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2 unusual facts about Catherine Day


European Civil Service

A more egalitarian culture took over with Commissioners no longer having a "status equivalent to a sun God" and with this new populism, the first women were appointed to the Commission in the 1990s and the service gained its first female secretary general in 2006 (Catherine Day).

The Commission's civil service is headed by a Secretary General, currently Catherine Day.



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