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1. Role of the Secretary-General
2. Selection process
3. Candidates and their biographies
4. Current and former Secretaries-General
5. Contacts
1. Role of the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General chairs the OECD's Council and heads the Secretariat.
The Council
Decision-making power is vested in the OECD’s Council. It is made up of one representative per member country and the European Commission. The Council meets regularly at the level of ambassadors to the OECD and decisions are taken by consensus. The Council meets at ministerial level once a year to discuss key issues and set priorities for OECD work. The work mandated by the Council is carried out by the OECD Secretariat’s various directorates.
The OECD Secretariat
Some 2 000 staff of the OECD Secretariat in Paris work to support the activities of committees. Some 700 economists, lawyers, scientists and other professional staff, mainly based in a dozen substantive directorates, provide research and analysis.
The Secretariat is headed by a Secretary-General, assisted by four Deputy Secretaries-General. The Secretary-General also chairs the Council, providing the crucial link between national delegations and the Secretariat.
More information: About the OECD.
2. Selection process
OECD member countries were asked to put forward candidates by 15 July 2005. Six countries put forward candidates for the post of Secretary-General of the Organisation to succeed Donald. J. Johnston, whose term expired in May 2006.
These candidatures were reviewed by representatives of all 30 OECD countries in individual hearings in Paris on 3 – 4 October.
The Dean of the Ambassadors, Swiss Ambassador Wilhelm Jaggi, led a first round of consultations with the representatives of other OECD countries, assisted by Ambassador Peter Brückner of Denmark and Ambassador Jocelyne Bourgon of Canada. Following these consultations, he identified three candidates as best placed to win eventual consensus for appointment to the position.
=> Read the Dean's first report to OECD Heads of Delegations.
A second round of consultations began on 3 November with a view to narrowing down the field to the two candidates that member countries appraise as best suited to successfully lead the OECD in the coming years.
=> Read the Dean’s second report to OECD Heads of Delegations.
A third round of consultations took place on 24 November with a view to arriving at a consensus among the 30 member countries on the choice of the new Secretary-General by 1 December 2005.
=> Read the Dean’s third report to OECD Heads of Delegations.
On 30 November the OECD Council nominated Mr. Angel Gurria as the next Secretary-General of the OECD as from 1 June 2006 for a period of 5 years.
=> Read the Dean’s final report to OECD Council and the news release announcing the nomination.
3. Candidates and their biographies
4. Current and former Secretaries-General
Since the creation of the OECD in 1961, when it took over from the OEEC, four people have occupied the position of OECD Secretary-General.
5. Contacts
OECD
For further comment, journalists are invited to contact Nicholas.Bray@oecd.org, Head of Media Relations at OECD (tel. 33 1 45 24 80 90).
Delegations
The contact details for the 30 national delegations to the OECD are provided below.
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- Permanent Delegation of Austria to the OECD
3, rue Alberic Magnard
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 53 92 23 30
Fax: +33 (0)1 40 50 87 05
Email: oecdpost@bka.gv.at
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- Permanent Delegation of Luxembourg to the OECD
33, avenue Rapp
75007 PARIS
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 45 55 13 37
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 51 72 29
Email: paris.amb@mae.etat.lu
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- Permanent Delegation of Belgium to the OECD
14, rue Octave Feuillet
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 56 75.34 50
Fax: +33 (0)1 56 75 34 70
Email: ParisOECD@diplobel.org
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- Permanent Delegation of Mexico to the OECD
8, rue de Berri
75008 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 56 59 29 29
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 63 03 63
Email: delocde@sre.gob.mx
Web site: www.sre.gob.mx/ocde
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- Permanent Delegation of Canada to the OECD
15 bis, rue Franqueville
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 43 20 90
Fax: +33 (0)1 44 43 20 99
Email : poecd@international.gc.ca
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- Permanent Delegation of Denmark to the OECD
77, avenue Marceau
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 31 21 57
Fax: +33 (0)1 44 31 21 66
Email: pardel@um.dk
Web site: www.oecddelegationen.um.dk
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- Permanent Delegation of Norway to the OECD
19 Rue Franqueville
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 45 24 97 84
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 20 08 82
Email: oecd.paris@mfa.no
Web site: www.norway-oecd.org
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- Permanent Delegation of Finland to the OECD
6, rue de Franqueville
75116 Paris
France
Tel. +33 (0)1 45 24 71 71
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 20 63 04
Web site: www.finoecd.org
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- Permanent Delegation of Portugal to the OECD
10 bis rue Edouard Fournier
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 45 03 31 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 03 22 03
Email: portugalocde@wanadoo.fr
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- Permanent Delegation of Greece to the OECD
15, Villa Saïd
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 45 02 24 10
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 00 71 55
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- Permanent Delegation of Spain to the OECD
22 Av. Marceau
75008 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 43 30 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 44 43 30 13
Email : consejeria.paris@mpr.es
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- Permanent Delegation of Hungary to the OECD
140, avenue Victor Hugo
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 53 65 65 00
secretariat@delhongrie-ocde.fr
Fax: +33 (0)1 47 55 80 60
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- Permanent Delegation of Sweden to the OECD
2, rue Conseiller Collignon
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 45 24 98 60
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 24 18 34
Email: oecd-del.paris@foreign.ministry.se
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- Permanent Delegation of Iceland to the OECD
8, avenue Kléber
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 17 32 85
Fax: +33 (0)1 40 67 99 96
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- Permanent Delegation of Ireland to the OECD
12, Avenue Foch
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 17 67 13
Fax: +33 (0)1 44 17 67 70
Email: irish.del@dfa.ie
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- Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the OECD
9, rue Alfred Dehodencq
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 42 88 50 02
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 27 28 24
Email: turdeloe@club-internet.fr
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- Permanent Delegation of the United Kingdom to the OECD
140, Avenue Victor Hugo
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 53 70 45 70
Fax: +33 (0)1 53 70 45 86
Email: uk-del.oecd@wanadoo.fr
Web site: www.ukdeloecd.org
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- Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD
11, avenue Hoche
75008 Paris
France
Tel : +33 (0)1 53 76 61 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 63 05 44
Web site: www.tmp.deljp-ocde.fr
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- Permanent Delegation of the United States to the OECD
12, avenue Raphael
75016 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 45 24 74 77
Fax: +33 (0)1 45 24 74 80
Email: usoecdpao@usoecd.org
Web site: www.usoecd.org
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- Permanent Delegation of the Commission of the European Community to the OECD
12, avenue d'Eylau
75116 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 44 05 31 60
Fax: +33 (0)1 44 05 31 79
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