Javier Solana congratulates new Head of Mission of EUBAM Rafah – EU press release/Non-UN document

COUNCIL OF

THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 25 November 2008

S375/08

Javier SOLANA,

EU High Representative for the CFSP,

congratulates Alain FAUGERAS on taking office as

Head of Mission of EUBAM Rafah

Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), congratulated Colonel Alain FAUGERAS who today is taking office as the new Head of the EUBAM Rafah Mission. He succeeds General Pietro PISTOLESE.  Javier SOLANA made the following comments:

" Colonel Faugeras' extensive police background acquired in the French Gendarmerie and his international experience makes him most suitable for the new position he takes up today.

Colonel Alain Faugeras can count on my full support and that of the European Union as a whole in the fulfilment of his new responsibilities.

I also would like to warmly thank General Pietro Pistolese for his dedication and the excellent work he carried out as the head of EUBAM Rafah since it was launched in November 2005.

The mission has been instrumental in allowing thousands of people to cross the border at Rafah.

Since the closure of the crossing point, the mission has maintained its operational capability and the European Union is prepared to redeploy its personnel at the border as soon as conditions permit".

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Attached:

– CV of Colonel Alain Faugeras

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Alain Faugeras

DATE OF BIRTH: 2 September 1954

NATIONALITY: French

EDUCATION

1995 Brevet d'enseignement militaire supérieur de la Gendarmerie

1992 Gendarmerie Head Quarter Diploma

1979 Bachelor in Law

1973 Military Academy

Language fluency: French (mother tongue), English, Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

International Experience

25/11/2008 – Head of the EU Border Assistance Mission (BAM) at Rafah Crossing Point

2005 – Gendarmerie Adviser to the French Military Representation to the EU

1995 – 1998 – Legal adviser to the Generals commanding joint and combined exercises in Kuwait and Egypt and RECAMP activities in Africa (Togo, Benin, Ivory Coast, Senegal)

1997 – Legal Adviser to Deputy Commander of the ALBA Operation in Albania

1995-1996 -Legal Adviser to the Multinational Division Commander of IFOR Operation in Bosnia-Herzegovina

National experience

2000 – Teacher at the Operational Training Division of the French Joint Services, College of Defence

1998 – Commander of the Crowd and Riot Control Unit Battalion in Aubervilliers

1995 – 1998 – Gendarmerie Assistant to the Joint Operational Planning Headquarters

1991 – 1995 – Chief of operation office in the air-transport Gendarmerie Headquarters

1988 – 1991 – Commander of the local Gendarmerie unit in St Pierre – Réunion

1984 – 1988 – Commander of Motorcycle unit in Versailles

1981 – 1984 – Company Commander of the 1st French Republican Guard Battalion in Paris

1975 – 1979 – Training Officer in the army