Doc. 8815

7 September 2000

Appointment to the post of Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly

Communication by the Committee of Ministers

I.       Letter from the Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies to the President of the Assembly, dated 28 August 2000

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 717th meeting on 13 July 2000, adopted the enclosed Resolution submitting to the Assembly the candidature of Mr Bruno Haller for the post of Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly.

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Signed: Pietro Ercole AGO

Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies

II.       Resolution (2000) 5 on the appointment to the post of Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly (adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 13 July 2000 at the 717th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)

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

Having taken note of the letters addressed to the Secretary General by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly and the Permanent Representative of France proposing the re-election of Mr Bruno Haller as Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly;

Having consulted the representatives of the Assembly at the meeting of the Joint Committee held on 29 June 2000,

Decides to recommend to the Assembly the single candidature of Mr Bruno Haller for the post of Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly, for a five-year term starting on 1 February 2001.

III.       Curriculum vitae of Mr Bruno Haller

GENERAL

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

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

EDUCATION

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

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

CAREER

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

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

From 1989 to 1995, Director, Deputy Clerk of the Parliamentary Assembly

In September 1995, elected Secretary General of the Assembly and took up office on 1 February 1996

 LANGUAGES

French (mother tongue)
English, German

DISTINCTIONS

Médaille d'Or de la Jeunesse et des Sports (France)
Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (France)
Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain)

 PUBLICATIONS

Articles about the Council of Europe in specialist journals
Co-edited "Le Droit dans la Grande Europe" (1999) (Editions Kluever Law International)