Elections to the Senior Staff Advisory Committee (“The Nine”) 2012

The electronic voting process for the Senior Staff Advisory Committee (“The Nine”) was closed on Friday 31 August at 5.30pm

Of the 451 Senior Staff members eligible to vote, 277 voted. This represents a participation of 61%, to be compared to 43% in 2011, 44% in 2010, 57% in 2009, 53% in 2008, 63% in 2007, 64% in 2006 and 66% in 2005. The results are:

Electoral group 1 and 2:

Candidate

Dept

Votes

Result

Michele Battistin

EN

39

 

Michael Benedikt

BE

70

ELECTED

Maria Dimou  - IT

IT

38

 

Francois Duval

EN

76

ELECTED

Eugenia Hatziangeli

BE

69

 

Bernard Holzer  - BE

BE

25

 

Alessandra Lombardi

BE

64

 

Christoph Rembser

PH

69

 

Karl Martin Schirm

BE

26

 

Tim Smith

IT

89

ELECTED

Raymond Veness

BE

63

 

Electoral group 3:

Candidate

Dept

Votes

Results

Andrzej Charkiewicz

PH

68

 

Angela Goehring-Crinon

DGS

126

ELECTED

The elected persons (Michael Benedikt, Francois Duval and Tim Smith for Electoral Group 1&2 and Angela Goehring-Crinon for Electoral Group 3) have started their mandate in early September 2012.

The Committee will now consist of these newly elected members together with Michael DOSER (PH), Jean-Jacques GRAS (BE), Marcello MANNELLI (PH),  Jean Philippe TOCK (TE) and Sylvain WEISZ (DG). Jean-Jacques GRAS will also be the new spokesperson as from 1 September 2012.

My sincere congratulations to all the new elected members and thanks all other candidates for standing for election, as well as Alberto PACE, the Polling Officer.

José Miguel Jimenez, Spokesperson of the Nine (2011-12)