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The High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy is a position created by the Treaty of Lisbon, starting December 1, 2009. The position is part of the European Commission. The first person to be appointed is Cathy Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland. Today it's Federica Mogherini.
Her duty is to be the face of European Union to the rest of the world, along with the President of Europe
The job is sometimes known casually a "the European Foreign Minister" but this is not correct because she is not a member of any government.
The External Relations Commissioner (Benita Ferrero Waldner, left, with Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner in 2006) was merged with the High Representative under the Lisbon Treaty
Javier Solana
Federica Mogherini
Javier Solana with US Secretary of State Colin Powell in 2003
Javier Solana with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in 2008.
Ashton with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009
Catherine Ashton (far right) with the rest of the Quartet on the Middle East (2010)
Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif presenting the framework agreement, following the multilateral negotiations for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in Lausanne, on 2 April 2015.
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Mogherini with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in July 2016.
