Member of the EESC - Section ECO, INT (Member of the Bureau) - Since 2015, Member and President of the Permanent Study Group on Disability Rights, Member of the Communication Committee (COCOM), Member and Former President of the European Citizen Initiative Ad-hoc Group - Member of the Future of Europe Ad-hoc Group - Representative of the Union CFE-CGC France to the EESC -

Member of the Board of Directors of "Confrontations Europe" (Think tank) - Member of the Board of Directors of "Europe & Entreprises" Think tank. Former CFE-CGC Confederal Secretary (2010-2019) in charge of Europe and international affairs, and member of the OECD Advisory Committee in charge of G20, and G7 issues, Member of the Strategic Monitoring Committee for Trade Policy (French Ministry of Business Foreign Affairs) -

Prof. Dr. Koen Lemmens (born 1976) studied law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He obtained his law degree in 1999. In 2003, he obtained his PhD at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) with a thesis on "La presse et la protection juridique de l'individu: attention aux chiens de garde! Pour un exercice responsable de la liberté de presse à l'aune de la Convention européenne des droits de l'homme et de la Constitution belge".

Koen Lemmens began his academic career teaching an introductory course on comparative law (2004-2011) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he also taught legal theory (2008-2011) and comparative constitutional law (2007-2012). He also taught at the University of Antwerp (2008-2012).

Currently, Koen Lemmens is a professor of human rights, constitutional and media law at K.U.Leuven. He is also teaching in the E.Ma-programme in Venice, Italy. He is an attorney at the Brussels bar, specialized in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights. Koen Lemmens is also a member of the scientific committee of several legal journals and he is the Vice-President of the Belgian Federal Institute for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Career diplomat (July 1999-PRESENT):

• December 2021-PRESENT. Secretary General for the European Union.

• September 2021-December 2021. Director General for the European Single Market and other EU Common Policies.

• August 2017-September 2021. Counsellor at the Spanish Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. In charge of Parliamentary Affairs and the Political and Security Committee.

• September 2015-August 2017. Deputy General Director for Cultural Promotion Abroad at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.

• August 2012-September 2015. Deputy Consul General in Bogotá, Colombia.

• April 2010-August 2012. Consul General in Algiers, Algeria.

• November 2007-April 2010. Counsellor at the Spanish Embassy in London, United Kingdom.

• June 2006-November 2007. Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation.

• December 2004-J une 2006. Advisory Member at the Spanish Foreign Minister´s Office

• August 2004-December 2004. Technical Advisor at the Spanish Foreign Minister´s Office.

• April 2000-August 2004. Embassy of Spain in Rabat, Morocco. First Secretary of the • Spanish Embassy.

• September 1999-April 2000. Head of Service for Coordination at the General Direction for Political Affairs and the United Nations.

• July 1999-September 1999. Head of Service for Consular Action at the General Direction of Legal and Consular Affairs.

EDUCATION

• Graduate in Economics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
• Graduate in Political Science at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia