Hans Leijtens

Executive Director

Frontex

Hans Leijtens serves as Frontex’s Executive Director since 1 March 2023.since 1 March 2023. Before becoming Executive Director of Frontex, Dr Leijtens held positions as Commander of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee and Governor of The Hague.

At the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, he has worked in several leading positions at the highest management level. Among others, he was a Director-General in the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration, a Quartermaster of the Integrity Chamber in Sint Maarten, a Programme Director-General of the reconstruction of the Windward Islands, and a member of the International Board of Auditors (NATO).

Mr Leijtens studied sociology and psychology at the Royal Military Academy in Breda, from 1981 to 1985, and earned his doctorate in public administration from Leiden University in 2008.

Mr Leijtens was a member of the was a member of the Frontex Management Board from 2011 to 2015 and 2019 to 2022.