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Secretary-General Of The European Economic And Social Committee
The secretary-general heads the Secretariat of the European Economic and Social Committee, European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). About seven hundred EESC officials work in the EESC Secretariat. Some 350 of those work in the 'joint services', a special shared service established together with the Committee of the Regions. The chief role of the EESC's secretary-general is to implement decisions taken by the Plenary Assembly, the bureau and the president. The secretary-general is also responsible for managing the administration and the budget. Appointed by the bureau of the committee, the secretary-general serves for a renewable term of five years. The current secretary-general is Gianluca Brunetti, whose term began on 14 November 2018. List of secretaries-general * 2024 – present Isabelle Le Galo Flores (Spain) * 2018 – 2023 Gianluca Brunetti (Italy) * 2014 – 2018 :es:Luis Planas, Luis Planas Puchades (Spain) * 2008 – 2013 Martin Westlake (United Kingdom) * 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Planas
Luis Planas Puchades (born 20 November 1952) is a Spanish labour inspector, diplomat and politician serving as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food since 2018. He has served as acting Minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service from May 2019 to January 2020 and represented Córdoba in the Congress of Deputies from 1982 to 1987 and from 2019 to 2020, and Andalusia region in the Spanish Senate from April to June 1996. Planas was born in Valencia. He studied at the University of Valencia where he received his law degree. He joined the public service in 1980, when he joined the Labour Inspectors Corps and was assigned to Córdoba. He was first elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies from Córdoba in 1982 and elected Member of the European Parliament in 1987 representing Spain. In 1993, Andalusian president, Manuel Chaves, appointed him as Regional Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and in 1994 he was appointed Regional Minister of the Presidency. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
