EP Secretary-General Harald Rømer in Brussels © European Union 2007 – European Parliament
Biography
Harald Rømer was born on 4 April 1944 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He received a PhD in Sociology from the University of Copenhagen in 1971. In 1968, he became press officer of the Conservative Peoples Party in the Danish Parliament.
Political and administrative posts held
1968-1971: Consultant, Conservative Press and Information Service, Folketinget, Copenhagen.
1971-1973: Consultant in Communication and Research
1972-1973: Secretary for the Working Party concerning private consumption forecasts under the Danish Government long term planning programme
In the European Parliament
1973: Secretary to the Energy Committee
1973: Principal Administrator attached to the Information Service with responsibility for publications in Danish
1980: Attached to the Committee on the Rules of Procedure and Petitions with special responsibility for the general revision of Parliament's rules of procedure
1982: Head of Division, Committee on the Rules of Procedure and Petitions
1987-1992: Director, Directorate-General for Sessional and General Services
1987-1992: Secretary-General of the European Democratic Group
1992: Special adviser, EPP Group
1995-1999: Director-general DG I, European Parliament
1997-1999: Deputy Secretary-General
1999-2001: Chef de cabinet for Nicole Fontaine
2001-2007: Deputy Secretary-General
2007-2009: Secretary-General of the European Parliament
What's in the archives
The Fond of the Cabinet of Secretary-General Harald Rømer contains 27 files, generally categorised into:
- Organisation of the General Secretariat
- Organisation of the European Parliament
- Relations with the cabinets of the Presidents
- Relations with parliamentarians, political groups and committees
- Relations with other Community institutions and bodies
- Relations with the Member States
- Relations with non-EU Member States
