Javier Solana

Spanish politician

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    Born 1942
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    2022
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Updated 2026-06-21

A physicist who became one of Europe's most powerful diplomats, steering NATO through its first major war and then spending a decade as the EU's foreign-policy chief during its most ambitious expansion.

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Born 14 July 1942, Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga trained as a physicist before entering Spanish politics with the PSOE. He served as Foreign Affairs Minister under Felipe González from 1992 to 1995, then took the helm of NATO as Secretary General in 1995, leading the alliance through Operation Allied Force in 1999. That October he moved to Brussels as the European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, simultaneously holding the titles of Secretary General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European Union. He held all t…

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