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Former Members, Associate Members and Observers

Presidents of the Network

  • Mr Guy Canivet (France) (10 March 2004 - 12 June 2006)
  • Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers (UK) (12 June 2006 - 30 June 2008)
  • Mr Torben Melchior (Denmark) (30 June 2008 - 19 March 2010)
  • The Hon. Dr. Irmgard Griss (Austria) (19 March 2010 - 13 October 2011)
  • Dr. András Baka (Hungary) (13 October 2011 - 31 December 2011)
  • Mr Geert Corstens (Netherlands) (1 January 2012 - 31 December 2014)
  • Ms Susan Denham (Ireland) (1 January 2014 - 31 December 2016)
  • Mr Priit Pikamäe (Estonia) (1 January 2017 - 31 December 2018)
  • Mr Jean-Claude Wiwinius (Luxembourg) (1 January 2019 - 25 May 2021)
  • Ms Bettina Limperg (Germany) (26 April 2021-12 November 2023)
  • Mr Anders Eka (Sweden) (13 November 2023 -

(*) Founding Member

Members

AUSTRIA

  • Dr. Johann Rzeszut (*) (1 January 2003 – 31 December 2006)
  • Dr. Irmgard Griss (1 January 2007 – 31 December 2011)
  • Dr. Eckart Ratz (1 January 2012 – 30 June 2018)
  • Dr. Elisabeth Lovrek (1 July 2018 – 31 December 2023)
  • Mr Georg Kodek (1 January 2024 – 

BELGIUM

  • Mr Marc Lahousse (December 2003 – March 2007)
  • Mr Ghislain Londers (April 2007 – December 2011)
  • Mr Etienne Goethals (June 2012 – March 2014)
  • Mr Jean de Codt (April 2014 – 31 March 2019)
  • Ms Beatrijs Deconinck (1 April 2019 – 31 March 2024)
  • Mr Eric de Formanoir de la Cazerie (19 April 2024 - 

BULGARIA

  • Mr Ivan Grigorov (13 November 2000 – 20 November 2007)
  • Mr Lasar Gruev (21 November 2007 – 20 November 2014)
  • Mr Lozan Panov (10 February 2015 – 9 February 2022)
  • Ms Galina Zaharova (11 February 2022 – 

CROATIA

  • Mr Branko Hrvatin (19 July 2005 - 19 July 2017)
  • Mr Đuro Sessa (20 July 2017 - 17 October 2021)
  • Mr Radovan Dobronić ( 18 October 2021 - 

CYPRUS

  • Mr Christos Artemides (*)
  • Mr Petros Artemis (10 September 2008)
  • Mr Demetrios Hadjihambis (19 June 2013)
  • Mr Myron Michael Nicolatos (25 July 2014 - 17 June 2020)
  • Mr Stelios Nathanael (18 June 2020 - 9 November 2020)
  • Ms Persefoni Panayi (10 November 2020 - 15 July 2022)
  • Mr Antonis R. Liatsos (15 July 2022 - 1 July 2023)
  • Ms. Katerina Stamatiou (1 July 2023 -  

CZECHIA

  • JUDr. Iva Brožová (20 March 2002 – 21 January 2015)
  • Prof. JUDr. Pavel Šámal, Ph.D. (22 January 2015 – 19 February 2020)
  • JUDr. Petr Angyalossy, Ph.D. (20 May 2020 –

DENMARK

  • Mr Jacques Hermann (1 January 2001 – 30 November 2004)
  • Mr Torben Melchior (1 December 2004 – 31 August 2010)
  • Mr Børge Dahl (1 September 2010 – 31 May 2014)
  • Mr Poul Søgaard (1 June 2014 – 31 January 2017)
  • Mr Thomas Rørdam (1 February 2017 – 31 October 2022)
  • Mr Jens Peter Christensen (1 November 2022 – 
     

ESTONIA

  • Mr Uno Lõhmus (*) (9 November 1998 – 30 April 2004)
  • Mr Märt Rask (13 September 2004 – 12 September 2013)
  • Mr Priit Pikamäe (13 September 2013 – 3 February 2019)
  • Mr Villu Kõve (4 February 2019 – 

FINLAND

  • Mr Leif Sevon (*) (1 January 2002 – 31 December 2005)
  • Ms Pauliine Koskelo (1 January 2006 – 31 December 2015)
  • Mr Timo Esko (1 January 2016 – 31 August 2019)
  • Mr Tatu Leppänen (1 September 2019 – 

FRANCE

  • Mr Guy Canivet (*)
  • Mr Vincent Lamanda (30 May 2007 - 30 June 2014)
  • Mr Bertrand Louvel (16 July 2014 - 6 July 2019)
  • Ms Chantal Arens (22 July 2019 - 18 July 2022)
  • Mr Christophe Soulard (18 July 2022 - 

GERMANY

  • Prof. Dr. Günter Hirsch (*) (15 July 2000 - 31 January 2008)
  • Prof. Dr. Klaus Tolkdorf (1 February 2008 - 31 January 2014)
  • Ms Bettina Limperg (26 April 2021-

     

GREECE

  • Mr Georgios Kapos (18 July 2002 - 30 June 2005)
  • Mr Romilos Kedikoglou (13 July 2005 - 30 June 2007)
  • Mr Vasileios Nikopoulos (24 July 2007 - 30 June 2009)
  • Mr Georgios Kalamidas (30 July 2009 - 30 June 2011)
  • Ms Rena Asimakopoulou (8 July 2011 - 30 June 2013)
  • Mr Michail Theocharidis (8 August 2013 - 30 June 2014)
  • Mr Athanasios Koutromanos (12 August 2014 - 30 June 2015)
  • Ms Vasiliki Thanou-Christofilou (1 July 2015 - 30 June 2017)
  • Mr Vasileios Peppas (18 September 2017 - 30 June 2019)
  • Mr Iosif Tsalaganidis (4 September 2019 - 30 June 2020)
  • Ms Angeliki Aleiferopoulou (1 July 2020 - 1 July 2021)
  • Ms Maria Georgiou (2 July 2021 - 28 July 2023)
  • Ms Ioanna Klapa-Christodoulea (28 July 2023 -

HUNGARY

  • Dr Zoltan Lomnici (*)
  • Dr András Baka (22 June 2009 - 31 December 2011)
  • Mr Péter Darák (1 January 2012 - 31 December 2020)
  • Dr András Zs. Varga (1 January 2021

IRELAND

  • Mr Ronan Keane (*)
  • Mr John L. Murray (2004 - 2011)
  • Ms Susan Denham (25 July 2011 - 27 July 2017)
  • Mr Frank Clarke (28 July 2017 - 10 October 2021)
  • Mr Donal O’Donnell (11 October 2021 - 

ITALY

  • Mr Nicola Marvulli (*) (24 August 2001)
  • Mr Vincenzo Carbone (24 July 2007)
  • Mr Ernesto Lupo (13 July 2010)
  • Mr Giorgio Santacroce (13 May 2013 - 31 December 2015)
  • Dott. Giovanni Canzio (1 January 2016 - 31 December 2017)
  • Mr Giovanni Mammone (4 January 2018 - 19 July 2020)
  • Mr Pietro Curzio (20 July 2020 - 6 March 2023 )
  • Ms Margherita Cassano (6 March 2023 - 

LATVIA

  • Mr Gunars Aigars (*)
  • Mr Andris Gulans
  • Mr Ivars Bičkovičs (2008 - 15 June 2020)
  • Mr Aigars Strupišs (16 June 2020 - 

LITHUANIA

  • Mr Vytautas Greicius (*)
  • Mr Gintaras Kryzevicius (5 November 2009)
  • Dr Rimvydas Norkus (22 December 2014 - 31 December 2019)
  • Acting President Ms Sigita Rudėnaitė ( 2020 - 14 November 2022)
  • Acting President Ms Gabrielė Juodkaitė-Granskienė (14 November 2022 - 27 March 2023)
  • Ms Danguolė Bublienė (27 March 2023 - 

LUXEMBOURG

  • Mr Marc Thill (*)
  • Mr Marc Schlungs (1 April 2007)
  • Ms Marie-Paule Engel (1 October 2008)
  • Mr Georges Santer (1 May 2012)
  • Mr Jean-Claude Wiwinius (2 August 2016 - 2 July 2021)
  • Mr Roger Linden (3 July 2021 - 2 October 2023)
  • Mr Thierry Hoscheit (1 October 2023 - 

MALTA

  • Mr Vincent A. De Gaetano (26 August 2002)
  • Mr Silvio Camilleri (9 September 2010 - 25 April 2018)
  • Mr Joseph Azzopardi (26 April 2018 - 07 April 2020)
  • Mr Mark Chetcuti (08 April 2020 -

NETHERLANDS

  • Mr Pim Haak (*)
  • Mr W. J. M. Davids
  • Mr Geert Corstens (2008)
  • Mr Maarten Feteris (1 November 2014 - 14 October 2020)
  • Ms Dineke de Groot (1 November 2020 - 

POLAND

  • Prof. Dr. hab. Lech Gardocki (*)
  • Mr Stanisław Zbigniew Dąbrowski (19 October 2010)
  • Pr. Malgorzata Gersdorf (30 April 2014 - 3 April 2020)
  • Ms Malgorzata Manowska (26 May 2020 - 

PORTUGAL

  • Mr Alberto Aragao Seia (*)
  • Mr José Moura Nunès da Cruz (2005)
  • Mr Luís António Noronha Nascimento (28 September 2006)
  • Mr António Silva Henriques Gaspar (4 July 2013 - 4 October 2018)
  • Mr António Joaquim Piçarra (4 October 2018 - 7 June 2021)
  • Mr Henrique Luís de Brito de Araújo ( 7 June 2021 - 4 June 2024)
  • Mr João Cura Mariano ( 4 June 2024 - 

ROMANIA

  • Prof. Univ. Dr. Nicolae Popa
  • Ms Livia Doina Stanciu (16 September 2010 - 13 September 2016)
  • Ms Cristina Iulia Tarcea (14 September 2016 - 14 September 2019)
  • Ms Corina Alina Corbu (15 September 2019 - 

SLOVAKIA

  • JUDr. Milan Karabin (*)
  • Mr Štefan Harabin (2009)
  • Ms Daniela Švecová (16 September 2014 - October 2019)
  • Mr Ján Šikuta (20 May 2020 - 

SLOVENIA

  • Mr Franc Testen (2004 - 2010)
  • Mr Branko Masleša (23 November 2010 - 14 February 2017)
  • Mr Damijan Florjančič (14 February 2017 - 15 February 2023)
  • Mr Miodrag Đorđević (15 February 2023 - 

SPAIN

  •  Mr D. Francisco José Hernando Santiago (*)
  • Mr Carlos Divar Blanco (September 2008 - June 2012)
  • Mr Gonzalo Moliner (July 2012 - December2013)
  • Mr Carlos Lesmes Serrano (9 December 2013 - 12 October 2022 )
  • Acting President Mr Francisco Marín Castán (12 October 2022 - 4 September 2024)
  • Ms Isabel Perelló Doménech  (4 September 2024 - 

SWEDEN

  • Mr Bo Svensson (*)
  • Mr Johan Munck (1 April 2007)
  • Ms Marianne Lundius (1 March 2010)
  • Mr Stefan Lindskog (1 January 2016 - 31 August 2018)
  • Mr Anders Eka (1 September 2018 - 

Associate Member

IS ICELAND

  • Mr Benedikt Bogason ( 1 January 2022 -
     

LIECHTENSTEIN

  • Mr Hansjörg Rück
  • Mr Hubertus Schumacher ( 1January 2015 -

NORWAY

  • Mr Tore Schei
  • Ms Toril M. Øie (1 March 2016 - 

UNITED KINGDOM  
England

  • Lord Woolf of Barnes
  • Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers (*)

Scotland

  • Lord Cullen of Whitekirk
  • Lord Hamilton (2005)
  • Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury (1 October 2012 - 20 July 2017)
  • Lady Hale of Richmond (September 2017 - 10 January 2020)
  • Lord Reed of Allermuir (13 January 2020 - 

 

   

 

Observers

ALBANIA

  • Mr Xhezair Zaganjori (1 October 2016 - 17 October 2023)
  • Mr Sokol Sadushi (17 October 2023 -

MONTENEGRO

  • Ms Vesna Medenica (13 October 2011 - 30 December 2020)
  • Acting President Ms Vesna Vučković (1 January 2021 - 2 December 2024)
  • Ms Valentina Pavličić (2 December 2024 -

SERBIA

  • Ms Jasmina Vasović (16 April 2021-

UA UKRAINE

  • Mr Vsevolod Kniaziev (May 2021-May 2023)
  • Mr Stanislav Kravchenko (26 May 2023 -