Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (January 2023)
(Resolution 1202 (1999) adopted on 4 November 1999) with subsequent modifications of the Rules of Procedure* ![* Resolutions 1220 (2000),
1234 (2000), 1235 (2000), 1266 (2001), 1275 (2002), 1284 (2002),
1296 (2002), 1325 (2003), 1343 (2003), 1348 (2003), 1356 (2003),
1368 (2004), 1369 (2004), 1379 (2004), 1395 (2004), 1431 (2005),
1432 (2005), 1445 (2005), 1447 (2005), 1448 (2005), 1490 (2006),
1491 (2006), 1503 (2006), 1504 (2006), 1515 (2006), 1529 (2006),
1554 (2007), 1583 (2007), 1584 (2007), 1585 (2007), 1658 (2009),
1698 (2009), 1699 (2009), 1712 (2010), 1780 (2010), 1799 (2011),
1841 (2011), 1842 (2011), 1854 (2011), 1903 (2012), 1911 (2012),
1937 (2013), 1965 (2013), 2002 (2014), 2058 (2015), 2102 (2016),
2169 (2017), 2182 (2017), 2208 (2018), 2278 (2019), 2287 (2019),
2349 (2020), 2350 (2020), 2360 (2021), 2392 (2021), 2405 (2021)<br><br>Wherever used herein, the masculine form refers to both women and men, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The words "President", "Vice-President", "Secretary General", "Representative", "Substitute", "chairperson", etc. refer to persons of both sexes.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
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Rule 15 - Election of the President
15.1. The
President of the Assembly shall be elected after the credentials
of the representatives and substitutes have been examined under
Rule 6. No representative may stand as a candidate for the office
of President unless nominated in writing by ten or more representatives
or substitutes at least forty-eight hours before the opening of
the session or part-session. ![See also Rule 15.4. .](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![See also Rule 15.4. .](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
15.2. If only
one candidature is proposed to the Assembly, the candidate shall
be declared elected without a ballot. When there are several candidates,
the President shall be elected by secret ballot in accordance with
Rules 40.11.
and 41.1.c.
.
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15.3. As soon as the President has
been elected, the provisional President shall leave the Chair.
15.4. The
President shall remain in office until the opening of the next ordinary
session. Should the office of President fall vacant, or if the President
is unable to discharge his/her duties, the most senior Vice-President
shall act until the election of a new President at the following
part-session.
The
President so elected shall remain in office until the opening of
the next ordinary session. The President may be re-elected once
for a further term, consecutive or not. However, a President elected
in the course of a session for an incomplete term may be re-elected for
two further terms.
![If the most senior Vice-President
is unable to assume the functions of the President, the task will
be entrusted to the next most senior Vice-President.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
15.5. The
President, if appointed a member of a government
,
shall immediately lose his or her office of President.
![The
Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities (Doc. 6656) held
that “member of government” should be interpreted in the widest
sense, including the office of Secretary or Under-Secretary of State.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)