Pierre de Boissieu (; born 1945euabc.com: de Boissieu, Pierre (1945 - )
/ref>) is a French diplomat and former French ambassador to the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

(EU). He was the

Secretary-General of the Council 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 fo ...

of the European Union from 1 December 2009 until 26 June 2011. In this post he was preceded by

Javier Solana Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga (; born 14 July 1942) is a Spanish physicist and PSOE The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-dem ...

and was succeeded by Uwe Corsepius.New Council Secretary-General takes office, Council of the European Union, Brussels, 27 June 2011
/ref> Prior to being Secretary General he was Deputy Secretary-General from October 1999 to 30 November 2009.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boissieu, Pierre De 1945 births Living people European Union diplomats Diplomats from Paris École nationale d'administration alumni Permanent Representatives of France to the European Union French officials of the European Union Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur