Enrique Mora Benavente (born October 15, 1958, in
Córdoba) is a Spanish diplomat who has been serving as the Chief of Staff of
Josep Borrell,
High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the
European Union and as deputy secretary general of the
European External Action Service (EEAS).
Career
A former member of the Spanish diplomatic service, Mora has been posted in Beirut, Cyprus and Helsinki, among others.
Since 2021, Mora has been the European Union envoy coordinating talks with Iran on reviving the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; fa, برنامه جامع اقدام مشترک , barnāmeye jāme'e eqdāme moshtarak (, ''BARJAM'')), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear ...
(JCPOA). In August 2021, he represented the EU at the inauguration of
Ebrahim Raisi as
President of Iran. Iranian human rights activist
Narges Mohammadi had previously urged Mora in a letter not to attend the inauguration ceremony and had warned him of "legitimizing a regime which, among many acts of violence against Iran’s people, engaged in a brutal crackdown against peaceful demonstrators in November 2019".
Mora is the author of several papers about the
Balkan wars
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...
and crisis management.
Other activities
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European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member
Members
European Council on Foreign Relations.
References
Living people
1958 births
People from Córdoba, Spain
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