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Javier Solana
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Person

Javier Solana

b. 1942

Spanish politician

Born
14 Jul 1942 · Madrid

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 97 years
  1. 14 Jul 1942BornBorn in Madrid
  2. 1977 – 1979RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  3. 1979 – 1982RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  4. 1982 – 1986RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  5. 1985 – 1988RoleSpokesperson of the Government of Spain
  6. 1986 – 1989RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  7. 1988 – 1992RoleMinister of Education and Science
  8. 1989 – 1993RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  9. 1992 – 1995RoleForeign Minister
  10. 1992AwardGold Olympic Order
  11. 1993 – 1995RoleMember of the Congress of Deputies
  12. 1995 – 1999RoleSecretary General of NATO
  13. 1996AwardGrand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise
  14. 1997AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Charles III
  15. 1999 – 2009RoleHigh Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
  16. 1999 – 2009RoleSecretary-General of the Council of the European Union
  17. 2000AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  18. 2002AwardManfred Wörner Medal
  19. 2004AwardDecoration for Exceptional Merits
  20. 2006AwardWateler Peace Prize
  21. 2007AwardCharlemagne Prize
  22. 2010AwardCollar of the Order of the Golden Fleece
  23. 2010AwardEwald von Kleist Prize
  24. 2012AwardAtlantida Prize
  25. 2018AwardGold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1942 – today).

  1. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  2. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  3. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  4. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  6. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  7. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  9. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  10. 1956Suez Crisis
  11. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  13. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  15. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  17. 1968Prague Spring
  18. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  19. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  20. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  21. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  23. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  24. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  25. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  26. 1985Schengen Agreement
  27. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  28. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  29. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  31. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  33. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  34. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  35. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  36. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  37. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  38. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  39. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  40. 20102010 Haiti earthquake

Biography

Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga 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.

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