Council of Europe (1)

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Mrs Catherine Lalumire, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe for the past five years, was ousted from the post on 12 April and replaced by Mr Daniel Tarschys. Mrs Lalumire is a French socialist, Mr Tarschys is a former Swedish conservative MP. The reason given was that Mr Tarschys speaks Russian and this is seen as an asset in responding to applications to join the Council from Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine.

Financial Times, 14.4.94.

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