Belgian PM Herman van Rompuy is the EU president and the UK's Labour peer Baroness Catherine Ashton is the surprise choice as foreign policy chief.
Mr van Rompuy, 62, backed by France and Germany, was the unanimous choice after the UK dropped its support for Tony Blair.
EU foreign head dismisses critics
In my opinion anyone would have been better than Tony Blair, I've had my fill of charismatic, media-savvy leaders.
However a more transparent decision making process could have been used to elect the President of the European Council.
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