Pedro Agramunt Font de Mora

Pedro Agramunt (2016)

Pedro Agramunt Font de Mora (born September 12, 1951 ) is a Spanish politician . Agramunt comes from Valencia and has been a member of the Spanish Parliament , the Upper House ( Senado ) , since 2008 . From 1989 to 1991 he represented the province of Valencia in the Spanish lower house (Congress of Deputies - Congreso de los Diputados) and from 1991 to 1994 he was also in the regional parliament of Valencia. He is a member of the Spanish People's Party ( Partido Popular ). From 2016 to 2017 he was chairman of the European People's Party . He is also a member ofParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , from 2016 until his resignation on October 6, 2017, he was its President.

Life

Agramunt studied law at the University of Valencia (1969–1974) and studied management development at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa (IESE) in Barcelona (1980).

He is admitted to the bar and has been a member of the Valencia Bar Association since 1975. He held leading positions in various companies, particularly in the textile and clothing industry.

In addition to Spanish , Agramunt speaks French and English .

He has been married since 1979 and has two children.

criticism

Agramunt is criticized with regard to his work at the Council of Europe, among other things, because he is too close to the regime in Azerbaijan and at the same time is rapporteur for the Council of Europe.

The European Stability Initiative asked Agramunt to give up his position as rapporteur because he covered systematic human rights violations in Azerbaijan.

Agramunt was in Syria in March 2017 with Russian MPs and the Vice-Head of the State Duma ( lower house of parliament), Vladimir Vasilyev , and met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , among others . In the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, cross-party members demanded his resignation. Since Agramunt refused, the Presidium withdrew his confidence on April 28, 2017 and announced that Agramunt was no longer allowed to travel, make statements or represent the assembly on behalf of the assembly. On June 27, 2017, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a regulation with a clear majority of MEPs (154: 30) that allows the President of the Assembly and other officials to be voted out if they no longer enjoy the Assembly's confidence. This made it possible to impeach President Pedro Agramunt. Agramunt announced his resignation on October 6, 2017. A vote on his impeachment had been scheduled for the beginning of the next week of the session on October 9, 2017.

Agramunt's provisional successor was his deputy, the head of the British delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly, Roger James Gale .

Web links

Commons : Pedro Agramunt - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Pedro Agramunt: Biography. Council of Europe website, January 22, 2016, accessed April 23, 2018 .
^ Pedro Agramunt, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. (pdf; 407 kB) Website of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , January 25, 2016, accessed on April 23, 2018 .
↑ Sabina Akhmedova: PACE co-rapporteurs give assessment of the situation in Azerbaijani legal system. Trend News Agency (Kazakhstan), September 6, 2014, accessed on April 23, 2018 (English). Faik Medzhid: Human rights defenders believe Pedro Agramunt is not best candidate for position of PACE Rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan. Caucasian Knot , June 27, 2014, accessed April 23, 2018 . Arrested. In a bus with great people! Amnesty International UK , January 26, 2013, accessed April 23, 2018 . Azerbaijan: Leading Rights Defender Arrested. Human Rights Watch , August 5, 2014, accessed April 23, 2018 . Claudia von Salzen: Corruption scandal in the Council of Europe - Showdown in Strasbourg. In: Der Tagesspiegel . April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .
↑ A Portrait of Deception: Monitoring Azerbaijan or Why Pedro Agramunt should resign. (pdf, 310 kB) European Stability Initiative (ESI), January 22, 2013, accessed on April 23, 2018 .
^ About visit to Syria: PACE puts a vote of no confidence in its own chairman. In: Sputnik . April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .
↑ Teddy Jaan: Because Syria trip: Euro Council meeting deposed president. In: Luxemburger Wort . April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 . Due to meeting with Syrian head of state - Parliamentarians' Assembly of the Council of Europe withdraws confidence in its president. In: Epoch Times . April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .
↑ Claudia von Salzen: Decision in the Council of Europe - Parliament head may be voted out. In: Der Tagesspiegel . June 26, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .
^ Pedro Agramunt resigns as PACE President. Council of Europe website, 6 October 2017, archived from the original on 8 October 2017 ; accessed on April 23, 2018 .
↑ Third part of the 2017 session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Broadcast by the Austrian Parliament , archived from the original on October 8, 2017 ; accessed on April 23, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Agramunt Font de Mora, Pedro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 12, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Valencia

[1] Pedro Agramunt: Biography. Council of Europe website, January 22, 2016, accessed April 23, 2018 .

[2] Pedro Agramunt, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. (pdf; 407 kB) Website of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , January 25, 2016, accessed on April 23, 2018 .

[3] Sabina Akhmedova: PACE co-rapporteurs give assessment of the situation in Azerbaijani legal system. Trend News Agency (Kazakhstan), September 6, 2014, accessed on April 23, 2018 (English). Faik Medzhid: Human rights defenders believe Pedro Agramunt is not best candidate for position of PACE Rapporteur on political prisoners in Azerbaijan. Caucasian Knot , June 27, 2014, accessed April 23, 2018 . Arrested. In a bus with great people! Amnesty International UK , January 26, 2013, accessed April 23, 2018 . Azerbaijan: Leading Rights Defender Arrested. Human Rights Watch , August 5, 2014, accessed April 23, 2018 . Claudia von Salzen: Corruption scandal in the Council of Europe - Showdown in Strasbourg. In: Der Tagesspiegel . April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .

[4] A Portrait of Deception: Monitoring Azerbaijan or Why Pedro Agramunt should resign. (pdf, 310 kB) European Stability Initiative (ESI), January 22, 2013, accessed on April 23, 2018 .

[5] About visit to Syria: PACE puts a vote of no confidence in its own chairman. In: Sputnik . April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .

[6] Teddy Jaan: Because Syria trip: Euro Council meeting deposed president. In: Luxemburger Wort . April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 . Due to meeting with Syrian head of state - Parliamentarians' Assembly of the Council of Europe withdraws confidence in its president. In: Epoch Times . April 28, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .

[7] Claudia von Salzen: Decision in the Council of Europe - Parliament head may be voted out. In: Der Tagesspiegel . June 26, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .

[8] Pedro Agramunt resigns as PACE President. Council of Europe website, 6 October 2017, archived from the original on 8 October 2017 ; accessed on April 23, 2018 .

[9] Third part of the 2017 session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Broadcast by the Austrian Parliament , archived from the original on October 8, 2017 ; accessed on April 23, 2018 .