Klaus Heeger elected as new Secretary General of CESI

On 19th December, the Board of CESI has elected Klaus Heeger unanimously the new Secretary General of CESI. He is the successor of Helmut Müllers, who retired at the end of the year. “I appreciate the confidence the independent European trade unions have shown me“, said Heeger in a first statement. “With a strong membership and an established umbrella organisation in Brussels, we will defend the interests of European employees also in the future“, stated the incoming Secretary General.

Heeger was born in 1967 a son of a diplomat and grew up in Germany, Switzerland and in the former USSR. Next to German, he speaks English, French, Russian, Estonian and Spanish. “I have lived most of the time of my life in foreign countries. Therefore, I know what it means to be at home in Europe and to represent interests on a European level“, summarises the new Secretary General his experience.

Between 1996 and 2002, Heeger was employed by CESI. This was followed by other occupations among them in the European Parliament and as a private entrepreneur in Estonia. “He knows how the institutions in Brussels work and the effect of their decisions to practice. This knowledge will be useful for him as the new Secretary General”, praises CESI President Peter Heesen the long experience of Heeger. “With Klaus Heeger, an experienced European takes on the management of the CESI Secretariat General. The interests of the European employees are in good hands”, adds CESI President Fritz Neugebauer.

At the end of 2012, Heeger is to be confirmed by the CESI Congress in this function for another 4 years.