Secretary-General of the European Commission

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Secretary-General of the European Commission
Emblem of the commission
Flag of Europe
Incumbent Ilze Juhansone since 1 August 2019
Secretariat-General of the European Commission
Style	Secretary-General
Status	Chief executive
Reports to	President of the European Commission
Seat	Brussels, Belgium
Term length	No fixed term
Constituting instrument	Treaties of the European Union
Formation	1967
First holder	Émile Noël
Deputy	Deputy Secretary-General
Website	ec.europa.eu

The secretary-general of the European Commission is the senior civil servant of the European Commission. The secretary-general, who is responsible to the president of the European Commission, is in charge of the various Directorates-General, headed by directors-general.

Their staff form the Secretariat-General of the European Commission.