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Catherine Ashton

Personal data
Date of birth20 March 1956(age 58)
Place of birthUpholland, United Kingdom
Political partyLabour
SpousePeter Kellner (1988 � present)
ResidenceSt Albans, United Kingdom
Alma materBedford College
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Assumed office1 December 2009
PresidentHerman Van Rompuy
Preceded byJavier Solana (High Representative for CFSP)
Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Commissioner for External Relations)
First Vice President of the European Commission
Assumed office9 February 2010
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Preceded byMargot Wallström
European Commissioner for Trade
In office3 October 2008 - 1 December 2009
PresidentJosé Manuel Barroso
Succeeded byBenita Ferrero-Waldner
Preceded byPeter Mandelson
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord President of the Council
In office27 June 2007 - 3 October 2008
Prime ministerGordon Brown
Succeeded byThe Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Preceded byThe Baroness Amos

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Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, PC (born 20 March 1956), is a British Labour politician who in 2009 became the European Union's High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Under the Lisbon Treaty this post is combined with the post of Vice-President of the European Commission.

Her political career began in 1999 when she was created a Life Peer by the Labour Government under which she took on a ministerial position (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State) in the Department for Education and Skills in 2001, and subsequently in the Department for Constitutional Affairs and Ministry of Justice. She became a Privy Councillor in May 2006.

Catherine Ashton was appointed Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Queen's Privy Council in Gordon Brown’s first Cabinet in June 2007. As well as Leader of the Lords, she held responsibility in the House of Lords for equalities issues. She also steered the Lisbon Treaty through the UK's upper chamber.

In 2008, she succeeded Peter Mandelson as Commissioner for Trade in the European Commission. In December 2009 she became the first person to take on the newly enlarged High Representative role for the EU as created by the Treaty of Lisbon.

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OMCT World Organisation Against Torture--Visit of -Catherine Ashton- to Bahrain: a test case for the EU's human rights policy! Your visit to the Gulf region is scheduled at a moment where the core and universal values which the EU supports and which - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:51:44 GMT+00:00
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The National--Sheikh Abdullah, the Foreign Minister, is joined by -Catherine Ashton-, the EU representative for foreign affairs and security policy, at a press conference after the GCC-EU meeting in Abu Dhabi yesterday. ABU DHABI // The Gulf Cooperation C - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:18:01 GMT+00:00
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Press TV--The European Union's foreign policy chief, -Catherine Ashton-, has highlighted the necessity of dialog in resolving Bahrain's ongoing crisis, in response to a letter by Iran's foreign minister. Dialog is the sole solution to resol - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:55:25 GMT+00:00
Statement by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on the presidential ... - StarAfrica.com Tweet this news
StarAfrica.com--This election is an important step forward towards consolidating democracy in Nigeria and should lead to better governance in the interest of the people of Nigeria and the broader region. The European Union commends the continuous efforts - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:42:22 GMT+00:00
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Monsters and Critics.com--Brussels - The European Union's foreign policy chief -Catherine Ashton- on Friday condemned the killing by radical Islamists of an Italian activist in the Gaza Strip. 'I strongly condemn yesterday's kidnapping and - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:48:16 GMT+00:00
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PR-USA.net (press release)--"Today's meeting has shown once again the determination of key international organizations to bring about a quick and satisfactory end to the Libyan crisis. I'd like to thank Ban Ki-moon for bringing us toget - Date : Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:47:45 GMT+00:00
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Al-Arabiya--EU chief -Catherine Ashton- (L) and Palestinians Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as they address the media. By NOUREDDINE FRIDHI and ABEER TAYEL BRUSSELS�-Catherine Ashton-, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Sec - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:57:26 GMT+00:00
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Political offices
Preceded by
The Baroness Amos
Leader of the House of Lords
2007 - 2008
Succeeded by
The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Lord President of the Council
2007 - 2008
Preceded by
Peter Mandelson
European Commissioner for Trade
2008 - 2009
Succeeded by
Benita Ferrero-Waldner
European Commissioner from the United Kingdom
2008 - present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Javier Solana
as High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
2009 - present
Preceded by
Benita Ferrero-Waldner
as European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy|years=2009 - present
Preceded by
Margot Wallström
First Vice President of the European Commission
2010 - present
Party political offices
Preceded by
The Baroness Amos
Leader of the Labour Party in the House of Lords
2007 - 2008

Quartet on the Middle East

Negotiating partiesIsrael * Palestinian Authority
Diplomatic quartetEuropean Union (Ashton) * Russia (Lavrov) * United Nations (Ban) * United States (Clinton)
Special EnvoyTony Blair
Associated orginizationsElections Reform Support Group

Brown Cabinet

Cabinet MembersLord Adonis * Bob Ainsworth * Douglas Alexander * Baroness Ashton * Ed Balls * Hilary Benn * Hazel Blears * Ben Bradshaw * Gordon Brown * Des Browne * Liam Byrne * Andy Burnham * Yvette Cooper * Alistair Darling * John Denham * Peter Hain * Harriet Harman * Geoff Hoon * John Hutton * Alan Johnson * Tessa Jowell * Ruth Kelly * Lord Mandelson * David Miliband * Ed Miliband * Jim Murphy * Paul Murphy * James Purnell * Baroness Royall * Jacqui Smith * Jack Straw * Shaun Woodward
Also Attended MeetingsMargaret Beckett * Nick Brown * Lord Drayson * Caroline Flint * Lord Grocott * John Healey * Jim Knight * Lord Malloch-Brown * Pat McFadden * Tony McNulty * Baroness Scotland
Attended While on AgendaBeverley Hughes * Sadiq Khan * Dawn Primarolo * Rosie Winterton

Barroso Commission I (2004 �2009)

Joaquín Almunia * Catherine Ashton6 * José Manuel Barroso1 * Jacques Barrot2 * Joe Borg * Karel De Gucht9 * Stavros Dimas * Benita Ferrero-Waldner * Ján Figeľ10 * Franco Frattini2, 5 * Mariann Fischer Boel * Dalia Grybauskaitė7 * Danuta Hübner8 * Siim Kallas2 * László Kovács * Neelie Kroes * Meglena Kuneva3 * Markos Kyprianou4 * Peter Mandelson6 * Charlie McCreevy * Louis Michel9 * Leonard Orban3 * Andris Piebalgs * Janez Potočnik * Viviane Reding * Olli Rehn * Paweł Samecki8 * Maroš Šefčovič10 * Algirdas Šemeta7 * Vladimír Špidla * Antonio Tajani2, 5 * Androulla Vassiliou4 * Günter Verheugen2 * Margot Wallström2

Barroso Commission II (since 2010)

Joaquín Almunia2 * László Andor * Catherine Ashton2 * Michel Barnier * José Manuel Barroso1 * Dacian Cioloş * John Dalli * Maria Damanaki * Štefan Füle * Máire Geoghegan-Quinn * Kristalina Georgieva * Karel De Gucht * Johannes Hahn * Connie Hedegaard * Siim Kallas2 * Neelie Kroes2 * Janusz Lewandowski * Cecilia Malmström * Günther Oettinger * Andris Piebalgs * Janez Potočnik * Viviane Reding2 * Olli Rehn * Antonio Tajani2 * Androulla Vassiliou * Maroš Šefčovič2 * Algirdas Šemeta

G8 Foreign Ministers

CA Cannon * FR Kouchner * DE Westerwelle * IT Frattini * JP Okada * RU Lavrov * UK Hague * US Clinton * EU Ashton

Labour Party

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Deputy LeadersClynes * Graham * Attlee * Greenwood * Morrison * Griffiths * Bevan * Brown * Jenkins * Short * Foot * Healey * Hattersley * Beckett * Prescott * Harman
Leaders
(Lords)
Haldane * Cripps * Ponsonby * Snell * Addison * Jowitt * Alexander * Pakenham * Shackleton * Shepherd * Peart * Hughes * Richard * Jay * Williams * Amos * Ashton * Royall
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Shadow Cabinet elections
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Related organisations
Affiliated trade union * Christian Socialist Movement * Compass * Co-operative Party * Fabian Society * Grassroots Alliance * Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform * Labour CND * Labour Friends of Israel * Labour Party Irish Society * Labour Party Young Socialists * Labour Representation Committee (2004) * Labour Students * League of Youth * LGBT Labour * Labourhome * Militant tendency * National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs * Progress * Scottish Labour Party * Socialist Appeal * Socialist Education Association * SERA * Socialist Campaign Group * Socialist Youth Network * Welsh Labour ----
History and related topics
History of the British Labour Party * History of socialism in Great Britain * Lib-Lab pact



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