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Violence in Barcelona is an attack on Europe’s freedom and democracy

Secretary General Strasbourg 18 August 2017

Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland today issued the following statement, “Innocent people –...

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EU High Representative Mogherini in exchange of views with Committee of Ministers, Secretary General Jagland

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Mr Thorbjørn Jagland is the 13th Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

The Secretary General has the overall responsibility for the strategic management of the Organisation. Mr. Jagland was elected in September 2009. In June 2014, he was re-elected, and his second term in office commenced on October 1, 2014.

The former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Norway, Thorbjørn Jagland, aged 65, was also the President of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) and the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party. He is a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.