| Series Title | European Voice |
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| Series Details | 04/07/96, Volume 2, Number 27 |
| Publication Date | 04/07/1996 |
| Content Type | News |
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Date: 04/07/1996 A six-month vacancy in the Commission's Moscow office has finally been filled. German Ottokar Hahn will head the delegation after serving as chief advisor to DGVII (transport) Director-General Robert Coleman. Hahn replaces Michael Emerson, who resigned in the midst of inquiries about his private business dealings. Meanwhile, as part of its latest round of senior Commission appointments, Spanish official Pablo Benavides, currently in DGIa handling the former Yugoslavia and the Balkans, will become director-general of DGXVII (energy). John Richardson, who is now tasked with EU relations with Japan and the Far East, will be travelling westwards to take over the number two slot (A2 - director level) in the Commission's Washington delegation - the post formerly held by Jim Currie before he was promoted to the job of director-general of DGXV. The latest crop of appointments is completed by the nomination of Swedish civil servant Margareta Pettersson as director (A2) in financial control and Austrian Klaus Draxler, formerly of the Austrian EU representation office, to an A2 post in DGXXII (education, training and youth). |
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| Subject Categories | Politics and International Relations |
