1. Federica Mogherini previously served as Italy's Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from February to October 2014 in the Renzi government.
30 Facts About Federica Mogherini
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Federica Mogherini was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2014.
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Federica Mogherini attended the Sapienza University of Rome where she studied political science graduating with a specialization in political philosophy with a final dissertation on Islam and politics, which she wrote while she was on the Erasmus programme at Sciences Po Aix in Aix-en-Provence, France.
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From 1988, Federica Mogherini was a member of the Italian Communist Youth Federation.
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In 2003, Federica Mogherini started working at the DS's Foreign Affairs Section, where she was given responsibility for relations with international movements and parties, later becoming the team's coordinator; after that she was given responsibility for Foreign Affairs and International Relations on the staff of DS Party chairman Piero Fassino.
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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 Italy's Chamber of Deputies, representing the constituency of Veneto.
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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 organization that 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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At her first press conference, Federica Mogherini declared her efforts would be devoted to establishing discussions between Russia and Ukraine to solve the war between the two countries.
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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 began 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 European Union 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 European Union case for the United States to remain supportive of the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear deal, by holding talks with the Trump administration in Washington following Donald Trump's denial of recertification.
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The French newspaper Liberation criticized 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 European Union 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 expressed that she wants the European Union 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 pushed to revitalise the Middle East Quartet, together with the United Nations, the United States, and Russia, and to involve key Arab countries in relaunching the peace process: the first "Quartet plus" meeting, with Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab League, took place on the sides of the UN General Assembly in New York on 30 September 2014.
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On 19 March 2018, in response to the Turkish invasion of northern Syria, Federica Mogherini criticized Turkey, saying that international efforts in Syria are supposed to be "aiming at de-escalating the military activities and not escalating them".
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In January 2015, Federica Mogherini circulated a discussion paper among members of the Foreigns Affairs Council exploring a potential rapprochement with Russia, including a pathway to ease some sanctions against Russia after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War and opening dialogue on a range of topics like 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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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 internment camps and the Chinese government's human rights abuses against the Uyghurs in European Parliament.
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Federica Mogherini said that it is "crucial and necessary step" for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, and that the European Union would be ready to "facilitate and support the follow-on negotiations and other steps" for a peace settlement.
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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 stated 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".