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Note: The Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) was created as a permanent institution on 1 Aug 1975 upon signature of the Helsinki Final Act. By a decision of the Budapest Summit of Heads of State or Government, held on 5-6 Dec 1994, the CSCE became the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), effective on 1 Jan 1995.
Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.
Secretaries-general
Wilhelm Höynck 15 Jun 1993 - 15 Jun 1996 Germany
Giancarlo Aragona 15 Jun 1996 - 15 Jun 1999 Italy
Ján Kubis 15 Jun 1996 - 21 Jun 2005 Slovakia
Marc Perrin de Brichambaut 21 Jun 2005 - 1 Jul 2011 France
Lamberto Zannier 1 Jul 2011 - 1 Jul 2017 Italy
Thomas Greminger 1 Jul 2017 - 18 Jul 2020 Switzerland
Tuula Yrjölä 18 Jul 2020 - 4 Dec 2020 Finland (acting)
Helga Schmid 4 Dec 2020 - 6 Dec 2024 Germany
Feridun Sinirlioglu 6 Dec 2024 - Turkey
Chairmen-in-office
Hans-Dietrich Genscher Jun 1991 - 31 Dec 1991 (†2016) Germany
Jirí Dienstbier 1 Jan 1992 - 2 Jul 1992 (†2011) Czechoslovakia
Jozef Moravcik 2 Jul 1992 - 31 Dec 1992 Czechoslovakia
Margaretha af Ugglas 1 Jan 1993 - 31 Dec 1993 Sweden
Beniamino Andreatta 1 Jan 1994 - 11 May 1994 (†2007) Italy
Antonio Martino 11 May 1994 - 31 Dec 1994 (†2022) Italy
László Kovács 1 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 1995 Hungary
Flavio Cotti 1 Jan 1996 - 31 Dec 1996 (†2020) Switzerland
Niels Helveg Petersen 1 Jan 1997 - 31 Dec 1997 (†2017) Denmark
Bronislaw Geremek 1 Jan 1998 - 31 Dec 1998 (†2008) Poland
Knut Vollebćk 1 Jan 1999 - 31 Dec 1999 Norway
Wolfgang Schüssel 1 Jan 2000 - 4 Feb 2000 Austria
Benita Ferrero-Waldner 4 Feb 2000 - 31 Dec 2000 Austria
Mircea Geoana 1 Jan 2001 - 31 Dec 2001 Romania
Jaime Gama 1 Jan 2002 - 6 Apr 2002 Portugal
António Martins da Cruz 6 Apr 2002 - 31 Dec 2002 Portugal
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 1 Jan 2003 - 3 Dec 2004 Netherlands
Ben Bot 3 Dec 2004 - 31 Dec 2004 Netherlands
Solomon Isak Passy 1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2004 Bulgaria
Dimitrij Rupel 1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2005 Slovenia
Karel De Gucht 1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2006 Belgium
Miguel Ángel Moratinos 1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007 Spain
Ilkka Kanerva 1 Jan 2008 - 4 Apr 2008 (†2022) Finland
Alexander Stubb 4 Apr 2008 - 31 Dec 2008 Finland
Dora Bakoyannis 1 Jan 2009 - 7 Oct 2009 Greece
Georgios Papandreou 7 Oct 2009 - 31 Dec 2009 Greece
Kanat Saudabayev 1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2010 Kazakhstan
Audronius Azubalis 1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2011 Lithuania
Eamon Gilmore 1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012 Ireland
Leonid Kozhara 1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2013 Ukraine
Didier Burkhalter 1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2014 Switzerland
Ivica Dacic 1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015 Serbia
Frank-Walter Steinmeier 1 Dec 2016 - 31 Dec 2016 Germany
Sebastian Kurz 1 Jan 2017 - 18 Dec 2017 Austria
Karin Kneissl 18 Dec 2017 - 31 Dec 2017 Austria
Angelino Alfano 1 Jan 2018 - 1 Jun 2018 Italy
Enzo Moavero Milanesi 1 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2018 Italy
Miroslav Lajcák 1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019 Slovakia
Edi Rama 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020 Albania
Ann Linde 1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021 Sweden
Zbigniew Rau 1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022 Poland
Bujar Osmani 1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023 North Macedonia
Ian Borg 1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024 Malta
Elina Valtonen 1 Jan 2025 - Finland
High Commissioners on National Minorities (HCNM)
Max van der Stoel 1 Jan 1993 - 1 Jul 2001 (†2011) Netherlands
Rolf Ekéus 1 Jul 2001 - 4 Jul 2007 Sweden
Knut Vollebćk 4 Jul 2007 - 20 Aug 2013 Norway
Astrid Thors 20 Aug 2013 - 19 Aug 2016 Finland
Lamberto Zannier 19 Jul 2017 - 18 Jul 2020 Italy
Kairat Abdrakhmanov 4 Dec 2020 - Kazakhstan
Directors of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
Luchino Cortese 1991-1994 Italy
Audrey Glover 1994-1997 United Kingdom
Gérard Stoudmann 1997-2003 Switzerland
Christian Strohal 2003-2008 Austria
Janez Lenarcic 2008-2014 Slovenia
Michael Georg Link 2014-2017 Germany
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir 2017-2020 Iceland
Katarzyna Gardapkhadze 2020 Georgia (alternate)
Matteo Mecacci 2020-2024 Italy
Tea Jaliashvili 2024- Georgia (alternate)
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