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Javier Solana

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Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga CYC (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xaˈβjeɾ soˈlana ðe maðaˈɾjaɣa]; born 14 July 1942) 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 General of the Council of the European Union and Secretary-General of the Western European Union and held these posts from October 1999 until December 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Javier Solana is the 155th most popular physicist (down from 122nd in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Spain (up from 122nd in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Physicist.

Javier Solana is most famous for his work as the Secretary-General of NATO from 1995 to 1999. He was also the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union from 1999 to 2009.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Javier Solana ranks 155 out of 851. Before him are Nicolaas Bloembergen, George Paget Thomson, Walter Houser Brattain, Henry Moseley, Laura Bassi, and John Kendrew. After him are Jean-Baptiste Biot, Frits Zernike, Felix Bloch, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Johann Jakob Balmer, and Joseph Henry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Javier Solana ranks 32. Before him are Michael York, Frank Williams, Bill Nelson, Mohamed ElBaradei, Brian Jones, and Ehud Barak. After him are Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Daniel Barenboim, Ted Kaczynski, John Wayne Gacy, José Eduardo dos Santos, and Michael Haneke.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Javier Solana ranks 120 out of 3,355. Before him are Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Francisco Vázquez de Coronado (1510), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470), Vincent Ferrer (1350), and Juan Ponce de León (1460). After him are Manuel Azaña (1880), José Echegaray (1832), Antonio Banderas (1960), Miguel de Unamuno (1864), Pablo de Sarasate (1844), and Baltasar Gracián (1601).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Spain

Among physicists born in Spain, Javier Solana ranks 1. After him are José Celestino Mutis (1732), and Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain (1965).

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