Elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at the end of the day on Tuesday 25 June (see EUROPE B13439A22), the Swiss socialist Alain Berset will succeed the Croatian Marija Pejčinović Burić as Secretary General of the Council of Europe and will assume the post on 18 September.
Having reached the end of her five-year term, Ms Pejčinović Burić announced that she would not be standing for re-election on 10 January, the closing date for declaring candidacy.
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