Career
of the
Director-General
Mission
of the Directorate-General
| Nationality: | German | |
| Education: | 1984: | Dr. juris., University of Giessen, Law faculty |
| 1978-1979: | LLM (Lon), University of London | |
| 1975-1978: | Assessor iuris (Second State Exam in Law), Government of Hessen | |
| 1968-1975: | Law degree and bar studies, university of Marburg, Köln, Berlin, Giessen | |
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Professional experience in the European Institutions: |
2006-date: | Director-General «Energy and Transport» DG |
| 2005: | Director «Enterprise and Industry» DG , «Coordination for Competitiveness» | |
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July 2003- December 2004: |
Director «Enlargement» DG, «Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and coordination» | |
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May 2000- July 2003: |
Director «Enlargement» DG, «Coordination of negotiations, pre-accession and financial instruments» | |
| 1998-2000: | Director «Energy and Transport» DG, «International relations, trans-European transport and infrastructure networks» | |
| 1995-1998: | Member, afterwards deputy head of cabinet – Cabinet of the Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Education. | |
| 1993-1995: | Head of Unit «Industry» DG, «Industrial co-operation» | |
| 1987-1993: | Administrator, afterwards assistant to Director-General «Internal Market and industrial Affairs» DG | |
| 1986-1987: | Administrator «Social Affairs» DG | |
| Professional
experience before joining the European Institutions: |
1982-1985: | Visiting Lecturer in Law, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK |
| 1979-1982: | Scientific Collaborator/Assistant/lecturer at the two Institutes for Public Law (Constitutional; European; International Public Law) |
Matthias RUETE
Director-General