Leaders
Edward Nalbandian
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Andreas Kiefer
Secretary General of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Former Secretaries General
Terry Davis
United Kingdom
22 June 2004
31
August 2009
Walter Schwimmer
Austria
1 September 1999
31
August 2004
Daniel Tarschys
Sweden
20 June 1994
1
September 1999
Catherine Lalumière
France
1 June 1989
31 May
1994
Marcelino Oreja Aguirre
Spain
1 October 1984
1 June
1989
Franz Karasek
Austria
1 October 1979
1
October 1984
Georg Kahn-Ackermann
Germany
17 September 1974
17 September1979
Lujo Toncic-Sorinj
Austria
16 September1969
16
September 1974
Peter Smithers
United Kingdom
16 March 1964
15 September 1969
Lodovico Benvenuti
Italy
15 September 1957
15
March 1964
Léon Marchal
France
21 September 1953
deceased on 24 September 1956
Jacques Camille Paris
France
11 August 1949
deceased on 17 July 1953