Enrique Mora
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Enrique Mora Benavente (born October 15, 1958, in Córdoba){{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} 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{{cite web
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}}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
Since 2021, Mora has been the European Union envoy coordinating talks with Iran on reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).Mark Heinrich (12 October 2021), [https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-coordinator-nuclear-talks-visit-iran-iranian-foreign-ministry-2021-10-12/ EU coordinator of nuclear talks to visit Iran -Iranian foreign ministry] Reuters. In August 2021, he represented the EU at the inauguration of Ebrahim Raisi as President of Iran.Jacopo Barigazzi (3 August 2021), [https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-participation-iran-president-inauguration-ebrahim-raisi/ EU to send senior official to inauguration of Iranian president] Politico Europe. 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".[https://iran-tc.com/en/2021/08/05/letter-of-narges-mohammadi-to-enrique-mora/ Letter of Narges Mohammadi to Enrique Mora], 4 August 2021
Mora is the author of several papers about the Balkan wars{{cite journal
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|title=Intervención militar y gestión de crisis en los Balcanes| work=Afers Internacionals |issue= 49| pages=89–104 |format=PDF |language=Spanish
|publisher=Fundanció CIDOB |last=Mora Benavente |first=Enrique
|accessdate=29 July 2010
}} and crisis management.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}