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 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.

High Representatives:

Jürgen Trumpf (acting, from Germany): 1999
Javier Solana (from Spain): 1999-2009
Catherine Ashton (from the United Kingdom): 2009-2014
Federica Mogherini (from Italy): 2014-present

High Representative Of The Union For Foreign Affairs And Security Policy Media

The External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner, left, *with Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Condoleezza Rice, in 2007 was merged with the High Representative under the Treaty of Lisbon.
NATO Secretary General Javier Solana, of Spain, listens to remarks made by Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen during an award ceremony for Solana in the Pentagon on Sept. 23, 1999. Cohen awarded Solana the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service for his leadership of NATO over the past four years. DoD photo by R. D. Ward. (Released)
Baroness Ashton of Upholland, British politician
Federica Mogherini - 2018 (MUS7572) (cropped)
(Josep Borrell) Hearing of Josep Borrell, High Representative Vice President-designate, A stronger Europe in the World (48859228793) (cropped)
Ashton with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009
Catherine Ashton (far right) with the rest of the Quartet on the Middle East (2010)
Mogherini with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, 16 April 2016