Dominique Ristori

Dominique Ristori (Toulon, 12 March 1952) is a French EU civil servant. Since January 2014 Ristori is director-general of the Directorate-General for Energy within the European Commission.[1]

Dominique Ristori, 2013.

Career

In 1973 Ristori became a Bachelor of Law (Licencié en Droit) and gained a Certificate in International Studies from the University of Nice. In 1975 he became a graduate of Sciences Po Paris.

Ristori entered the European Civil Service in 1978 as assistant to the director and then to the director-general at the Personnel and Administration Directorate-General (DG ADMIN). In 1990 he became Head of Division in charge of Transnational cooperation between SMEs at the Directorate-General for Enterprise Policy (DG ENTR). From May 1996 to December 1999 Ristori was the Director in charge of European Energy Policy at the Directorate-General for Energy (ENER). From January 2000 to July 2006 he was the Director in charge of General Affairs and Resources at the Directorate-General for Energy and Transport (TREN).[2] From 2006 to 2010 he was the European Commission's Deputy Director General for Energy and Transport,[3][4] in charge of nuclear energy policy.[5]

He was the Director General of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (December 2010-December 2013).[6]

In January 2014 Ristori was appointed as the director-general of DG Energy, succeeding Phillip Lowe. His appointment was extended in February 2018, with unanimous decision of the College of Commissioners, as he had passed the retirement age of 65.

He is married to Irène Souka, from 2008 to 2020 Director-General for Human Resources at the European Commission.

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References
  1. CV of Dominique Ristori
  2. CV of Dominique Ristori
  3. "Dominique Ristori / European Commission", European Report, May 8, 2006, archived from the original on June 29, 2014.
  4. "UE : un nouveau directeur européen pour l'Energie: La Commission européenne vient de nommer Dominique Ristori directeur général adjoint pour l'Energie et les Transports, en charge de l'énergie nucléaire", batiactu (in French), April 26, 2006.
  5. CV of Dominique Ristori
  6. Dominique Ristori appointed new JRC Director General, European Commission, November 17, 2010.
  7. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000039726325
  8. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000019160503
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