Thérèse Blanchet

Thérèse Blanchet
Thérèse Blanchet
	Blanchet in 2024
Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 November 2022
Preceded by	Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen
Personal details
Born	Thérèse Émilie Marie Blanchet; 22 May 1962 (age 64); Geneva, Switzerland
Party	Independent
Spouse	Jouko Lempiäinen
Children	1
Education	University of Geneva (Law degree); College of Europe (Master of European Law)

Thérèse Émilie Marie Blanchet (French pronunciation: [teʁɛz blɑ̃ʃɛ]; born 22 May 1962) is a French-Swiss attorney serving as secretary-general of the Council of the European Union since 1 November 2022. She is the first woman to hold the post.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Born in Geneva, she grew up in neighbouring Confignon. She attended the University of Geneva and College of Europe and became an attorney at law in 1987. From 2019 to 2022, she was Legal Counsel of the Council and European Council and Director-General of the Council Legal Service.^[2]

Personal life

Blanchet is married to Jouko Lempiäinen, a Finnish national, and has one child.^[2]^[4]

Honours

Knight of the Legion of Honour (2019)^[5]

References

↑ "EU leaders tap new top powerbroker at the Council". POLITICO. 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
1 2 3 "Thérèse Blanchet appointed new Secretary-General of the Council". Consilium. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
↑ "Une Genevoise au cœur du pouvoir européen". Tribune de Genève (in French). 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
↑ Bruxelles, Tanguy Verhoosel (2019-07-06). "Une Genevoise à la barre à Bruxelles". La Liberté (in French). Retrieved 2025-08-29.
↑ "Décret du 13 juillet 2019 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French).

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[1] "EU leaders tap new top powerbroker at the Council". POLITICO. 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2023-10-13.

[:0-2] 1 2 3 "Thérèse Blanchet appointed new Secretary-General of the Council". Consilium. Retrieved 2025-08-29.

[3] "Une Genevoise au cœur du pouvoir européen". Tribune de Genève (in French). 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2025-08-29.

[4] Bruxelles, Tanguy Verhoosel (2019-07-06). "Une Genevoise à la barre à Bruxelles". La Liberté (in French). Retrieved 2025-08-29.

[5] "Décret du 13 juillet 2019 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance (in French).

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