Doc. 10656

10 August 2005

Appointment to the post of Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly

Communication

from the Committee of Ministers

I.       Letter from the Chairman of the Ministers’ Deputies to the President of the Assembly, dated 13 July 2005

TRANSLATION

Mr President,

I have the honour to refer to the procedure for the appointment to the post of Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly and to inform you that the Ministers’ Deputies, at their 935^th meeting on 13 July 2005, adopted the enclosed Resolution submitting to the Assembly the candidature of Mr Mateo Sorinas Balfegó for the post of Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly.

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Signed: Joaquim Duarte

Chairman of the Ministers’ Deputies

II.       Resolution Res(2005)4 on the appointment to the post of Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly (adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 13 July 2005 at the 935^th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

The Committee of Ministers, under the Procedure for Appointment to the Posts of Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly having the rank of Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe,

Having taken note of the letters addressed to the Secretary General by four Chairpersons and one Vice-Chairperson of the Parliamentary Assembly political groups and by the Permanent Representative of Spain proposing the election of Mr Mateo Sorinas Balfegó as Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly;

Having consulted the representatives of the Assembly at the meeting of the Joint Committee held on 23 June 2005,

Decides to recommend to the Assembly the single candidature of Mr Mateo Sorinas Balfegó for the post of Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, for a five-year term starting on 1 February 2006.

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III.       Curriculum vitae of Mr Mateo Sorinas Balfegó

Mateo SORINAS BALFEGO

Born on 13 March 1946 in Tarragona (Spain) married, two children

Studies

1968       Master of Physics, Universidad Complutense, Madrid

Professional experience

Council of Europe: Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly

Since 2002       Director General

1997-2002       Director, Political and Legal Affairs Department

1994-1997       Head of the Central Division

1992-1996       Political Counsellor, Private Office of the President

1992-1994       Secretary of the Political Affairs Committee

1986-1992       Secretary of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography

1978-1986       Co-Secretary of the Committee on Environment, Regional Planning and Local Authorities

Teaching:

1977-1978       "Pérez Galdós" High School, Las Palmas - Spain

1971-1977       "Isabel de España" High School, Las Palmas

1969-1970       “Agüimes” High School, Las Palmas Ot

Other fields:

1967-1969       Deputy Director of a Boarding-School, Universidad Laboral de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid

Languages

Spanish and catalan (mother tongues), French, English, Italian

Miscellaneous

1974-1978       Member of the Governing Board of the Professional Association of Teachers on Sciences and Humanities, Las Palmas

1970-1971       Military Service

1963-1967       Member of the National Committee of the Young Catholic Students (Juventud Estudiante Católica - JEC), Madrid

Distinctions

Orden del Mérito Civil (Spain)

1995       Encomienda

1988       Cruz de Caballero

March 2005