List of secretaries general of the Western European Union


The secretary-general of the Western European Union was the head of the Western European Union, a Cold War era European defence and collective security organisation, which was dissolved in 2011.
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.