board of trustees Graduate School for Global and International Studies, University of Salamanca, member of the advisory board Jacques Delors Institute, member of the board of directors Reporters Without Borders (RWB), member of the emeritus board Global Progressive Forum (GPF), chairman (2007–2011) Honours National honours 1996 – Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III 2000 – Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic 2007 – Grand Cross of the Order of the Civil Merit 2011 – Medal of the Order of Constitutional Merit Foreign honours 2006 – Grand Order of Queen Jelena 2015 – Commander of the Légion d'Honneur, France 2019 – Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru Personal life Borrell was first married to French sociologist Carolina Mayeur. The marriage produced two sons, Joan, a diplomat, and Lionel, an aircraft pilot. Borrell and Mayeur divorced in the 1990s. Since 1998, Borrell has been in a relationship with Cristina Narbona, current president of the PSOE and former Minister of Environment (2004–2008). The couple, resident in Valdemorillo since 2001, married in July 2018. In 2019, he acquired Argentine citizenship through descent, stating that he wished to honour the memory of his father, who grew up in Mendoza, Argentina. Borrell speaks Spanish, Catalan, Italian, French and English. He has been a keen participant in the annual festivity in his native Pobla de Segur descending the Noguera Pallaresa river, in which the stream is rowed down by the partakers as log drivers (). Electoral history Controversies In November 2018 the national stock market regulator in Spain concluded that Borrell traded shares of the company Abengoa while in posssession of insider information. Borrell was fined 30,000 euros for the breach. Publications Authored books Co-authored books Notes References External links Official biography Josep Borrell |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1947 births Politicians from Catalonia City councillors in the Community of Madrid Complutense University of Madrid alumni Foreign ministers of Spain Living people Members of the 3rd Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 4th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 5th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 6th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 7th Congress of Deputies (Spain) MEPs for Spain 2004–2009 People from Pallars Jussà Polytechnic University of Madrid alumni Presidents of the European Parliament Spanish Socialist Workers' Party MEPs Spanish expatriates in the United States Directors of Abengoa