Vice-Presidents

Tonino Picula (Croatia)

Tonino Picula (Croatia) was elected Vice-President at the 2011 Annual Session in Belgrade. He previously served as Rapporteur of the General Committee on Political Affairs and Security.

A Member of the Croatian Parliament since 2003, he has served as Head of the Croatian Delegation to the OSCE PA since 2004. From 2000-2003, he served as Croatia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, and from 2004-2008 he was Chairperson of the Social-Democratic Party Croatia Governing Board. He also serves on the Foreign Policy Committee of the Croatian Parliament. In 2011 Mr. Picula led the OSCE election observation of the presidential elections in Kazakhstan.

Oleh Bilorus (Ukraine)

was elected Vice-President during the 2008 Annual Session in Astana, and re-elected in Oslo. Mr. Bilorus is Chairman of the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Chairman of the Parliament Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine.

An economist, manager, and diplomat, Mr. Bilorus has a PhD in Economics and is a Full Professor and member of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, Motherland Party.

Mr. Bilorus was first elected a People’s Deputy of Ukraine in 1998. Prior to that, he had been the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Director General of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, and Director General of the International Management Institute in Kiev. Between 1967 and 1979, he was First Vice President and Dean of the Faculty at the National Economic University in Kiev.

Isabel Pozuelo (Spain)

was elected Vice-President at the 2009 Annual Session in Vilnius and re-elected at the 2010 Annual Session in Oslo. She has been a member of the Spanish delegation to the OSCE PA since 2004 and is presently the head of delegation. She has been particularly active in election observation activities, having participated in election observation missions to, among others, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Serbia, Montenegro, Russia, Georgia, and Armenia.

Ms. Pozuelo has been a socialist member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies since 1996, having served as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as the Finance Committee and the Healthcare and Consumer Affairs Committee. She has also chaired the CEIBA Cultural Foundation for co-operation between Africa, Spain and Cuba and served as Trustee of the PERSAM Foundation for the integration of migrants in the workforce.

Wolfgang Grossruck (Austria)

was elected Vice-President of the Assembly at the 2008 Astana Annual Session and re-elected in 2011. He previously served as Rapporteur of the First General Committee.

He was first elected to the Parliament of Austria in 1995 and has been a Member of the Austrian Delegation to the OSCE PA since 1996. As such, he has been particularly active in the Assembly’s election observation activities. In his work with the Assembly, Mr. Grossruck has visited OSCE missions in Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo. With a background in insurance, he is also active in municipal politics and is Mayor of Grieskirchen.

Riccardo Migliori (Italy)

was elected Vice-President at the Oslo Annual Session in July 2010, having served previously as Rapporteur of the First General Committee for two years.

Mr. Migliori has been a member of the Italian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly since July 2006 and was elected Head of Delegation in June 2008. Mr. Migliori has participated in several election observation missions, to Serbia, Georgia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Moldova.

He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Parliaments and has served on the Constitutional Affairs Committee and as Deputy Chair of the Bicameral Regional Affairs Committee. A member of the PDL (Popolo della Liberta) Parliamentary Group, he is also a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

With a degree in law from Florence University, Mr. Migliori has served on the Florence City Council as well as on the Tuscany Regional Council. Married with four children, he is the author of the book Federalismo della destra (The Federalism of the Right.).

Jean-Charles Gardetto (Monaco)

was elected Vice-President at the 2009 Annual Session in Vilnius, after having served as Chair and Vice-Chair of the First General Committee. Mr. Gardetto has been a Member of the National Council of Monaco since 2003, and is Head of the Delegation of Monaco to the OSCE PA.

Mr. Gardetto is Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and a Member of the Legislative, Finance, Education & Youth and Women's Rights Committees. He is also active in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where he serves as Vice-President of the Assembly. As an attorney, he is active in international legal organizations and associations.

Walburga Habsburg Douglas (Sweden)

Walburga Habsburg Douglas (Sweden) was elected Vice-President of the Assembly at the 2011 Annual Session in Belgrade. She previously served two terms as Chair of the Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, having previously served as Committee Vice-Chair and Rapporteur.

Ms. Habsburg Douglas is also the Head of the Swedish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. With a background in law and journalism, Ms. Habsburg Douglas served as Secretary General of the International Pan-European movement prior to being elected to parliament in 2006.

Benjamin Cardin (United States)

was elected Vice-President of the Assembly at the Annual Session in Brussels in July 2006, after having served as Chair of the Second Committee.

Before being elected to the U.S Senate by the people of Maryland in November 2006, Mr. Cardin represented Maryland's Third Congressional District in the US House of Representatives from 1987 to 2006. He is currently the Co-Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Security and Co-operation in Europe (Helsinki Commission). He is also a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Judiciary Committee, Environment and Public Works Committee, Budget Committee and Small Business Committee. Prior to being elected to Congress, he served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1967-1986, where he was Speaker of the House from 1979-1986.

Aleksander Koslovskiy (Russian Federation)

was elected Vice-President of the Assembly at the Oslo Annual Session in July 2010. From 2004-2007, he served as Deputy Head of the Russian Delegation to the OSCE PA, and since 2008 as its Head of Delegation. Mr. Kozlovsky serves as Deputy Chairman of the Committee for International Relations and Chairman of the Sub-Committee for Relations with the USA in the Russian State Duma.

Mr. Kozlovsky also holds the post of Deputy Co-Chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Co-operation Committee between the Federal Assembly and Milli Mijlis of Azerbaijan. He is the Honourable Vice-President of the Russian Olympic Committee, Vice-President of the European Olympic Committees and memeber of the Executive Committee of the World Association of National Olympic Committees.