Election of Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament

2011/2738(RSO)
The following 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament were elected:

Gianni PITTELLA (S&D, IT)

Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (S&D, ES)

Anni PODIMATA (S&D, EL)

Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS (EPP, ES)

Georgios PAPASTAMKOS (EPP, EL) 

Roberta ANGELILLI (EPP, IT)   

Othmar KARAS (EPP, AT)   

Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT (ALDE, UK)  

Isabelle DURANT (Green/EFA, BE)       

Alexander ALVARO (ALDE, DE)

Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE)      

Oldřich VLASÁK (ECR, CZ)       

Jacek PROTASIEWICZ (EPP, PL)        

László SURJÁN (EPP, HU).

Role of Vice-Presidents

Vice-Presidents are Members of the European Parliament Bureau. The Bureau is the body that lays down rules for Parliament. It draws up Parliament's preliminary draft budget and decides administrative, staff and organisational matters.