Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union

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The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union heads the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. In recent times, it has acquired a number of additional responsibilities, including High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, which is held concurrently.

[edit] List of Secretaries-General

Name Country Start End
Christian Calmes  Luxembourg 9 September 1952 14 June 1973
Nicolas Hommel  Luxembourg 1 July 1973 7 October 1980
Niels Ersbøll  Denmark 8 October 1980 31 August 1994
Jürgen Trumpf  Germany 1 September 1994 17 October 1999
Javier Solana  Spain 18 October 1999 Incumbent