Awarded Honourable Member of the European Order of Merit (2026).
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Javier Solana
Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga CYC 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 Gen…
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Born 14 July 1942 · Q154855
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2026· 1 entry
2020· 1 entry
On 11 March 2020 Solana was admitted to the hospital after being infected by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.
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2019· 1 entry
Won Medal for Distinguished Contribution to Diplomacy (2019).
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2018· 1 entry
Won Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes (2018).
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2012· 1 entry
Awarded Atlantida Prize (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
Became a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organization which works to promote good governance around the world
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2010· 4 entries
Won collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece (2010).
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Awarded Ewald von Kleist Prize (2010).
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In January 2010, King Juan Carlos I appointed Javier Solana the 1,194th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece for his career in diplomacy.
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After he had left office, Solana signed a petition along with 25 other EU leaders directed at his successor, Catherine Ashton, calling for EU sanctions on Israel in response to continued settlement construction in the We
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2009· 1 entry
In December 2009, Javier Solana joined ESADE Business School as president of its new Centre for Global Economy and Geopolitics.
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Charlemagne Prize (2007).
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded Wateler Peace Prize (2006).
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Solana received the Carnegie-Wateler peace prize
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In 2006 Solana received the Carnegie-Wateler peace prize.
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Decoration for Exceptional Merits (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Received the 'Statesman of the Year Award' from the EastWest Institute, a Transatlantic think tank that organizes an annual security conference in Brussels
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2002· 1 entry
Won Manfred Wörner Medal (2002).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2000).
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1999· 2 entries
Career landmark: Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union (1999–2009).
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Career landmark: High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (1999–2009).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1996).
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: Secretary General of NATO (1995–1999).
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1993· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1993–1995).
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1992· 2 entries
Earned Gold Olympic Order (1992).
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Career landmark: Foreign Minister (1992–1995).
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1989–1993).
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1988· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Education and Science (1988–1992).
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1986· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1986–1989).
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1985· 1 entry
Career landmark: Spokesperson of the Government of Spain (1985–1988).
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1982· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1982–1986).
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1979· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1979–1982).
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1977· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1979).
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1976· 2 entries
Represented the PSOE at a Socialist International congress held in Suresnes, France, and again when it was held in Spain in 1977
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During PSOE's first national congress inside Spain since the civil war, he was elected Secretary of the party's Federal Executive Commission, and also Secretary for Information and Press, remaining in the post for five y
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1975· 1 entry
Became a professor at Complutense University
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1971· 2 entries
With a thesis on Theory of the Elementary Excitation Spectrum of Superfluid Helium: the Roton Lifetime, extending his planned stay in the US by a year in order to continue his research
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Solana joined the Democratic Co-ordination of Madrid as the PSOE representative
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1965· 1 entry
Went to the United States, where he spent six years studying at various universities on a Fulbright Scholarship
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1964· 1 entry
Clandestinely joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which had been illegal under Franco since the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939
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1963· 1 entry
Suffered sanctions imposed by the authorities for having organised an opposition forum at the so-called Week of University Renovation
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-07-14.
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