Experience

Past Positions

• Secretary-General, Western European Union

• Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union (1999-2009)
• European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (1999-2009)
• Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (1995-1999)
• Spanish Cabinet Minister for Foreign Affairs (1992-1995)
• Spanish Cabinet Minster for Education and Science (1988-1992)
• Spanish Cabinet Minister for Culture (1982-1988)
• Spanish Parliament Member
• Professor of Solid-State Physics, Madrid Complutense University