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 April 2015, the Council appointed the Danish diplomat Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen as Secretary-General of the Council for the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020.^[1] He was appointed for a second term on 29 April 2020. The second, five-year term runs from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2025.^[2]

Previously, the post holder was also the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy,^[3] President of the European Defence Agency^[4] and the Western European Union.^[5] The Treaty of Amsterdam created the office of the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and specified that the Secretary-General would occupy that position simultaneously. Javier Solana exercised both functions from 1999 until 2009. The Lisbon Treaty redefined the post of High Representative and again separated it from the office of Secretary-General of the Council.

As of 2010, the Secretary-General's basic pay is equal to that of a top-tier civil servant: €17,697.68 per month.^[6][7]

List of Secretaries-General[]

No.	Portrait	Secretary-General	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Country
1		Calmes, ChristianChristian Calmes (1913–1995)	9 September 1952	14 June 1973	20 years, 278 days	Luxembourg
2		Hommel, Nicolas	1 July 1973	7 October 1980	7 years, 98 days	Luxembourg
3		Ersbøll, Niels [da] (born 1926)	8 October 1980	31 August 1994	13 years, 327 days	Denmark
4		Trumpf, JürgenJürgen Trumpf (born 1931)	1 September 1994	17 October 1999	5 years, 46 days	Germany
5		Solana, JavierJavier Solana (born 1942)	18 October 1999	1 December 2009	10 years, 44 days	Spain
6		Boissieu, PierrePierre de Boissieu (born 1945)	1 December 2009	26 June 2011	1 year, 207 days	France
7		Corsepius, UweUwe Corsepius (born 1960)	26 June 2011	30 June 2015	4 years, 4 days	Germany
8		Tranholm, JeppeJeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen (born 1962)	1 July 2015	Incumbent	6 years, 256 days	Denmark

See also[]

• President of the European Council

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