EDPB Initiates Procedure for Electing A New Chair

On
April
26,
2023,
the
European
Data
Protection
Board
(“EDPB”)
initiated
the
procedure
for
electing
a
new
Chair
and
Deputy
Chair
to
replace
Andrea
Jelinek
and
Ventsislav
Karadjov,
whose
mandates
will
end
on
May
25,
2023.

The
new
EDPB
Chair
will
be
selected
between
the
heads
of
the
Supervisory
of
Authorities
of
Bulgaria,
Finland
and
the
Netherlands.
For
the
position
of
Deputy
Chair,
the
candidates
are
the
heads
of
the
Supervisory
Authorities
of
Croatia,
Cyprus
and
Latvia.

The
new
Chair
and
Deputy
Chair
will
be
elected
for
a
period
of
five
years
and
the
election
will
be
carried
out
through
a
secret
ballot
on
the
EDPB’s
May
25,
2023
plenary
meeting.

Read
the

press
release.

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