Christopher Newbury
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Christopher Newbury (born 10 November 1956, Trowbridge, England) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He has been a member of the Congress of the Council of Europe since 1998 (and in it a member of the European People's Party group since 2004) and also an elected Independent member of Wiltshire County Council since 1997.
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[edit] Council of Europe
At the European level, Newbury has prepared reports for the Council of Europe on the situation of local democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001 and 2006), Armenia (2003), Luxembourg (2004) and Liechtenstein (2005).
He has also headed delegations of the Council of Europe to observe elections in its member and observer states, including Kosovo (November 2001), the Ukraine (March 2002), Armenia (October 2002), Gagauzia, Moldova (November 2003), Bosnia and Herzegovina (September-October 2004) and Palestine (December, 2005).
He serves as the rapporteur of the Council of Europe's Congress on the revision of the European Charter of Local Self-Government.
[edit] Wiltshire
Newbury's work in Wiltshire includes chairing the Wiltshire Victoria County History Committee (since 2002) and the Planning Committee of West Wiltshire District Council (since 2003). He is also a governor of Urchfont Manor College.
[edit] Education
Newbury was educated at Gresham's School and Keble College, Oxford.
- In 1976, he represented the Oxford Union Society in the Observer Mace student debating competition in partnership with Benazir Bhutto.
- In a Ravenscroft production of Macbeth in 1970, he played the part of Macbeth opposite Guy Hands as Lady Macbeth.
[edit] References
- Congress of the Council of Europe official site
- Christopher Newbury at the Council of Europe official site
- Christopher Newbury at the Wiltshire Community Web
- Christopher Newbury profile at Wiltshire County Council official site
- CoE Recommendation 103 (2001) on local democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- CoE Recommendation 140 (2003) on local democracy in Armenia
- CoE Recommendation 172 (2005) on local democracy in Luxembourg
- CoE Recommendation 196 (2006) on local democracy in Liechtenstein
- CoE Report on Kosovo elections 2001
- CoE Report on Ukrainian elections 2002
- CoE Report on Armenian elections 2002
- CoE Report on Moldova elections 2003
- CoE Report on Bosnian elections 2004
- CoE Report on Palestinian elections 2005
