List of secretaries general of the Western European Union
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The secretary-general of the Western European Union was the head of the Western European Union (WEU), a Cold War era European defence and collective security organisation, which was dissolved in 2011.[1]
In 1999, it was agreed that the holder of the newly created post of High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union should also be the secretary-general of the WEU. This was then Javier Solana; however, following a reconfiguration of the high representative post, Solana's successor Catherine Ashton was never appointed Secretary-General, and an acting secretary-general fulfilled the role until the WEU's dissolution in 2011.
List of secretaries general
[edit]| Name | Country | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Goffin |  Belgium
|
1955–1962 |
| Maurice Iweins d'Eeckhoutte | Belgium
|
1962–1970 |
| Georges Heisbourg |  Luxembourg
|
1971–1974 |
| Friedrich-Karl von Plehwe |  West Germany
|
1974–1977 |
| Edouard Longerstaey | Belgium
|
1977–1985 |
| Alfred Cahen | Belgium
|
1985–1989 |
| Wim van Eekelen |  Netherlands
|
1989–1994 |
| José Cutileiro |  Portugal
|
1994–1999 |
| Javier Solana |  Spain
|
1999–2009 |
| Arnaud Jacomet |  France
|
2009–2011 |
References
[edit]- ^ Western European Union (31 March 2010). "Statement of the Presidency of the Permanent Council of the WEU on behalf of the High Contracting Parties to the Modified Brussels Treaty – Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2010-03-31 – via weu.int.