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Divenne membro del Parlamento nel 1977 e ricoprì la carica di ministro in tutti i governi spagnoli dal 1982 al 1995, ininterrottamente ( 1982 - 1988: ministro della cultura; 1988 - 1992: ministro dell'istruzione e delle scienze; 1992 - 1995: ministro degli affari esteri). Ebbe l'incarico di segretario generale della NATO dal 1995 al 1999.
Secretary General of NATO. On 5 December 1995, Solana became the new Secretary-General of NATO, replacing Willy Claes who had been forced to resign in a corruption scandal. His appointment created controversy as, in the past, he had been an opponent of NATO.
- María de la Concepción Giménez Díaz-Oyuelos
- Felipe González
Javier Solana took office as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's ninth Secretary General in December 1995. As chairman of the North Atlantic Council -- NATO's highest decision-making body comprising high representatives of the 16 member countries -- he coordinates the policy-making process.
Javier Solana, Spanish politician who served as the ninth secretary-general (1995–99) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and was later a high-level official of the European Union. Learn more about Solana’s life and career, including information about his tenure at NATO.
Under the helm of Secretary General Javier Solana, the leaders of the first Central and Eastern European countries to join NATO: Václav Havel for the Czech Republic, President Aleksander Kwasniewski for Poland and President Gyula Horn for Hungary, join hands on the occasion of this momentous event in their countries’ history.
Javier Solana became the 9 th Secretary General in December 1995 at a crucial time for the Organization. NATO had just completed its first use of military force in Bosnia and tensions ran high in the region.
Javier Solana is a distinguished fellow in foreign policy at Brookings, president of the ESADE Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics, senior fellow at the Hertie School of Governance, and chair of the Aspen Institute Spain.
