Pedro Agramunt was elected President of the Assembly on 25 January 2016 for a one-year term, renewable once. He was President of the European People's Party group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2013 to 2016. He is Member of the Spanish Senate, heading the list for the constituency of Valencia since 1993, and Member of the Spanish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2000. He has been a member of the several Assembly committees, including on Political Affairs and Democracy; Legal Affairs and Human Rights; Migration, Refugees and Population; Economic Affairs and Development; as well as Monitoring Committee. He has produced numerous reports for the Assembly.