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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
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