Frontex | Executive Director

Fabrice Leggeri

Executive Director

Fabrice Leggeri, as of 16 January 2015 Frontex’s Executive Director.

Fabrice Leggeri was born on 28 March 1968. He joined the French Ministry of Interior as Deputy Head and later the Head of a unit dealing with cross border traffic, borders and visas. He has an extensive background in working with various levels of government on issues related to the Schengen agreement, migration and international law.

Following his first stint at the Ministry of Interior, he served as a national expert seconded to the European Commission in 2000-2003, where he contributed to drafting the Commission Communication COM(2002)233 “Towards an integrated management of the EU external borders”, which was endorsed in 2002 and recommended the creation of Frontex. Between 2003 and 2007, he represented the State in two French regions holding the office of Vice-Prefect. In 2007, Mr. Leggeri joined the French Ministry of Defence to head the division of International and European Law, a position he left in 2011 when he moved to Seoul to become the deputy head of the French Embassy in the Republic of South Korea. In August 2013, he returned to the French Ministry of Interior to run the Division on Irregular Migration, with key responsibilities arising from Schengen-related public policies and illegal immigration. He also managed annual budgets of domestic and EU source. He holds a Postgraduate Degree in Contemporary History from the University of Paris. He is also a Graduate of Ecole normale supérieure (ENS) and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.

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Gil Arias

Deputy Executive Director

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Gil Arias-Fernández, as of 1 January 2006 Frontex’s Deputy Executive Director

Gil Arias-Fernández was born on 20 August 1955 and joined the Spanish National Police 20 years later. For next 35 years he dealt with the management of strategies in the fight against the trafficking of human beings, irregular immigration and the management of borders at both the national and European levels.

Having served as a police Inspector in Barcelona, he continued public service in units dealing with the management of border control related matters and also as Head of the Spanish delegation in various Working Groups of the Council of the EU, becoming the Chairman of these Working Groups in the years when Spain took over the Schengen Presidency as well as the Presidency of the Council of the EU. He was also deeply involved in Schengen evaluations. Gil Arias-Fernández has worked as Senior Executive Advisor for international matters in the Cabinet of the Minister of Interior of Spain. He holds several University Degrees in: Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Tax Law from the Complutense University of Madrid, Police Science from the University of Salamanca, and European Union Law & Policies.

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