Dimitrios Dimitriadis wordt voorzitter van Economisch en Sociaal Comité (en)

Election

25 October 2006, 11.30 a.m.

Inaugural Address

26 October 2006, 9 a.m.

European Parliament - Paul-Henri Spaak

Room P3C050

Brussels

On the forthcoming Wednesday, 25th of October, the inaugural plenary session of the EESC will elect Mr Dimitriadis (Group I, Employers, Greece) as president of the Committee for the next two years. The election is scheduled for 11.30. The newly elected president will give his inaugural address on Thursday, 26 October at 9 a.m.

Mr Dimitriadis has been a member of the EESC since 1999 and a member of its Bureau since 2002. In October 2004 he was elected Vice-President of the EESC, with particular responsibility for the Committee's Budget group.

Born in Thessaloniki in 1957 and married with two children, he holds a degree in law and has worked as a lawyer as well as being President and CEO of a number of different companies in Greece. Mr Dimitriadis is a member of several Greek civil society organisations, notably he is First Vice-President of the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce and a member of the executive council of Eurocommerce, Brussels.

His work in the EESC to date has comprised, among others, opinions on the situation of civil society in the Western Balkans, the Multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship, regional integration and sustainable development, EU-China relations and the WTO.

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Background information

The EESC's presidency rotates among its three groups (employers, employees and various interests). The President is elected for a two-year term. The Vice-Presidents are elected from the two other groups. For the period 2006-2008, candidates as vice presidents are Mr. Alexander Michael Graf von Schwerin (Group II, Employees, Germany) and Ms. Jillian van Turnhout (Group III, Various Interests, Ireland).

The EESC's inaugural plenary session will also elect the thematic Section Presidents and the Bureau.