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Barroso Commission
The Barroso Commission was the European Commission in office from 22 November 2004 until 31 October 2014. Its president was José Manuel Barroso, who presided over 27 other commissioners (one from each of the states composing the European Union, aside from Portugal, which is Barroso's state). On 16 September 2009 Barroso was re-elected by the European Parliament for a further five years and his Commission was approved to take office on 9 February 2010.
Barroso was at first seen as the lowest common denominator by
service. He subsequently was an official of the European Commission for almost a decade, from 1996-2005, first dealing with relations with the European Parliament and then with the Western Balkans and the Mediterranean. From 2000 to 2005 he worked in the private office of Romano Prodi, the president of the Commission at the time, and in the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA) at the start of the first José Manuel Barroso administration.
When he returned to Italy in 2005, Gozi initially worked as diplomatic adviser to