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block-system-main-block"> <div class="content"> <article class="node node--type-edpsweb-page node--promoted node--view-mode-full clearfix"> <header> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-edpsweb-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><img data-entity-uuid="0cb19a82-c2f9-4884-b509-55d82d7f25fb" data-entity-type="file" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/20240123_EP-161967A_PB9_206_0.jpg" height="428" width="285" alt="Self-portrait of Leonardo Cervera Navas with the EU flag in the background" loading="lazy"></p> <p>Leonardo Cervera Navas is the Secretary-General of the European Data Protection Supervisor.</p> <p>The Secretary-General is the EDPS's most senior official. 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In 2010, he joined the EDPS as a manager and he was appointed Director in 2018.</p> <p><strong>Nationality:</strong> Spanish</p> <h3><strong>Curriculum Vitae</strong></h3> <p><a href="https://edps.europa.eu/system/files/2023-07/leonardo-cervera-navas_bio_en.pdf">Leonardo Cervera Navas' CV</a></p> <p><a href="https://edps.europa.eu/about/supervisor/secretary-general/the-secretary-general-team_en">The Secretary-General's Office</a></p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </section> </main> <div class="sidebar_second sidebar col-md-4 order-last" id="sidebar_second"> <aside class="section" role="complementary"> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockedpsweb-news-block-edpsweb-news-side card" id="block-edpsweb-news-side"> <div class="card-header"> <div class="float-right"> <a class="btn btn-sm btn-blue" href="/press-publications/press-news/news_en" title="+ View more news"> + <span class="d-none d-lg-inline">View more news</span></a> </div> <h2>News</h2> </div> <div class="card-body"> <div class="content"> <div><div class="view view-edpsweb-news view-id-edpsweb_news view-display-id-block_edpsweb_news_side js-view-dom-id-8743c5697a5f8bdab5512ee5691f77b84872c3776c4b223f5accc83a1fc3cc68"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row"> <article class="node node--type-edpsweb-news node--promoted clearfix"> <a id="news_13948"></a> <header> </header> <div class="node__content clearfix"> <h3 class="node__title"> <a href="/press-publications/press-news/news_en?page=0#news_13948" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Data Protection Day 2025</span> </a> </h3> <div class="field field--name-field-edpsweb-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-01-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">28 January 2025</time> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-edpsweb-news-intro field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>To mark the Data Protection Day, the EDPS, Council of Europe, and CPDP Conferences joined forces to host a one-day event: “CPDP – Data Protection Day: A New Mandate for Data Protection.”</p> <ul> <li><u>When:</u> 28 January 2025</li> <li><u>Where:</u> European Commission’s Charlemagne, Brussels</li> <li><u>Format:</u> In-person and online</li> </ul> <p>This year’s conference came at a crucial time as new EU political mandates begin shaping the policy landscape. 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