Numerary Member
Social Sciences: PhD in Law
Date of admission: October 3, 2024
Admission speech: «The Rule of Law in the European Union: from a political value to its financial dimension»
Reply speech: H.E. Dr. Aldo Olcese Santonja, PhD in Financial Economics
Dr. FRANCISCO J. FONSECA MORILLO
Born on August 7, 1955, in Valladolid. Married, with one son.
UNIVERSITY DEGREES
- LLB in Law from the University of Valladolid (1977).
- BA in Political Science from the Complutense University of Madrid (1979).
- PhD in Law from the University of Valladolid (1984).
TEACHING ACTIVITY
- Associate Professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Valladolid (1986).
- Research Associate at the Institut d’Études Européennes of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (1989).
- Adjunct Professor of European Law at the CEU San Pablo University (2011).
- Main fields of interest: Institutional Law of the European Union, Financial Issues in the International and European Fields, and the European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice.
- Director of the Institute of European Studies at the University of Valladolid (2022).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Civil servant in the European institutions (1986–2021).
- 1986–1987: Administrator in the Directorate-General for Budgets.
- 1987–1989: Principal Administrator in the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs.
- 1989–1994: Assistant and Adviser in the Forward Studies Unit of President Jacques Delors.
- 1995–1999: Adviser in the Commission team in charge of preparing the Treaty of Amsterdam, attached to Commissioner Marcelino Oreja Aguirre.
- 1999–2004: Deputy Head and later Head of Cabinet to Commissioner António Vitorino, responsible for Justice and Home Affairs.
- 2004–2009: Director for Justice and Fundamental Rights at the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security.
- 2009–2015: Director of the Representation of the European Commission in Spain.
- 2015–2016: Acting Director-General for Justice and Consumers.
- 2016–2018: Deputy Director-General at the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers.
- 2018–2021: Director of the Representation of the European Commission in Spain.
- President of the Spanish Federal Council of the European Movement in Castile and León (2021).
