Catherine Ashton
British politician · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Born 1956 · age 70
Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland is a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European Commission in the Barroso Commission from 2009 to 2014.
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Ashton with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Ashton and Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif, the first round of Comprehensive agreement on Iranian nuclear programme, February 2014
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with Ashton, Munich, 1 February 2014
Ashton (far right) with the rest of the Quartet on the Middle East (2010)
The European Commission, of which Ashton was Vice-President from 2010 to 2014
Ashton and Russian President Vladimir Putin, 3 June 2013
