Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira tot voorzitter van de Europese Rekenkamer gekozen (en)
ECA/08/02
16 January 2008
The 27 Members of the European Court of Auditors today elected Mr da Silva Caldeira as the Court's 11 th President for a period of three years.
Mr Vítor Manuel da Silva Cardeira, of Portuguese nationality, became a Member of the European Court of Auditors in March 2000. He has been the Dean of the Group responsible for coordination, evaluation, assurance, development and communication since March 2005 and the Member directly responsible for audit development and reports during the last two years.
From January 2002 to March 2006, he was the Member responsible for the Court's Statement of Assurance (DAS). Prior to his appointment to the Court, Mr Caldeira was responsible for the coordination of the European Community audit and internal audit system of the Portuguese State's Financial Administration (1995-2000), was Deputy Inspector General of Finance at the Inspectorate General of the Portuguese Ministry of Finance (1995-2000) and before that was Senior Inspector of Finance (1989-1995). For his detailed curriculum vitae and photographs, see
http://eca.europa.eu/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/329725.PDF
The Court's President is primus inter pares. He is responsible for the effective and sound management of the Court's activities and represents the institution in its external relations, in particular with the other institutions of the European Union and the supreme audit institutions of the Member States.
Europe by Satellite will broadcast a brief interview with Mr Caldeira as a news item on 17 January 2008. For the transmission schedule and more details, see:
http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/ebs/schedule.cfm?date=01/17/2008
The Court's new organisation chart will shortly be available at www.eca.europa.eu , together with some photographs.
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