Secretary General of the Council of Europe

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The Secretary General of the Council of Europe (Template:Langx) is elected by the Parliamentary Assembly from a shortlist proposed by the Committee of Ministers for a term of five years.

The secretary general is entrusted with the responsibility of meeting the aim for which the Council of Europe was set up in London on 5 May 1949, namely to achieve greater unity between its Member States for the purpose of safeguarding and realising the ideals and principles which are their common heritage and facilitating their economic and social progress.

Although the Secretary General's powers are not clearly defined, in practice the holder has overall responsibility for the strategic management of the Council of Europe's work programme and budget and oversees the day-to-day running of the Organisation and Secretariat.

Secretaries General

Country Image Person Took office Left office
File:Flag of France.svg France File:Portrait of Jacques-Camille Paris.jpg Jacques Camille Paris 11 August 1949 17 July 1953
File:Flag of France.svg France Template:Ill 21 September 1953 24 September 1956
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy File:Lodovico Benvenuti.jpg Template:Ill 19 September 1957 15 March 1964
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Peter Smithers 16 March 1964 15 September 1969
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria File:Dr. Lujo Tončić-Sorinj.jpeg Lujo Tončić-Sorinj 16 September 1969 16 September 1974
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Template:Ill 17 September 1974 17 September 1979
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Franz Karasek 1 October 1979 1 October 1984
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Marcelino Oreja 1980 (cropped).jpg Marcelino Oreja Aguirre 1 October 1984 1 June 1989
File:Flag of France.svg France File:Catherine Lalumière 1981.png Catherine Lalumière 1 June 1989 1 June 1994
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden File:Daniel Tarschys 1c379 6282.jpg Daniel Tarschys 1 June 1994 1 September 1999
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria File:Walter Schwimmer 2012.jpg Walter Schwimmer 1 September 1999 1 September 2004
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom File:Terry Davis (3505786190) (3x4 crop).jpg Terry Davis 1 September 2004 1 September 2009
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway File:Thorbjorn Jagland.jpg Thorbjørn Jagland 1 October 2009 18 September 2019
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia File:Marija Pejčinović Burić - 2023 - P042303-62209 (cropped).jpg Marija Pejčinović Burić 18 September 2019 18 September 2024
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland File:Alain Berset (2023).jpg Alain Berset 18 September 2024 In office

Controversy around 2009 election

On 12 May 2009 the Committee of Ministers informed the Parliamentary Assembly that there would be only two candidates for the post of Secretary General: Thorbjørn Jagland (former prime minister of Norway) and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (former Prime Minister of Poland), thus rejecting a Belgian appeal to add two more people to the list of the candidates.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Coincidentally, both candidates were Prime Ministers at the same time (1996–1997) and both are social democrats. On 23 June the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly decided to postpone the election at least until its September session, thus leaving the chair empty from 1 September 2009.[1]

The Parliamentary Assembly was angered by the decision of the Committee of Ministers to remove two of the four candidates from the shortlist: Belgian senator Luc Van den Brande and Hungarian parliamentarian Mátyás Eörsi, who are both members of the Parliamentary Assembly.[2] On 11 September 2009, reporting on the election controversy, Le Monde reported that the future Secretary General would inherit an institution that was in crisis.[3]

On 30 September 2009 Thorbjørn Jagland was elected as secretary-general.[4] On 24 June 2014 he was re-elected to a second, five-year term to start on 1 October 2014.[5]

2019 election

Four member states proposed candidates by 10 January 2019, who were then considered by the Committee of Ministers. Among them, the two who were selected to progress to be voted on by the Parliamentary Assembly[6] were Belgium's foreign minister Didier Reynders and Croatia's foreign minister Marija Pejčinović Burić. Pejčinvoić Burić was elected by a margin of 54 votes and took office on 15 October 2019.

Nominated for consideration by the Committee of Ministers:

Selected by the Committee to be voted on by the Parliamentary Assembly:

The Parliamentary Assembly voted on the candidates on 26 June 2019

2024 election

The Parliamentary Assembly voted on the candidates on 25 June 2024[9]

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