Secretary General of the Council of Europe

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executive position international public office

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe is the chief executive officer of the Council of Europe, responsible for its strategic direction, administration, and the implementation of its human rights, democracy, and rule-of-law initiatives across member states.

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Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive position ⓘ
international public office ⓘ
appointedBy Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
cooperatesWith Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe ⓘ
European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
currentHolder Marija Pejčinović Burić ⓘ
currentHolderStart 2019 ⓘ
electedBy Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
firstHolder Jacques Camille Paris ⓘ
firstHolderEnd 1953 ⓘ
firstHolderStart 1949 ⓘ
headOf Secretariat of the Council of Europe ⓘ
inception 1949 ⓘ
jurisdiction member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ
legalBasis Article 36 of the Statute of the Council of Europe ⓘ
Statute of the Council of Europe ⓘ
nominatedBy Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
officeHolder Catherine Lalumière ⓘ
Daniel Tarschys ⓘ
Franz Karasek ⓘ
Georg Kahn-Ackermann ⓘ
Jacques Camille Paris ⓘ
Luigi Sturzo ⓘ
Léon Marchal ⓘ
Marcelino Oreja ⓘ
Marija Pejčinović Burić ⓘ
Peter Smithers ⓘ
Terry Davis ⓘ
Thorbjørn Jagland ⓘ
Walter Schwimmer ⓘ
officeHolderNationality Austrian ⓘ
British ⓘ
Croatian ⓘ
Danish ⓘ
French ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
Swiss ⓘ
officeHoldersNumber 14 ⓘ
partOf Council of Europe ⓘ
precededBy Thorbjørn Jagland ⓘ
reportsTo Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
responsibleFor day-to-day administration of the Council of Europe ⓘ
implementation of Council of Europe programmes ⓘ
implementation of democracy initiatives ⓘ
implementation of human rights initiatives ⓘ
implementation of rule-of-law initiatives ⓘ
overall strategic direction of the Council of Europe ⓘ
roleIn Secretariat of the Council of Europe ⓘ
surface form: Council of Europe Secretariat
seat Palais de l’Europe ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
style Secretary General ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
termRenewable once ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → cooperatesWith → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
European Social Charter → depositary → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
FCNM → depositary → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
Statute of the Council of Europe → depositary → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
Convention on Cybercrime → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
European Convention for the Prevention of Torture → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
UNESCO education convention → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
Secretariat of the Council of Europe → headOfGovernment → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
Franz Karasek → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
Marcelino Oreja → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
Peter Smithers → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
Thorbjørn Jagland → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → receivesReportsFrom → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ