Le Cercle/Chairman (Europe)

Le Cercle/Chairman (Europe)
The 2016 Meeting of Le Cercle in Washington DC
Leader of	Le Cercle
Chair of half of the meetings of Le Cercle. Reportedly sets the group's agenda and oversees its discussions but does not involve the group's finances.

Le Cercle was chaired initially by Antoine Pinay, hence the name 'Pinay Cercle'. The British took over the chairmanship of the group at some point (according to Brian Crozier's memoirs, in 1971). Possibly at the same time, the group was switched from exclusively European meetings to a general pattern of biannual meetings on alternating sides of the Atlantic. This arrangement had separate European and US chairs of the group.

Activities

"Mr Zahawi's office said the "informal" role of Le Cercle chairman consisted of setting the group's agenda and overseeing its discussions but did not include involvement in the group's finances."

Secrectary

In 1997 The Telegraph named Geoffrey Tantum as the Cercle's UK secretary.

Unreferenced Office Holders

An anonymous editor to Wikipedia added the following dates and chairmen in November 2018:

• 2017-present: Kwasi Kwarteng
• 2015-2017: Nadhim Zahawi
• 2013-2015: Rory Stewart

 

Office Holders on Wikispooks

Name	From	To	Description
Kwasi Kwarteng	2017	2018
Nadhim Zahawi	2015	2017	Did not declare his membership of this group
Rory Stewart	2013	2014	Ended 2015 according to an anonymous Wikipedia edit
Michael Ancram	2008	2013	Start date is conjecture, but would be after October 13, 2008
Norman Lamont	1996	2008	He quit between 13 October 2008 and 3 April 2013.
Jonathan Aitken	1993	1996	The start date is conjecture, based on <a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> and <a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a>
Christian Schwarz-Schilling	1992	1993	The start and end dates are conjecture, based on <a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> and <a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a>.
Julian Amery	1985	1992	The end date is conjecture, based on <a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> and <a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a>
Brian Crozier	1971	1985	Crozier himself is the source for this start date, which is uncertain.
Antoine Pinay	1953	1971	These dates are pure conjecture, but fit with other data.

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