Secretary General of the Council of Europe

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executive position international public office

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe is the chief executive officer of the Council of Europe, responsible for its strategic direction, administration, and the implementation of its human rights, democracy, and rule-of-law initiatives across member states.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Secretary General of the Council of Europe canonical	32

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T134982 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Context triple: [European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, depository, Secretary General of the Council of Europe]

A. Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.
B. Secretary General of the Organization of American States
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States is the chief administrative officer and political representative who leads the OAS in promoting democracy, human rights, security, and development across the Americas.
C. Director-General of UNESCO
The Director-General of UNESCO is the chief executive officer and highest administrative official of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, responsible for leading its global programs and representing the organization internationally.
D. Vice-President of the International Court of Justice
The Vice-President of the International Court of Justice is the judge elected by fellow ICJ judges to assist and, when necessary, act in place of the Court’s President in presiding over its judicial functions.
E. Secretary-General of the OECD
The Secretary-General of the OECD is the chief executive and highest-ranking official of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, responsible for providing strategic leadership and overseeing its work on global economic and social policy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Target entity description: The Secretary General of the Council of Europe is the chief executive officer of the Council of Europe, responsible for its strategic direction, administration, and the implementation of its human rights, democracy, and rule-of-law initiatives across member states.

A. Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.
B. Secretary General of the Organization of American States
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States is the chief administrative officer and political representative who leads the OAS in promoting democracy, human rights, security, and development across the Americas.
C. Director-General of UNESCO
The Director-General of UNESCO is the chief executive officer and highest administrative official of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, responsible for leading its global programs and representing the organization internationally.
D. Vice-President of the International Court of Justice
The Vice-President of the International Court of Justice is the judge elected by fellow ICJ judges to assist and, when necessary, act in place of the Court’s President in presiding over its judicial functions.
E. Secretary-General of the OECD
The Secretary-General of the OECD is the chief executive and highest-ranking official of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, responsible for providing strategic leadership and overseeing its work on global economic and social policy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive position ⓘ international public office ⓘ
appointedBy	Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe ⓘ European Court of Human Rights ⓘ Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
currentHolder	Marija Pejčinović Burić ⓘ
currentHolderStart	2019 ⓘ
electedBy	Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
firstHolder	Jacques Camille Paris ⓘ
firstHolderEnd	1953 ⓘ
firstHolderStart	1949 ⓘ
headOf	Secretariat of the Council of Europe ⓘ
inception	1949 ⓘ
jurisdiction	member states of the Council of Europe ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 36 of the Statute of the Council of Europe ⓘ Statute of the Council of Europe ⓘ
nominatedBy	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
officeHolder	Catherine Lalumière ⓘ Daniel Tarschys ⓘ Franz Karasek ⓘ Georg Kahn-Ackermann ⓘ Jacques Camille Paris ⓘ Luigi Sturzo ⓘ Léon Marchal ⓘ Marcelino Oreja ⓘ Marija Pejčinović Burić ⓘ Peter Smithers ⓘ Terry Davis ⓘ Thorbjørn Jagland ⓘ Walter Schwimmer ⓘ
officeHolderNationality	Austrian ⓘ British ⓘ Croatian ⓘ Danish ⓘ French ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Swiss ⓘ
officeHoldersNumber	14 ⓘ
partOf	Council of Europe ⓘ
precededBy	Thorbjørn Jagland ⓘ
reportsTo	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ⓘ
responsibleFor	day-to-day administration of the Council of Europe ⓘ implementation of Council of Europe programmes ⓘ implementation of democracy initiatives ⓘ implementation of human rights initiatives ⓘ implementation of rule-of-law initiatives ⓘ overall strategic direction of the Council of Europe ⓘ
roleIn	Secretariat of the Council of Europe ⓘ surface form: Council of Europe Secretariat
seat	Palais de l’Europe ⓘ Strasbourg ⓘ
style	Secretary General ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
termRenewable	once ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

European Social Charter → depositary → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Secretariat of the Council of Europe → headOfGovernment → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Statute of the Council of Europe → depositary → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Convention on Cybercrime → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → cooperatesWith → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → receivesReportsFrom → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Thorbjørn Jagland → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Peter Smithers → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

FCNM → depositary → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Franz Karasek → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Marcelino Oreja → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

UNESCO education convention → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Terry Davis → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Léon Marchal → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights → depositedWith → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Protocol No. 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Protocol No. 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights → depositedWith → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Georg Kahn-Ackermann → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Private Office of the Secretary General → reportsTo → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Private Office of the Secretary General → supportsRole → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Financial Regulations of the Council of Europe → implementedBy → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems → depositary → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

ETS No. 018 → depository → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

CM → cooperatesWith → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture → depositary → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

My European Dream → hasAuthorOccupation → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

Hanne Grotjord → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Thorbjørn Jagland

Lalumière → positionHeld → Secretary General of the Council of Europe ⓘ

subject surface form: Catherine Lalumière

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