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Lenia Samuel has been Deputy Director General of DG
Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities since 1st June
2005.
She has wide national and international experience in social and
labour issues. Prior to her appointment as Deputy Director General,
she was Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social
Insurance in Cyprus. She has served on many ILO and Council of
Europe Committees, dealing with labour and social matters, often
in the capacity of chairperson or rapporteur.
Mrs Samuel studied Law in London. She is a barrister-at-law
(Gray's Inn) and has completed postgraduate studies in Public
Administration at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague.
She has written a book entitled "Fundamental Social Rights"
covering the case law of the European Committee of Social Rights,
which was published by the Council of Europe in 1997. A second
edition was published in 2002. She has also co edited jointly with
the ILO a book entitled "Protection of Social Security".
Apart from Greek, which is her first language, she has an excellent
knowledge of English, good command of German and a fair
knowledge of French.
She is married and has a son. |
