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Former Directors of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
2020 – 2024, Italy
2017 – 2020, Iceland
2014 – 2017, Germany
2008 – 2014, Slovenia
2003 – 2008, Austria
1997 – 2002, Switzerland
Gerard Stoudmann
Gerard Stoudmann, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic
Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), speaking at a press
conference, 26 April 2001.
1994 – 1997, United Kingdom
Audrey Glover
Audrey Glover of the United Kingdom served as ODIHR Director between 1994 and 1997.
1991 – 1994, Italy
Luchino Cortese
Luchino Cortese (centre), first Director of the Office for Free Elections (later renamed the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR), in front of the Office’s first premises. Warsaw, 1991.




