Thérèse Blanchet

Thérèse Blanchet
Blanchet in 2024
Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union
Assumed office
1 November 2022
Preceded byJeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen
Personal details
Born (1962-05-22) 22 May 1962
PartyIndependent
SpouseJouko Lempiäinen
Children1
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Thérèse Blanchet (born 22 May 1962) is a French-Swiss jurist serving as secretary-general of the Council of the European Union since 1 November 2022. She is the first woman to hold the post.

Previously, from 2019 to 2022, she was Legal Counsel of the Council and European Council, and Director-General of the Council Legal Service.