European Council Decision

of 1 March 2012

electing the President of the European Council

(2012/151/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 15(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)
On 1 December 2009, by European Council Decision 2009/879/EU1, Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY was elected President of the European Council for the period from 1 December 2009 until 31 May 2012.
(2)

In accordance with the Treaty, the holder of the office of President of the European Council may be re-elected once,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY is hereby re-elected President of the European Council for the period from 1 June 2012 until 30 November 2014.

Article 2

This Decision shall be notified to Mr Herman VAN ROMPUY by the Secretary-General of the Council.

It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 1 March 2012.

For the European Council

The President

H. van Rompuy