In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Solana and the second or maternal family name is de Madariaga.
The Most Excellent
Javier Solana
KCMG CYC
Solana in 1999
High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
In office 18 October 1999 – 1 December 2009
Preceded by
Jürgen Trumpf
Succeeded by
Cathy Ashton (Foreign Affairs and Security Policy)
Secretary General of the Council of the European Union
In office 18 October 1999 – 1 December 2009
Preceded by
Jürgen Trumpf
Succeeded by
Pierre de Boissieu
Secretary General of the Western European Union
In office 20 November 1999 – 1 December 2009
Preceded by
José Cutileiro
Succeeded by
Arnaud Jacomet
9th Secretary General of NATO
In office 5 December 1995 – 6 October 1999
Preceded by
Sergio Balanzino (Acting) Willy Claes
Succeeded by
The Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 16 June 1992 – 18 December 1995
Prime Minister
Felipe González
Preceded by
Francisco Fernández Ordóñez
Succeeded by
Carlos Westendorp
Personal details
Born
Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga
(1942-07-14) 14 July 1942 (age 81) Madrid, Spain
Political party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spouse
María de la Concepción Giménez Díaz-Oyuelos
Education
Complutense University University of Virginia
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Francisco Javier Solana de MadariagaKCMG CYC (Spanish:[fɾanˈθiskoxaˈβjeɾsoˈlanaðemaðaˈɾjaɣa]; born 14 July 1942) is a Spanish physicist and PSOE politician. After serving in the Spanish government as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González (1992–1995) and as the Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999), leading the alliance during Operation Allied Force, he was appointed the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European Union and held these posts from October 1999 until December 2009.
Francisco JavierSolana de Madariaga KCMG CYC (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xaˈβjeɾ soˈlana ðe maðaˈɾjaɣa]; born 14 July 1942) is a Spanish physicist and PSOE...
High Representative for the common foreign and security policy." Thus, JavierSolana became the first permanent High Representative. Initially the post was...
resources. On 23 March 1999 at 22:17 UTC the Secretary General of NATO, JavierSolana, announced he had directed the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR)...
Rambouillet talks began on 6 February 1999, with NATO Secretary General JavierSolana negotiating with both sides. They were intended to conclude by 19 February...
Balanzino served as acting Secretary General until the appointment of JavierSolana. George Robertson announced in January 2003 that he would be stepping...
commemorating the signing of the peace treaty with Israel. European Union – JavierSolana, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Policy, condemned...
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Felipe González, accompanied by JavierSolana, visited Juan Carlos in the Zarzuela Palace. The event represented a...
John Paul II1 2005 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 2006 Jean-Claude Juncker 2007 JavierSolana 2008 Angela Merkel 2009 Andrea Riccardi 2010 Donald Tusk 2011 Jean-Claude...
John Paul II1 2005 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 2006 Jean-Claude Juncker 2007 JavierSolana 2008 Angela Merkel 2009 Andrea Riccardi 2010 Donald Tusk 2011 Jean-Claude...
Political Relevance of the Peace of Westphalia, NATO Secretary-General JavierSolana said that "humanity and democracy [were] two principles essentially...
John Paul II1 2005 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 2006 Jean-Claude Juncker 2007 JavierSolana 2008 Angela Merkel 2009 Andrea Riccardi 2010 Donald Tusk 2011 Jean-Claude...
Spain. The key moment came when socialist leaders Felipe González and JavierSolana met Juan Carlos at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid — a tacit endorsement of...
to achieve its objectives." The European Union's foreign policy head JavierSolana expressed concern that it might impede the peace process. In response...
Commander Europe General Wesley Clark called NATO Secretary-General JavierSolana and was told "you have transfer of authority" in the area. Clark then...
again took over the reins until he was replaced on 5 December 1995 by JavierSolana. He taught in the springtime at the Loyola University Chicago Rome Center...
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