Secretary-General of the Hanoverian Union

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Secretary-General of the Hanoverian Union
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Incumbent
Xavier Bettel
since 17 November 2023
Executive Council of the Hanoverian Union
StyleMr. Secretary-General
StatusChief administrative officer of the Hanoverian Union
SeatHôtel de Bourgogne, Luxembourg
AppointerPresident of the Hanoverian Union
Term length5 years, renewable
Constituting instrumentBrussels Agreement
Formation6 December 1946
First holderPierre Dupong
Websitehusecgen.org

The Secretary-General of the Hanoverian Union is the presiding officer of the Executive Council of the Hanoverian Union, the legislative body of the Hanoverian Union, a politico-economic union comprising the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Formed in line with the organisation's founding in 1946, the secretary-general is mainly tasked with presiding over the affairs of the Executive Council, which usually sets out and ratifies the organisation's agenda. Since its foundation, the office of secretary-general has traditionally rotated among the organisation's three member states every five years in which the office normally going to the deputy prime minister of the chosen country with the current officeholder being Xavier Bettel, the Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg.

Given that the office traditionally rotates between the organisastion's three member states every five years, there is therefore no fixed residence for the secretary-general, with the designated residence often depending on the country chosen for the office at any given moment, with the current secretary-general's residence being the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Luxembourg.