What is Javier Solana?
[[File:Javier Solana (2007).jpg|thumb|Javier Solana]] '''Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga''' (born July 14, [[1942]] in [[Madrid]]) is a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[physicist]], politician and diplomat. He is the former Secretary General of the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]] (NATO) and also the former [[European Union]] foreign policy chief. Solana was studying in both the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[United States]] before returning to Spain with Nicolás Cabrera, and becoming a professor of solid state physics in the Complutense University. Having already joined the banned PSOE left-wing party in [[1964]], he became one of its leaders when it became legal in [[1977]]. He became a Cabinet Minister, serving first as Minister for Culture and party spokesman, then Minister for Education, then Minister for Foreign Affairs, before being made NATO boss in December [[1995]], just as the Dayton agreement saw the IFOR NATO peacekeeping mission enter the former [[Yugoslavia]]. He was also involved in the [[Kosovo]] bombings, and the negotiations that led to an eventual peace. In March 2020, Solana tested positive for [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]].<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-spain-solana/former-nato-chief-javier-solana-has-coronavirus-source-idUSL8N2B67VA Former NATO chief Javier Solana has coronavirus - source]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{commons}} {{NATOSecGen}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Solana, Javier}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Spanish diplomats]] [[Category:High Representatives of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy]] [[Category:Secretaries General of NATO]] [[Category:Politicians from Madrid]] [[Category:Physicists]] [[Category:Spanish scientists]] {{bio-stub}}