commissioners_by_commission: Data on commissioners by commission
In jfjelstul/ecio: The European Commission Internal Organization (ECIO) Database

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.

1	commissioners_by_commission

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.