Javier Solana

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 Madariaga KCMG CYC (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xaˈβjeɾ soˈlana ðe maðaˈɾjaɣa]; 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.