Last look at the EU president candidates (11 images)
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On 19 November, the first ever EU president will be announced at a Brussels summit organised by the current Swedish presidency of the EU. The two-and-a-half year term would begin on 1 January 2010
The Flemish speaking Belgian prime minister (christian democrat) leads the race to become the next president of the EU council, and is backed by France and Germany
Here is the 62-year-old former economist alongside British PM Gordon Brown (right), who openly endorses his predecessor Tony Blair
Though the 56-year-old Labour politician hasn't said anything officially, and by consensus is a weaker candidate after his role in the 2003 Iraq war
The UK foreign policy chief, pictured here at an event in Birmingham, firmly and politely has told the press and other EU heads that he already has a job, thankyou
Today the 44-year-old is more in the news after the US secretary of state admitted to having a crush on him
Merkel's predecessor Gerhard Schröder has put his bucks behind another Benelux candidate, the 55-year-old Luxembourg prime minister (christian democrat)
Juncker with former Russian president and current Russian PM Vladimir Putin
Rompuy's main competition is the 53-year-old Dutch prime minister (christian democrat)
The current Finnish president, 62, is a socialist candidate
Or will another redhead be taking the helm of the EU? At 72, the former Latvian president is also the oldest candidate for the post
Like his Latvian colleague, the Estonian president (social democrat), 55, declared himself as a late contender for the race