A graduate of the University Institute of Florence where she defended a thesis on the European Convention on Human Rights, Greek Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis began her career at the Council of Europe in 1993. In January, she was elected Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), becoming the first woman to hold this post since the pan-European organisation was set up in 1949.
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