High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

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European Union institutional office foreign affairs ministerial role supranational diplomatic office

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is the European Union’s chief diplomat and foreign policy chief, responsible for coordinating and representing the EU’s external actions and security policy.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy	1
High Representative	1
High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy	1
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy	1
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union institutional office ⓘ foreign affairs ministerial role ⓘ supranational diplomatic office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ surface form: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ surface form: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy
appointedBy	European Council ⓘ
appointmentRequiresConsentOf	President of the European Commission ⓘ
chairs	Foreign Affairs Council ⓘ
combinedWithOffice	Vice-President of the European Commission ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
createdBy	Treaty of Amsterdam ⓘ
firstHolder	Javier Solana ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	European External Action Service ⓘ
heads	European External Action Service ⓘ
inception	1999 ⓘ
jurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 18 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Article 18(4) of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Article 27 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Article 30 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Article 31 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Article 36 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Article 37 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Article 38 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
memberOf	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Commission ⓘ
nativeLabel	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy self-link ⓘ
officeCreatedFor	Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ
officeHolderNumber	1 Javier Solana ⓘ 2 Catherine Ashton ⓘ 3 Federica Mogherini ⓘ 4 Josep Borrell ⓘ
participatesIn	European Council ⓘ surface form: European Council meetings European Parliament debates on foreign and security policy ⓘ
partOf	European Union ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Catherine Ashton ⓘ Federica Mogherini ⓘ Javier Solana ⓘ Josep Borrell ⓘ
reformedBy	Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
replaced	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
replacedBy	High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission
reportsTo	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Council ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
represents	European Union in foreign and security policy ⓘ
responsibleFor	Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ Common Security and Defence Policy ⓘ European Union foreign policy ⓘ coordination of the EU’s external action ⓘ
seat	Belgium ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
shortName	HR/VP ⓘ High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: High Representative
style	Her Excellency ⓘ
termCoincidesWith	European Commission term ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ

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

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → alsoKnownAs → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → alsoKnownAs → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

this entity surface form: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

European Council → appoints → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

Foreign Affairs Council → chairedBy → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

Political and Security Committee → cooperatesWith → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

Common Security and Defence Policy → coordinatedBy → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

European Council → hasNonVotingParticipant → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

Treaty of Lisbon → introduced → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

President of the European Council as chair → meetsWith → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

subject surface form: President of the European Council

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → nativeLabel → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy self-link ⓘ

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → replaced → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → replacedBy → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

EUAM Ukraine → reportsTo → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

European External Action Service → reportsTo → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → shortName → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Representative

European External Action Service → supportsOffice → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

Crisis Management and Planning Directorate → underAuthorityOf → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

EU Member States armed forces → usedBy → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ

EUCO → usuallyAttendedBy → High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ