High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy facts for kids
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.
Images for kids
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Javier Solana with US Secretary of State Colin Powell in 2003
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Javier Solana with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in 2008
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Ashton with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009
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Catherine Ashton (far right) with the rest of the Quartet on the Middle East (2010)
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Mogherini with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, 16 April 2016
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Mogherini with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in July 2016.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice President Josep Borrell, at the Department of State in Washington D.C., on February 7, 2020.
See also
In Spanish: Alto representante de la Unión para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad para niños