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Pedro Agramunt
1951
Former president of PACE 2016-17
Biography
Spanish Christian-democratic politician (PP). Elected president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe January 2016. Stripped of his external-representation powers October 2017 after a personal trip to meet Bashar al-Assad in Damascus arranged by Russian and Azerbaijani intermediaries. The 2018 PACE Independent Investigation Body report (Bratza, Bruguiere, Fura) named Agramunt among PACE members "engaged in activity of a corruptive nature" in connection with Azerbaijan.
Events
| Year | Event | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | PACE Independent Investigation Body report on corruption | subject |
Further reading
- European Stability Initiative (ESI), The European Swamp (Caviar Diplomacy Part 2): Prosecution and Self-Destruction in the Council of Europe, 2017
- PACE Independent Investigation Body (Sir Nicolas Bratza, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, Elisabet Fura), Report of the Independent Investigation Body on the allegations of corruption within the Parliamentary Assembly, 2018