(ANS - Rome) - The 27^th General Chapter has confirmed Bro. Jean Paul Muller as Economer General of the Salesian Congregation.

When the Rector Major asked him if he accepted the result of the election, Bro. Jean Paul replied: "First of all, thank you for your trust and thank you to the team that has been chosen. I will be asking for their help in the task. As Fr Guillermo said, I am glad to be a part of this team with the Rector Major and the others that have been chosen. Thank you. I accept."

Jean Paul Muller was born on 13 October 1957 in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg . He entered the novitiate of Jünkerath on 16 August 1978, made his first profession as a Salesian on 15 August of the following year and his perpetual profession on 15 August 1984.

He was a member of the House Council in the communities of Helenenberg (1995-2000) and Bonn (2005-2011), Provincial Councillor from 1990 to 2011 - first in Northern Germany and then in the Province of Germany - and he was Delegate for the Missions from 2003 to 2012.

In 2004 he was elected a member of the Equipo de Dirección del Consejo de Misiones Católico Alemán.  From 2005 to October 2012 he was Director of the Salesian Mission Office in Bonn and he is also President of the Confederation of educational psychologists in Berlin.

On 27 January 2011, after consultation with the members of the General Council, the then Rector Major, Fr Pascual Chávez, appointed him Economer General of the Congregation.

He participated in the 23^rd, 24^th and 26^th General Chapters and was a member of the pre-chapter Commission of GC27.

Published 27/03/2014