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The bureau of FEPS

President of FEPS

Massimo D'ALEMA (Italy) [bio]

Vice-Presidents of FEPS

Jesus CALDERA (Spain) [bio]

Zita GURMAI (Hungary) [bio]

Karl DUFFEK, Treasurer (Austria) [bio]

Henri NALLET, President of the Scientific Council (France) [bio]

Sergei STANISHEV (Bulgaria) [bio]

Secretary General

Ernst STETTER (Germany) [bio]

Ex-officio members

Achim POST, as Secretary General of PES (Germany)

Anna COLOMBO, as Secretary General of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (Italy) [bio]

Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ, as President of the Socialist Group in the Committee of the Regions (Belgium) [bio]

Kaisa PENNY, as President of ECOSY (Finland) [bio]

Zita GURMAI, as President of PES Women (Hungary) [bio]

Sergei STANISHEV, as (Interim) President of PES (Bulgaria) [bio]

Hannes SWOBODA, as President of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (Austria) [bio]

Representatives of national political foundations and think tanks

Jesus CALDERA - Ideas (Spain) [bio]

Andrew HARROP, The Fabian Society (Great-Britain) [bio]

Katya KOLEVA, Institute for Social Integration (Bulgaria) [bio]

Andrea PERUZY, Fondazione ItalianiEuropei (Italy) [bio]

Inger SEGELSTRÖM, SAMAK (Denmark) [bio]

As of General Assembly of 20 June 2012.

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