New President was elected in OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. Joao Soares of Portugal was today elected new President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly at its Annual Session in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. He succeeds Goran Lennmarker of Sweden, who has served the maximum two years.

Joao Soares, elected to the customary one-year term, has been involved in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly since 2002, both as deputy head and, presently, as head of the Portuguese delegation. He has been a Vice President of OSCE PA and a member of the Assembly’s Bureau since July 2006.
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has a pivotal role in the future of the whole Organization: promoting the dialogue between all participating states in an inclusive manner, ensuring the respect for the OSCE founding principles and acting towards the resolution of all forms of conflicts. J. Soares is a veteran election observer, having participated in numerous election observation missions to Azerbaijan several times as head and deputy head of the OSCE PA delegation.

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