Irene Souka

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Irene Souka (* 1953 or 1954) is a retired Greek EU official. From 2009 to January 2020 she was Director General of the Directorate General for Human Resources and Security of the European Commission.

Irene Souka studied law from 1971 to 1976 at the University of Athens with a degree. Additional studies in criminology at the University of Cambridge (1976 to 1977) and international law at the Free University of Brussels (1977 to 1978) followed.

Souka then joined the EU Commission in 1980, initially in the Directorate-General for Translation . In 1990 she moved to the General Directorate for Competition , initially as assistant to the General Director . From 2002 she worked in the General Directorate for Personnel and Administration : until 2008 as Director, then until 2009 as Deputy General Director. In May 2009 she took over the management of the general management. She retired on January 31, 2020.

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