Secretary of the Hanoverian Union
| Secretary of the Hanoverian Union | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the Hanoverian Union | |
| Executive Council of the Hanoverian Union | |
| Style | Mr. Secretary Madam Secretary |
| Status | Secretary to the chief administrative officer of the Hanoverian Union |
| Seat | Hôtel de Bourgogne, Luxembourg |
| Appointer | President of the Hanoverian Union |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable |
| Constituting instrument | Brussels Agreement |
| Formation | 6 December 1946 |
| First holder | Pierre Dupong |
| Website | husecretary.org |
The Secretary of the Hanoverian Union is the secretary to the chief administrative 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 is the assistant to the executive head of the organisation as a whole, tasked with primarily coordinating, recording, and archiving the agendas laid out by the organisation through its legislative body, known as the Executive Council. Since its foundation, the office of secretary has been rotated among the organisation's three member states every five years, with the office normally going to the next-in-line to the chairmanship, with the current officeholders being the deputy prime ministers of Luxembourg, François Bausch and Paulette Lenert, the latter being the first woman to hold one of the three official positions in the organisation.
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, with the designated residence often depending on the country chosen for the office at any given moment, with the current pair of secretaries' residence being the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Luxembourg.