Spindelegger Becomes Director General of Migration Organization ICMPD

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: October 1, 2015; 18:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

Former Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Minister Michael Spindelegger has been elected Director Genera of the Vienna-based International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). 15 Member States of the Organization elected him for five years, ICMPD announced. Most recently, he was president of the Agency for the Modernization of Ukraine of the Ukrainian oligarchs Dimitri Firtash.

Spindelegger Becomes Director General of Migration Organization ICMPD / Picture: © ÖVP Bundespartei / Jacob Glaser

ICMPD’s governing body, the Steering Group, announced that Michael Spindelegger has been elected as the new Director General of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development.