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
| 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
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