Vice President Dr. Michael Griesbeck , format: Article, area: Authority

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  • Dr. Michael Griesbeck has been Vice President of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees since 1 November 2022.
  • From 2016 to 2022, he worked at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community as Head of Directorate in the areas of "Administrative Law" and "Constitutional Law, European Law, International Law".
  • From 2006 to 2016, Dr. Michael Griesbeck took on the role of Vice President at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees for the first time.
  • Prior to this, he was Head of Directorate-General in various areas of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees from 1996 to 2006:

    • General Policy, International Tasks, Information Technology
    • Central Administration, International Tasks
    • Integration
    • Asylum and Migration Information Centre, International Tasks, Refugee Protection
  • From 1988 to 1996, he worked as Desk Officer at the Federal Ministry of the Interior, including the "Interior Policy" and "General Matters of Crime Fighting" divisions, as well as press officer.

Education:

Michael Griesbeck studied law and political science in Regensburg and Bonn and received his doctorate in law from the University of Regensburg.

General information:

Dr. Michael Griesbeck was born in Regensburg in 1960, is married and has three grown-up children.


Dr. Griesbeck’s area of responsibility comprises the following:

  • Directorate-General 6 (Policy on the asylum procedure, quality assurance, Asylum and Migration Information Centre (IZAM), litigation)
  • Directorate-General 7 (Security, law on residence and returns)
  • Directorate-General 8 (Integration and social cohesion)
  • Directorate-General 9 (International tasks, migration policy, administration of EU Funds)
  • Migration, Integration and Asylum Research Centre
  • Official Data Protection Commissioner
  • Anti-corruption Commissioner
  • Internal Auditing
  • Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)