27/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - Uwe Corsepius succeeds Pierre de Boissieu. The new secretary general of the Council of the EU, German Uwe Corsepius (50), officially took up his post on 26 June. His term of office will run until 30 June 2015. He succeeds Pierre de Boissieu who held the post since 2009. Since 2006, Corsepius has been an adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel. (H.B./transl.rt)