Mariann Fischer Boel has been a Member of the European Commission since November 2004. She was previously Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and before that chaired the Danish Parliament's Fiscal Affairs Committee, the Trade and Industry Committee and the Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Committee. She served on the Liberal Party's General Council and the Management Committee of the Parliamentary Liberal Party, and was a Member of Parliament for the Funen County Constituency.

As European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mariann Fischer Boel is EU's chief agricultural negotiator in charge of the negotiations related to the Doha Development Agenda.
During her mandate, Commissioner Fischer Boel will complete the overall 2003/2004 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), making EU agriculture more market-oriented, more trade related and more environmentally responsible.