ECDC Director’s election: no two-third majority for any of the candidates
None of the candidates received the amount of votes necessary to be elected. The candidate required a two-thirds vote to be successfully elected.
The agenda of the extraordinary meeting of ECDC’s Management Board on 26 March foresaw the election of the Director for the period 2015-2020. However, during the anonymous voting, none of the candidates received the amount of votes necessary to be elected. The candidate required a two-thirds majority to be successfully elected.
As a consequence, the selection process for Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has ended without result. A new process will be launched.
Dr Marc Sprenger will continue in the position until the end of his mandate on 30 April 2015. Thereafter, upon decision of the Management Board, Dr Andrea Ammon, Deputy to the Director, will be Acting Director until a new Director is appointed and takes office. The Management Board expressed its gratitude to Dr Sprenger for his good work during the past five years.
