EUROSAI. Magazine N18 - 2012

> 9 < EUROSAI ACTIVITIES EUROPEAN ORGANISATION OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS www.eurosai.org No. 18 - 2012 Mr Ramón Álvarez de Miranda was appointed President of Spanish Court of Audit by HM the King, with a three- year term, on 30 July 2012 . As President of the Spanish Court of Audit, he has also taken over, from Mr Manuel Núñez-Pérez, as Secretary General of EUROSAI. The new President of Court of Audit of Spain holds a degree in Economics and Business Studies from Universidad Complutense deMadrid and he is a chartered accountant and member of the Official Registry of Accounts Auditors. He was also a member of the Spanish Parliament for several years and worked in the economic studies department at Urquijo Bank. He has contributed with articles in several technical publications and has sat on the Public Sector Administration and Accounting Commission of the AECA (Spanish Association of Business Administration and Accounting). Mr Álvarez de Miranda became an officer of the Spanish Court of Audit in 1986 and has held various positions at said establishment throughout his professional career. In 2001 , he was elected Member of the Institution by the Spanish Parliament, being entrusted with the coordination of the Department for Auditing Local Entities. In July 2012 , he was re-appointed as a Member of the Court of Audit by the Spanish Parliament for a second nine-year term. n New Secretary General of EUROSAI