Federica Mogherini is an Italian politician who served as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019.
30 Facts About Federica Mogherini
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Federica Mogherini previously served as Italy's Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from February 2014 to October 2014, in the centre-left Renzi Cabinet.
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Federica Mogherini was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2014.
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Federica Mogherini is a member of the Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists, a political faction made up of centre-left national political parties in the EU and Norway.
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Federica Mogherini was born on 16 June 1973 in Rome, Italy, to the family of the film director and set designer Flavio Mogherini.
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From 1988 Federica Mogherini was a member of the Italian Communist Youth Federation.
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Federica Mogherini was in charge of maintaining relations with the Party of European Socialists, the Socialist International and other left-wing parties.
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In 2008, Federica Mogherini was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, representing the constituency of Veneto.
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Federica Mogherini has served as Vice-President of the Italy-USA Foundation.
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In February 2013, Federica Mogherini was returned to parliament for the Emilia-Romagna constituency.
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Around this time Federica Mogherini voiced her support for the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which campaigns for democratic reformation of the United Nations, and the creation of a more accountable international political system.
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Federica Mogherini was a Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States in 2007.
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Federica Mogherini joined the Renzi Cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs, the third woman after Susanna Agnelli and Emma Bonino to hold this post.
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In 2015, Federica Mogherini won praise for her role in negotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an international agreement on the nuclear program of Iran, and along with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was the one to announce the accord to the world.
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Since 2015, Federica Mogherini has been serving as a member of the European Commission's High-level Group of Personalities on Defence Research chaired by Elzbieta Bienkowska.
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In 2016 the EU adopted the European Union Global Strategy, drawn up by Federica Mogherini, thereby replacing the 2003 European Security Strategy.
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In October 2017, Federica Mogherini announced plans to argue the EU case for America to remain supportive of the JCPOA, the "Iran nuclear deal", by holding talks with the Trump administration in Washington DC following Trump's Denial of Recertification.
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The French newspaper Liberation criticised this decision, because Federica Mogherini did not have the academic qualifications needed for the job.
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In 2017, Federica Mogherini stirred controversy over her statement that the trade agreements between Morocco and the EU would not be affected by the 2016 ruling by the European Court of Justice on the scope of trade with Morocco.
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Federica Mogherini has expressed that she wants the EU to play a leading role in trying to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after a US-brokered process foundered in April 2014.
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Federica Mogherini visited the region within days of starting her new job.
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Federica Mogherini opposed President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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In January 2015, Federica Mogherini circulated a discussion paper among EU foreign ministers exploring a potential rapprochement with Russia, including a pathway to ease some economic sanctions against the country during the Ukraine crisis and opening dialogue on a range of topics such as visas and energy policy; the proposal drew a harsh response from the United Kingdom and Poland as the fighting intensified in eastern Ukraine.
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In February 2017, Federica Mogherini said that "as long as the Minsk agreements are not fully implemented, [anti-Russian] sanctions would remain in place".
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On 27 April 2017, on her first official visit to Russia, Federica Mogherini met with Sergei Lavrov.
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Federica Mogherini said that she supported policies in the spirit of "cooperation rather than confrontation".
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On 11 September 2018, Federica Mogherini raised the issue of Xinjiang re-education camps and human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority in European Parliament.
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Federica Mogherini advocated for a stronger partnership between the European Union and Central Asia.
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Since her appointment to the European Commission, Federica Mogherini has stated publicly that Islam is part of Europe's history and future.
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For example, according to columnist Klaus Jurgens, Federica Mogherini believes that "political Islam should be part of the equation in fighting terror and in particular the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" and "she did not say that political Islam should become Europe's new masterplan".