Catherine Ashton

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British Labour politician diplomat human member of the House of Lords politician

Catherine Ashton is a British Labour politician and diplomat who served as the European Union's first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

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Label	Occurrences
Catherine Ashton canonical	4

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Labour politician ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ politician ⓘ
appointed by	Gordon Brown ⓘ European Commission President José Manuel Barroso ⓘ surface form: José Manuel Barroso
continent of citizenship	Europe ⓘ
country of citizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
employer	European Commission ⓘ European Union ⓘ UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
familyName	Ashton ⓘ
field of work	European politics ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ international relations ⓘ
givenName	Catherine ⓘ
honorific title	Baroness Ashton of Upholland ⓘ
language spoken	English ⓘ
member of	House of Lords ⓘ Privy Council ⓘ surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
member of political party	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
name	Catherine Ashton self-link ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notable achievement	first person to hold the post of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ
notable work	mediation in the Serbia–Kosovo dialogue ⓘ negotiations on the Iran nuclear deal (P5+1 talks) ⓘ
office contested	Member of the European Commission ⓘ
part of	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ surface form: European External Action Service (as High Representative)
position held	European Commissioner ⓘ surface form: European Commissioner for Trade High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ Life peer in the House of Lords ⓘ Lord President of the Council ⓘ Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice ⓘ Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sure Start, Early Years and Childcare ⓘ Vice-President of the European Commission ⓘ
preceded by	Baroness Amos (as Leader of the House of Lords) ⓘ Javier Solana ⓘ surface form: Javier Solana (as EU High Representative in predecessor role) Peter Mandelson (as European Commissioner for Trade) ⓘ
sex or gender	female ⓘ
succeeded by	Federica Mogherini ⓘ surface form: Federica Mogherini (as EU High Representative) Karel De Gucht ⓘ surface form: Karel De Gucht (as European Commissioner for Trade) Leader of the House of Lords ⓘ surface form: Lord Strathclyde (as Leader of the House of Lords)
work location	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels London, England ⓘ surface form: London

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Warwick → hasChancellor → Catherine Ashton ⓘ

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → positionHeldBy → Catherine Ashton ⓘ

Catherine Ashton → name → Catherine Ashton self-link ⓘ

HR/VP → firstHolder → Catherine Ashton ⓘ