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TunisiaA new Director-General of DG NEAR as of 16 January 2023
On 16 November 2023, the European Commission decided to appoint Gert Jan Koopman, a Dutch national, as new Director-General of DG NEAR as of 16 January 2023.
Gert Jan Koopman is currently the Director-General of the European Commission’s budget department (DG BUDG) – a position that he has assumed since 2018. Previously, he was Deputy Director-General responsible for state aid control at the Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP).
His earlier assignments included senior management posts in the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) as well as Enterprise and Industry (DG GROW). At an earlier stage of his career, he was also a member of the Commission’s Impact Assessment Board, assessing whether draft EU legislation would achieve the desired results.
Countries covered:
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Algeria
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Egypt
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Israel
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Jordan
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Lebanon
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Libya
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Morocco
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Palestine *
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Syria *
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Tunisia
