For immediate release
19 February 2007
PRESS COMMUNIQUE - COMMUNIQUE
PRESSE
JOSÉ LELLO NEW PRESIDENT OF THE
NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
José Lello of Portugal has been
appointed to replace Bert Koenders as President of the NATO Parliamentary
Assembly, following Mr KoendersÂ’ selection last week as the Netherlands Minister
for Development Cooperation.
Mr. Lello, a member of the Portuguese
Parliament since 1983, currently serves as President of the Parliament
Management Committee and member of the National Defence Committee. He has been a
Secretary of State and a cabinet Minister in the Portuguese government from
1995-2002. He has been Vice President of the NATO PA since
2005.
Bert Koenders had been elected
President of the Assembly in November 2006 in Québec, Canada.
For further information, please contact
e-mail: Press@nato-pa.int
NATO Parliamentary
Assembly
Place du Petit Sablon 3, 1000 Brussels,
Belgium
Tél: (32) 2 513 28 65 | Fax: (32) 2 514 18 47 |
website: http:// www.nato-pa.int |
Background
The
NATO Parliamentary Assembly, founded in 1955 with a Brussels-based
secretariat,
brings together 248 national
parliamentarians from the 26 NATO countries.
In addition, 13 associate delegations from
Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine and
Russia;
4 Mediterranean Associate delegations:
Morocco, Algeria, Jordan, Israel
and
8 Parliamentary Observer delegations participate in Assembly activities and
meetings.