Michail S. Kosmidis

Michail S. Kosmidis works as Head of Migration Policy Directorate at the Greek Ministry for Migration and Asylum. He is responsible for legal and operational issues related to EU and national legislation on legal migration, as well as for issues related to migration for investment, and for the supervision of all migration authorities in the country.

He is also Head of the Delegation to the Working Group for Migration and Admission of the Council of the EU, which he also chaired during the Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU in the first semester of 2014.

From 2004 to 2010, Mr Kosmidis was posted as Home Affairs Counsellor (CONS JAI) at the Greek Permanent Representation to the European Union, where he was responsible for issues on legal migration, integration, free movement, and fundamental rights.

He studied modern history at the University of Athens and holds an MSc in Diplomatic History. He is also a graduate of the National School of Public Administration and Local Government.