President of ESADEgeo, former Minister of FFAA of Spain,Secretary General of NATO, EU High Representative for CFSP

Born in 1942, Spanish physicist and Socialist politician. After serving in the Spanish government under Felipe González (1982–1995) and as Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999), 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