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ELECTION OF THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN
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The responsibilities of the European Ombudsman are considerable. It is by means of the European Ombudsman that European citizens are able to gain redress when examples of maladministration occur within the European Union Institutions or bodies. The European Ombudsman is elected by the European Parliament, as a result of a procedure for which the Committee on Petitions is responsible, and given wide powers under the terms of his mandate.
It is as a result of the impending retirement of the current incumbent of this high office, Mr Jacob Söderman, that a new election has been called by the President of the European Parliament. Mr Söderman was elected the first European Ombudsman in June 1995 and re-elected in 1999. His successor will serve until the end of the current parliamentary term in 2004.
This web-site is designed to provide Members of the European Parliament with much of the information which they will need to make their choice. It will, moreover, enable individual citizens, from the European Union and beyond, to follow each stage of the procedure in an entirely transparent fashion. The site will be regularly revised and updated whenever necessary.

• Call for applications
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Official Journal
C213 - 07.09.2002 - p. 10spanishdanishgermangreekenglishfrenchitaliannederlandsportuguesefinnishswedish
• Rules of procedure
•Rules of the European Parliament
• Chapter XXIV - Art. 177spanishdanishgermangreekenglishfrenchitaliandutchportuguesefinnishswedish Appointment of the Ombudsman
• Chapter XXIV - Art. 178spanishdanishgermangreekenglishfrenchitaliandutchportuguesefinnishswedish Dismissal of the Ombudsman
• Chapter XXIV - Art. 179spanishdanishgermangreekenglishfrenchitaliandutchportuguesefinnishswedish  Activities of the Ombudsman
• Annex Xspanishdanishgermangreekenglishfrenchitaliandutchportuguesefinnishswedish Performance of the Ombudsman's duties
•Treaty on the European Union
• Art. 21spanishdanishgermangreekenglishfrenchitaliandutchportuguesefinnishswedish Ex. Art. 8d
• Art. 195spanishdanishgermangreekenglishfrenchitaliandutchportuguesefinnishswedish Ex. Art. 138e
• Candidates
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Applications, CV's, Hearings, Statements, ...

•Verification of the applications
• Calendar
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of meetings

• Hearings
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 Aide memoirespanishdanishgermangreekenglishfrenchitaliandutchportuguesefinnishswedish Organisation 
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 Verbatim reportH. Wuyts - R. Perry - P.Y. Monette - X. Markiegi
G. Fortunato - N. Diamandouros - G. Anastassopoulos		Original
languages 
• Photo Gallery
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Hearings - Brussels, 25-26 November 2002

• Results
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of the election