For a term of three years the Chairman is the spokesperson for the EUMC, he participates in PSC meetings as appropriate, he is the military adviser to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR) who heads the EEAS European External Action Service, he represents the primary Point of Contact with the Operation Commanders of the EU's military operations and he attends Council meetings with defence and security implications.
On 29 October 2008, the Chiefs of Defence meeting of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) endorsed Syren as the next chairman of the EUMC.
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General Håkan Erik Gunnar Syrén (born 31 January 1952) is a General of the Swedish Amphibious Corps and chairman of the European Union Military Committee.
Soviet Union | European Union | Union Army | rugby union | European Parliament | United States Military Academy | Union | Member of the European Parliament | European Commission | Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names | International Olympic Committee | Committee of Public Safety | UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee | International Telecommunication Union | trade union | military | Military Cross | European Space Agency | Union (American Civil War) | Republican National Committee | Union Pacific Railroad | England national rugby union team | European | Central Committee | European Court of Human Rights | American Civil Liberties Union | Wales national rugby union team | New Zealand national rugby union team | Democratic National Committee | Ireland national rugby union team |
On April 9, 2004, he left that post to become chairman of European Union Military Committee (EUMC) after Gustav Hägglund.
Håkan Syrén (born 1952), a General of the Swedish Amphibious Corps and chairman of the European Union Military Committee