Biography of javier solana

Spanish politician (born 1942)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Solana and the second or maternal family name is de Madariaga.

Francisco Javier Solana de MadariagaKCMGCYC (Spanish:[fɾanˈθiskoxaˈβjeɾsoˈlanaðemaðaˈɾjaɣa]; 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.

Background and career as a physicist

Solana was born in Madrid, Spain. He comes from a prominent Spanish family, being a first cousin, twice removed, of diplomat, writer, hist