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Klaus Welle

Academic Council Chairman

Klaus Welle is the former Secretary-General of the European Parliament, a role in which he served from 2009 to 2022. He Chairs the Martens Centre’s Academic Council. He is also a Guest Professor in practice at the London School of Economics and a Visiting Professor at KU Leuven.

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 Secretary-General of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2022.

More by Klaus Welle

  • Le nouveau visage des droites en Europe et le conservatisme du futur

    Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media

    30 May 2023

  • Global Parliamentary Congress ‘THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD’

    In the Media

    13 May 2023

  • Klaus Welle’s Address at EUSA2023 on the US Congress and the European Parliament

    In the Media

    10 May 2023

  • Rencontres du Grand Continent : la démocratie européenne face aux crises

    In the Media

    04 May 2023

  • 3 Key Takeaways from Klaus Welle’s Visit to UCL

    In the Media

    23 Mar 2023

  • When the War in Ukraine Ends…

    Blog - Ukraine

    24 Feb 2023

  • Quand la guerre en Ukraine cessera…

    Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media

    17 Feb 2023

  • What is conservative?

    Articles and Op-Eds - In the Media

    04 Feb 2023

  • Interview with EP Secretary General Klaus Welle at EIF22

    Live-streams - Multimedia

    06 Jan 2023

  • 25 years of Spitzenkandidaten: what does the future hold?

    Blog

    03 May 2019


Publications written or edited by Klaus Welle

  • The 7Ds for Sustainability: Strategic Policy Initiatives for the European Centre-Right

    Other

    The 7Ds for Sustainability: Strategic Policy Initiatives for the European Centre-Right

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