The Governing Board is the Observatory's decision-making body, composed of one representative from each member State. The Board defines and adopts the medium-term and annual programmes, monitors their implementation and the management of the Observatory’s resources. It meets at least once a year.

 

The Governing Board elects from among its members a Bureau comprised of the chair, two vice‑chairs and five other members. As of February 2025, the Governing Board’s Bureau is composed of:

  • Chair: Mr Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos (Greece)
  • Vice-Chairs: Mr Suren Manukyan (Armenia) and Mychailo Wynnyckyj (Ukraine)

Bureau Members:

  • Mr Semih Aktekin (Türkiye)
  • Mária Harmaňošová (Slovak Republic)
  • Mr Vojko Kunaver (Slovenia)
  • Ms Helena Ramos Garcia (Spain)
  • Ms Luisa Ucha (Portugal)

Chairmanship

Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos was born in Athens, and studied literature and history at the University of Athens and at the Ionian University. Since 2010, he is Professor of Contemporary Political History at the University of Peloponnese (UoP - Greece). He also teaches “History of the State Reforms in Greece (19th-20th c.)” at the postgraduate program, “Public Administration & Local Governance” (UoP) and he is a visiting Professor of the Hellenic Open University.

He is also a member of the NEW HESTIA’s journal editorial team (the oldest Greek journal) and has been a regular columnist for more than 15 years of several Greek newspapers and magazines (more than 250 articles).

Since 2023, he is the President of the General State Archives of Greece and since February 2025 he has been Chair of the Governing Board of the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe (OHTE), Council of Europe.

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Founding President

 

Alain Lamassoure

Alain Lamassoure

Founding President, Chair of the Governing Board between 18 February 2021 and 27 February 2025.

Alain Lamassoure is French politician, former Minister Delegate for European Affairs of France and former member of the European Parliament.