Doc. 13525

10 June 2014

Election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Communication

Committee of Ministers

Letter from the Chairperson of the Ministers’ Deputies to the President of the Assembly, dated 21 February 2014

Dear President,

I would like to inform you that at the 1192nd meeting of the Deputies (19-21 February 2014), the Committee of Ministers has adopted Resolution CM/Res(2014)1 containing the list of candidates it has decided to submit to the Parliamentary Assembly with a view of the election of the Secretary General.

The list was drawn up following a vote in accordance with the Committee’s rules of procedures. The names are presented in alphabetical order so as to indicate that the Committee of Ministers does not wish to express any preference as between candidates included in the list.

I enclose a copy of the Resolution in both official languages.

Yours sincerely,

Signed:

Rudolf Lennkh

Chairman of the Ministers’ Deputies

Resolution CM/Res(2014)1

on the appointment of the Secretary General

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 21 February 2014

at the 1192nd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 36.b of the Statute of the Council of Europe,

Having regard to the Regulations relating to the appointment of the Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly having the rank of Deputy Secretary General;

Having regard to the decisions taken at the 117th Ministerial Session (May 2007);

Having regard to the Rules and procedures for the future elections of the Secretary General – Joint interpretative statement (adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly at the Standing Committee on 12 March 2010 and by the Committee of Ministers on 24 March 2010);

Having examined the three candidatures presented by the Governments of France, Germany and Norway;

Having consulted the representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly in the Joint Committee on 30 January 2014;

Having interviewed the three candidates,

Decides to submit to the Parliamentary Assembly, for appointment to the post of Secretary General, with effect from 1 October 2014, the following candidatures, listed in alphabetical order, with the names of the sponsoring governments in brackets:

- Mr Thorbjørn Jagland (Norway);

- Mrs Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Germany).

Thorbjørn JAGLAND

Thorbjørn Jagland was elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe in 2009. The same year, he was also elected Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize every year.

Mr Jagland was born on 5 November 1950 in Drammen, Norway. He is married to Hanne Grotjord. They have two children.

CABINET POSITIONS

PARLIAMENTARY POSITIONS

EUROPEAN AND TRANSATLANTIC PARLIAMENTARY POSITIONS

INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL POSITIONS

NATIONAL POLITICAL POSITIONS

ELECTED POSITIONS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT


Member of Buskerud County Council, 1975-1983

EDUCATION


Degree in Economics, University of Oslo, 1975

PUBLICATIONS


In the course of his political career, Mr Jagland has published a large number of articles and publications, as well as books, on Norwegian and international issues, in particular on European issues.

Sabine LEUTHEUSSER-SCHNARRENBERGER

Born 26 July 1951 in Minden (Westphalia), widowed

Positions in the Federal Cabinet

Positions in the German Bundestag

Positions at the European level

Positions at the international level

Political positions at the federal, Land and municipal levels in Germany

Training and occupation

Awards (selection)

Publications (selection)