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Also Known As Francisco Javier Solana Madariaga
Born July 14, 1942 (age 82) • Madrid • Spain
Title / Office foreign minister (1992-1995), Spain • parliament (1977-1982), Spain

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Holbrooke, Richard; Joulwan, George; and Solana, Javier
Jerzy Buzek, Miloš Zeman, Javier Solana, and Viktor Orbán at a ceremony marking the accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to NATO
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