Geneviève Tuts

Since 1 December 2019, Geneviève Tuts has been Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders, responsible for Justice, Rule of law, data protection and consumers policy. In addition to the overall strategic and policy coordination, she also coordinates the Rule of Law and the external dimension of the portfolio (namely EU-US relations and Ukraine). Geneviève Tuts joined Reynders Cabinet after 13 years as an official in the Council of the European Union where she held three Director’s positions: Directorate for Quality of Legislation in the Legal service, Directorate for inter-institutional relations and Directorate for Transport, Telecom and Energy. Law and EU politics have always been at the heart of her interests. She started her career as a solicitor and became a magistrate (public prosecutor).

She was a lecturer in EU politics at Liege University and Maître de Conference at ENA. In 2002, she joined the cabinet of the Foreign Affairs Minister as an expert for the Convention on the future of the EU. She held several positions in the cabinet, became Deputy Head of Cabinet, and finally, Head of Cabinet for the Secretary of State for European Affairs.

From 2004 to 2006, she was Deputy Permanent Representative for Belgium Coreper I before becoming an official in the Council of the EU in September 2006.

She has a degree in Law from the University of Liege and a degree in European law from the University of Brussels.