Klaus Welle

Klaus Welle is the Secretary-General of the European Parliament, a role in which he has served since 2009. He is also a member of the Martens Centre’s Academic Council.

After obtaining a Degree in economics from the University of Witten/Herdecke in Germany, Klaus Welle worked at the CDU Central Office in Bonn, before coming to Brussels where he served as Secretary-General of the European People’s Party (EPP) from 1994 to 1999, Secretary-General of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament from 1999 to 2003, Director-General for Internal Policies at the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007, Head of the Cabinet of the President of the European Parliament from 2007 to 2009, and has served as Secretary-General of the European Parliament since then.