
Mika-Markus Leinonen
Mika-Markus Leinonen is currently the Director, Civcom Chair, in the European External Action Service. Mika-Markus first entered the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990, and after postings to the Finnish Embassies in Chile and Belgium, and as the Finnish Representation to NATO amongst others, he came to Brussels in 2000 where he served as the Principal Administrator for the Crisis Management Units (DGE VII, VIII and IX) in the General Secretariat of the Council. He has extensive experience in Civilian Crisis Management, having served as the Finnish representative to CIVCOM, the Director of the Unit for Civilian Crisis Management in the Finnish MFA, and as the Director of DGE IX – Civilian Crisis Management in the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU.
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