High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

The High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy is a position created by the Treaty of Lisbon, starting December 1, 2009 (it was actually already created in 1999). The position is part of the European Commission.

Her duty is to be the face of European Union to the rest of the world, along with the President of the European Council.

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.

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No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term			Party				Commission	Member state
			Took office	Left office	Duration	European		National
As High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy – Secretary-General of the Council of the EU
–		Jürgen Trumpf (1931–2023)	1 May 1999[a]	18 October 1999	170 days		Independent		Independent	N/A	Germany
–		Javier Solana (born 1942)	18 October 1999	1 December 2009	10 years, 44 days		PES		PSOE	N/A	Spain
As High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – Vice-President of the European Commission
1		Catherine Ashton (born 1956)	1 December 2009	1 November 2014	4 years, 335 days		PES		Labour	Barroso II	United Kingdom
2		Federica Mogherini (born 1973)	1 November 2014[b]	30 November 2019	5 years, 29 days		PES		PD	Juncker	Italy
3		Josep Borrell (born 1947)	1 December 2019[2]	Incumbent	4 years, 227 days		PES		PSOE	Von der Leyen	Spain

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