8 September 1995

Doc. 7376

COMMUNICATION

FROM THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS

on the appointment

of the Clerk of the Assembly

Letter from the Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies

to the President of the Assembly, dated 7 September 1995

      Sir,

      I have the honour of informing you that, in the light of the consultations held with the representatives of the Assembly during the Joint Committee meeting on 13 July 1995 and of the deliberations of the Ministers' Deputies concerning the appointment to the post of Clerk of the Assembly having the rank of Deputy Secretary General, the Ministers' Deputies, in accordance with the regulations, have adopted the enclosed Resolution (95) 9 which states that the Committee of Ministers "Decides to recommend to the Assembly the sole candidature of Mr Bruno Haller for the post of Clerk of the Assembly for a five-year term of office starting on 1 February 1996".

      Please accept, sir, the assurance of my high consideration.

Signed:

Jiří Malenovský

Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies

RESOLUTION (95) 9

Appointment to the post of

Clerk of the Parliamentary Assembly

having the rank of Deputy Secretary General

(Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 7 September 1995

at the 542nd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

      The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of the Rules of Procedure for the appointment of the Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and Clerk of the Assembly having the rank of Deputy Secretary General,

      Having taken note of the proposal submitted in June 1995 by 10 members of the Assembly1 for the candidature of Mr. Bruno Haller for the post of Clerk of the Assembly having the rank of Deputy Secretary General, a proposal with which the Secretary General has associated himself;

      Having consulted the representatives of the Assembly, at the meeting of the Joint Committee held on 13 July 1995,

      Decides to recommend to the Assembly the sole candidature of Mr. Bruno Haller for the post of Clerk of the Assembly for a five year term of office starting on 1 February 1996.

Curriculum vitae of Mr Bruno Haller

Bruno HALLER

- born 15 December 1938 at Majunga (Madagascar). French national, married, two children.

- secondary education at Wissembourg and Haguenau (Bas-Rhin, France), ending with "baccalauréat" (philosophy section) in 1957

- member of several youth organisations ("Scouts de France", "Jeunesse Etudiante Chrétienne" (federal officer for Alsace), founder member of the first Bas-Rhin Youth Council)

- first professional post in 1958 as Assistant Teacher (National Education Ministry)

- simultaneous university studies at Strasbourg University, culminating in a law degree (public law option) and a degree in sociology

- from 1962 to 1963, Deputy Director of a 60-bed hospital (administrative and financial management, social work with patients)

- from 1964 to 1972, Director of the Development Training Centre in Strasbourg (with responsibility for training, sending and monitoring volunteers and helpers in developing countries)

- from 1968 to 1972, Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at the Social Science Faculty in Strasbourg and Lecturer at the Strasbourg Institut Universitaire de Technologie (Information Careers department)

- in 1972, appointed by the Council of Europe as Deputy Director of the European Youth Centre

- from 1980 to 1983, Head of the Council's Plan and Programme Division

- from 1983 to 1984, Director of the European Youth Centre

- from 1984 to 1988, Director of the Secretary General's Private Office

- since 1989, Director, Deputy Clerk of the Parliamentary Assembly

LANGUAGES

French (mother tongue)

English, German

DISTINCTIONS

Médaille d'Or de la Jeunesse et des Sports

Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite

1 ¹ 1. Mr Hallgrim Berg, Mr. Anders Björck, Lord Finsberg, Mrs. Leni Fischer, Sir Russell Johnston, Mr. Louis Jung, Mr. Jaakko Laakso, Mr. Miguel Angel Martinez, Mr. Peter Schieder, Mr. Jean Valleix