Data on Commissioners (by Commission)

This dataset includes data on Commissioners (1958-2021). There is one observation per individual who has served as a Commissioner per Commission. The dataset indicates the national party and European political group of each individual, the start and end dates for each individual (within each Commission), information on whether the individual served for the entire Commission, was appointed during the Commission, or left office before the end of the Commission, and whether the portfolio of the individual changed while the individual was in office.

commissioners_by_commission

Format

A data frame with 34 variables:

key_id

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

commission_id

Numeric. The ID number that uniquely identifies each Commission. See the commissions dataset.

commission

String. The name of the Commission. See the commissions dataset.

commissioner_id

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

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.

start_date

Date. The start date of the Commission within the indicated Commission.

start_year

Numeric. The start year of the Commission within the indicated Commission.

start_month

Numeric. The start month of the Commission within the indicated Commission.

start_day

Numeric. The start day of the Commission within the indicated Commission.

end_date

Date. The end date of the Commission within the indicated Commission.

end_year

Numeric. The start year of the Commission within the indicated Commission.

end_month

Numeric. The start month of the Commission within the indicated Commission.

end_day

Numeric. The end day of the Commission within the indicated Commission.

full_term

Dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether the Commissioner served for the entire Commission.

end_early

Dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether the Commissioner left office before the end of the Commission. Coded 1 if the Commissioner left office before the end of the Commission and 0 otherwise.

replaced

Dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether, if the Commissioner left office before the end of the Commission, the Commission was replaced. Coded 1 if the Commissioner was replaced and 0 otherwise. Always coded 0 if end_early is coded 0.

not_replaced

Dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether, if the Commissioner left office before the end of the Commission, the Commission was not replaced. Coded 1 if the Commissioner was not replaced and 0 otherwise. Always coded 0 if end_early is coded 0.

start_late

Dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether the Commissioner was appointed after the start of the Commission. Coded 1 if the Commissioner was appointed after the start of the Commission and 0 otherwise.

replacement

Dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether, if the Commissioner was appointed after the start of the Commission, the Commission was appointed as a replacement for another Commissioner who left office early. Coded 1 of the Commissioner was a replacement and 0 otherwise. Always coded 0 if start_late is coded 0.

enlargement

Dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether, if the Commissioner was appointed after the start of the Commission, the Commission was appointed because of an enlargement. Coded 1 of the Commissioner was appointed because of an enlargement and 0 otherwise. Always coded 0 if start_late is coded 0.

portfolio_change

Dummy. A dummy variable indicating whether the Commissioner's portfolio changed during the indicated Commission.