Committee of Ministers

Strasbourg, 10 June 1997    

Restricted
CM(97)101

For consideration at the 595th
meeting of the Ministers' Deputies

(12-13 June 1997, A level, item 1.5)

ELECTION OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL -

Examination of nominations

By letters delivered to the Secretary General on 29 May, 4 and 5 June 1997 respectively, the following candidatures were presented to the Secretary General, in accordance with the relevant provisions of 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 (Article 1(b)):

-    Mr Hans Christian KRÜGER, presented by the Permanent Representative of Germany and supported by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom (see Appendix 3), whose curriculum vitae appears at Appendix 1 to this document;

-    Mr Hans-Peter FURRER, presented by the Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, whose curriculum vitae appears at Appendix 2 to this document.

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APPENDIX 2

    TRANSLATION

Daniel Tarschys
Secretary General of the
Council of Europe
Palais de l'Europe
F-67075 STRASBOURG

Dear Secretary General

I have the honour of presenting the candidacy of Mr Hans-Peter Furrer, currently Director of Political Affairs at the Council of Europe, for the post of Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

The Swiss authorities consider that Mr Furrer's abilities and service, especially the active part he has played in the enlargement of the Council of Europe, make him particularly well qualified to assume the important role of Deputy Secretary General at a time when the Organisation is consolidating its enlargement.

In accordance with due form, I enclose a copy of Mr Furrer's curriculum vitae which I should be most grateful if you would transmit to the Committee of Ministers together with this letter, under the appointments procedure.

Yours faithfully

Flavio COTTI

Federal Councillor

Enclosed:    Mr Furrer's curriculum vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

Hans-Peter FURRER

Director of Political Affairs

Council of Europe

Born on 23 June 1936 in Lucerne (Switzerland)

Swiss Nationality (Citizen of Flüelen/Uri)

Married to B. Regina FURRER-FÄSSLER

One son (Philippe FURRER, born in 1966)

STUDIES

1948-1955        Disentis Secondary School (Grisons)

             "Maturité" exam (University entrance level) (Baccalaureate A)

1956-1960        University of Fribourg i Ue (Switzerland), Faculty of Law,

            Law Degree

1960-1961        Central President of the Association of Swiss Students (SES - Schweizerischer Studentenverein StV)

1961-1966        University Institute of Advanced International Studies (HEI) and the University of Geneva (Faculty of Law):

            Studied International Relations (specifically International Law), Assistant to Professor Paul Guggenheim, Research Assistant (case-law of the Permanent Court of International Justice)

CAREER AT THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

15.09.1966        Temporary contract at the Directorate of Legal Affairs

16.11.1966        Recruited as Administrator in the Directorate of Legal Affairs (Assistant to the Director)

01.01.1971        Head of the Central Section of the Directorate of Legal Affairs (Legal Advisor's Department and European Treaty Office)

            Acting Secretary of the European Youth Foundation (1972-1973)

01.02.1976        Head of Division I of the Directorate of Legal Affairs (civil and commercial law, media, intellectual property)

            Secretary of the European Committee on Legal Cooperation (CDCJ)

15.04.1980        Secretary to the Committee of Ministers and, from 1 March 1984, Deputy Director of Political Affairs

01.03.1985        Director of Political Affairs

Languages:        French

            English

            German (mother tongue)

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES

1978-1990        University of Strasbourg, Institute of Political Studies,

            Course on International Organisations

1981-1990        University of Strasbourg, Faculty of Law:

            Course (Masters Degree in International Law) on the law of international organisations

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