Election of two Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Secretary General

Elections for two vice-presidents of the Chamber of Local Authorities and for the Congress Secretary General, originally scheduled to take place during the March 2020 session and postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis, were organised from 17 to 18 November 2020 as electronic elections via a secure method protecting both the data and the integrity of the vote itself.

Kirstine Bille (Denmark, SOC/G/PD), 2nd deputy mayor of Syddjurs Municipality and Konstantinos Koukas (Greece, EPP/CCE), Mayor of Mykonos and Head of the Greek Delegation to the Congress, were elected respectively as 6th and 7th Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Local Authorities.

Andreas Kiefer, Acting Secretary General of the Congress, was elected for a new mandate as Secretary General.  Andreas Kiefer had been nominated by the Bureau on 3 February 2020, after consideration of the report of the Pre-selection Committee which had been established in accordance with Rule 97 of the Rules of Procedure of the Congress.

See also: Electronic procedure for the election of two Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Secretary General

Strasbourg, France 18 November 2020
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17-18 November 2020 - Election of two Vice-Presidents

Candidates:

Kirstine Bille - Elected 6th Vice-President of the Chamber of Local Authorities

  •  Letter of candidature and CV: English

Konstantinos Koukas - Elected 7th Vice-President of the Chamber of Local Authorities

 

For the election of the two Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Local Authorities, only Congress representatives sitting in the Chamber of Local Authorities may stand for election.

 

Contact:

Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Local Authorities
Renate Zikmund
renate.zikmund@coe.int
+33 6 59 78 64 55

17-18 November 2020

Candidate:

Andreas Kiefer - Elected for a new mandate as Secretary General of the Congress

 

On 3 February 2020, after consideration of the report of the Pre-selection Committee which had been established in accordance with Rule 97 of the Rules of Procedure of the Congress, the Bureau decided to nominate Andreas Kiefer, Acting Secretary General, for election for a new mandate as Secretary General of the Congress.

 

Contact:

Head of the Table Office
Dolores Rios
dolores.rios@coe.int
+33 7 62 16 34 52

Voting Results

English - French

  • 2 Nov.: Deadline for the submission of candidatures
  • 3 Nov: Publication of the presentation and CVs of the candidates
  • 17 Nov. at 9:00 (CET) until 18 Nov. at 15:00 (CET): Electronic voting opened to Congress members
  • 18 Nov.: Publication of election results