Arnaud Jacomet

Arnaud Marie Pierre André Jacomet (20 October 1946 in Paris – 14 October 2011 in Brussels)^[1] was a French historian and the final Secretary-General of the Western European Union (WEU).

Jacomet studied history and worked at the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense. He was diplomatic adviser on the WEU staff from the Alfred Cahen administration (1985–1989) onwards. On November 25, 2009, he succeeded Javier Solana as Secretary-General of the Western European Union. Jacomet completed the task of finishing the transfer of the remaining WEU functions to the EU Commission and the closure of the organisation. The WEU dissolved on June 30, 2011. Jacomet died of cancer a few months later.

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