Czech diplomat Tomáš Boček appointed to the post of Vice-Governor for Target Group Countries of the CEB
At its 222nd meeting held on 29 March 2019, the Governing Board of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) appointed Mr. Tomáš Boček to the post of Vice-Governor for Target Group Countries.
Ambassador Boček is currently Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on Migration and Refugees. His mandate includes gathering information on the steps that Council of Europe member states are taking in order to protect the fundamental rights of migrants and refugees, and proposing appropriate action at national and European level.
From 2010 until the end of January 2016 he was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, in which capacity he also represented the Czech Republic to the CEB Governing Board. During the period 2013-2015, he was Vice-President of the Governing Board of the CEB.
At the same meeting of the CEB Governing Board on 29 March 2019, the current Czech Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Mr. Emil Ruffer, was elected Vice-President of the Governing Board of the CEB for the following two-years term.