Andreas Kiefer (Austria) was re-elected Secretary General of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe for a 5-year term of office at the 28th Session of the Congress in Strasbourg on 24 March 2015. The term of office runs from 1st July 2015. Mr Kiefer had been elected for a first term of 5 years on 17 March 2010. In an address to the members of the Congress, he emphasised that this institution was now recognised as a political assembly, a monitoring and election observation body and a partner for operational projects in the Council of Europe's 47 member States.
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