In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Borrell and the second or maternal family name is Fontelles.
Josep Borrell
Official portrait, 2020
Vice-President of the European Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 2019
President
Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by
Federica Mogherini
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 2019
Preceded by
Federica Mogherini
Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
In office 7 June 2018 – 30 November 2019
Prime Minister
Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by
Alfonso Dastis (Foreign Affairs and Cooperation)
Succeeded by
Margarita Robles (acting)
President of the European Parliament
In office 20 July 2004 – 16 January 2007
Preceded by
Pat Cox
Succeeded by
Hans-Gert Pöttering
Minister of Public Works and Environment
In office 12 March 1991 – 6 May 1996
Prime Minister
Felipe González
Preceded by
Javier Sáenz de Cosculluela
Succeeded by
Rafael Arias-Salgado
Leader of the Opposition
In office 26 May 1998 – 14 May 1999
Prime Minister
José María Aznar
Preceded by
Joaquín Almunia
Succeeded by
Joaquín Almunia
Member of the European Parliament for Spain
In office 13 June 2004 – 7 June 2009
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 15 July 1986 – 2 April 2004
Constituency
Barcelona
Personal details
Born
Josep Borrell Fontelles
(1947-04-24) 24 April 1947 (age 77) La Pobla de Segur, Spain
Citizenship
Spain
Argentina (since 2019)
Political party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (since 1975)
Other political affiliations
Party of European Socialists
Spouse(s)
Carolina Mayeur (div.)
Cristina Narbona
(m. 2018)
Children
2
Education
Technical University of Madrid Complutense University Stanford University French Institute of Petroleum
Josep Borrell Fontelles (Western Catalan:[ʒuˈzɛbboˈreʎfonˈteʎes]; born 24 April 1947) is a Spanish politician serving as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy since 1 December 2019. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served as President of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2019.
Born and raised in the Catalan village of La Pobla de Segur, Borrell is an aeronautical engineer and economist by training as well as professor of mathematics. He entered politics in the 1970s as a member of the PSOE during Spain's transition to democracy, and went on to serve in several prominent positions during the governments of Felipe González, first within the Ministry of Economy and Finance as General Secretary for the Budget and Public Spending (1982–1984) and Secretary of State for Finance (1984–1991), then joining the Council of Ministers as Minister of Public Works and Transport (1991–1996). In the opposition after the 1996 election, Borrell unexpectedly won the PSOE primary in 1998 and became Leader of the Opposition and the designated prime ministerial candidate of the party until he resigned in 1999. He then switched to European politics, becoming a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) during the 2004–2009 legislative period and serving as President of the European Parliament for the first half of the term.
He returned to the Spanish Council of Ministers in June 2018, when he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation in the Sánchez government. In July 2019, Borrell was announced as the European Council's nominee to be appointed High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. He took office in December 2019.
JosepBorrell Fontelles (Western Catalan: [ʒuˈzɛb boˈreʎ fonˈteʎes]; born 24 April 1947) is a Spanish politician serving as High Representative of the...
(CFSP) within the European Union (EU). The position is currently held by JosepBorrell Fontelles. The Treaty of Amsterdam had established the position of High...
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been detained at the Evin Prison ever since. EU foreign policy chief JosepBorrell confirmed the news the following day. On 10 September, Floderus's family...
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Worker's Party. Having been in a relationship with fellow PSOE politician JosepBorrell since 1998, they married in July 2018. She tested positive for the COVID-19...
presumed[by whom?] to be brokering this agreement. EU Foreign Minister JosepBorrell stated it led to a "new geopolitical configuration" in the region. The...
the leaders of Armenia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Spain, and with JosepBorrell, the High Representative of the European Union's Common Foreign and...
of Bartolí JosepBorrell (born 1947), Spanish politician Josep María Comadevall (born 1983), Spanish footballer commonly known as Pitu Josep or José Carreras...
Pere Borrell del Caso (13 December 1835, in Puigcerdà – 16 May 1910, in Barcelona) was a Catalan Spanish painter, illustrator and engraver, known for...
Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy JosepBorrell. It is a designated book town, due to the high number of bookshops in...
CSDP structure – headed by the Union's High Representative (HR/VP), JosepBorrell, and sometimes referred to as the European Defence Union (EDU) in relation...
“geopolitical commission.” Members of the Von der Leyen Commission, including JosepBorrell and Thierry Breton, claim that Europe's soft power needs to be complemented...
numerous visiting dignitaries depends upon the president. President JosepBorrell MEP of Spain gave his counterparts a crystal cup created by an artist...
financing instrument set up in March 2021 under the leadership of HRVP JosepBorrell, which aims towards the delivery of military aid to partner countries...
inner circle. JosepBorrell, the EU foreign policy commissioner, pledged action to hold "Vladimir Putin and his regime" accountable. Borrell also stated...
in Nagorno-Karabakh". thepeterboroughexaminer.com. Fontelles, JosepBorrell [@JosepBorrellF] (23 January 2023). "We establish today a civilian EU Mission...
spokesperson reported no water was available. The EU's chief diplomat JosepBorrell described Israel's cutting off water as "not in accordance with international...
to the Arab Peace Initiative." European Union: On 4 February 2020, JosepBorrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President...
And will be found again two hundred years later, from the socialist JosepBorrell: The modern history of Spain is an unfortunate history that meant that...
abandoned it in face of public disapproval and protests against the law. JosepBorrell, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security...
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