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Secretaries General of the Council of Europe
01 June 1994

Tenth Secretary General takes office

Sweden Sweden

Swedish academic Daniel Tarschys, a fluent Russian speaker and expert on Soviet politics, oversaw the accession of a large number of countries from the ex-USSR during his term in office, coining the motto “better include than exclude” to sum up his vision of a Council of Europe that covered the continent. He is a member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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