Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Kingdom of Spain | |
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Austria, Madrid | |
Style | His Excellency |
Website | Austrian Embassy, Spain |
The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Spain is the Republic of Austria's foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of Spain. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the Prime Minister and the government of Spain. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in Madrid. [1]
From 1580 to 1640, the Kingdom of Spain was ruled in personal union with the Kingdom of Portugal by the Philip dynasty (Philip II, Philip III and Philip IV) and, until 1700, by the Spanish line of the House of Habsburg.
In 1720, Charles VI and Philip V recognized the Bourbon dynasty as rulers of Spain. In 1869, Franz Joseph I recognized the government of Marshal Francisco Serrano Domínguez and that of Amadeo I. In 1871, Franz Joseph I recognized the government of Francisco Serrano Domínguez. In 1874, Franz Joseph I recognized the government of Alfonso XII, who restored the Bourbon dynasty.
From 1918, the official residence of the Austrian ambassador was at Calle de Fortuny, from 1968 at Calle Núñez de Balboa and is currently located at Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid.
Appointed / Accredited | Name | Title / Notes | Appointed during | Accredited during | Left post |
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1805 | Karl Andreoli | Envoy | Francis II | Charles IV | 1809 |
1806 | Wilhelm von Genotte | Envoy | 1809 | ||
1809 | Breakdown of relations | Ferdinand VII | 1814 | ||
1814 | Wilhelm von Genotte | Envoy | 1815 | ||
1815 | Alois von Kaunitz-Rietberg-Questenberg | Ambassador | 1817 | ||
1817 | Johann von Provost | Envoy | 1819 | ||
1819 | Lazar von Brunetti | Envoy | 1823 | ||
1834 | Johann von Reymond | Envoy | Isabella II | 1836 | |
1836 | Vacant | Ferdinand I | 1848 | ||
1848 | Johann von Reymond | Envoy | Franz Joseph I | 1849 | |
1849 | Georg von Esterházy | 1855 | |||
1855 | Isfordnik von Kostnitz Gobert | Envoy | |||
1856 | Albert von Crivelli | 1867 |
Appointed / Accredited | Name | Title / Notes | Appointed during | Accredited during | Left post |
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1867 | Karl von Jäger | Envoy | Franz Joseph I | Isabella II | 1868 |
1868 | Eduard von Lago | Envoy | Francisco Serrano | 1869 | |
1869 | Ladislaus von Karnicki von Karnice | 1871 | |||
1871 | Boguslaw Chotek von Chotkow | Amadeo I | 1872 | ||
1872 | Otto von Mayer von Gravenegg | Envoy | |||
1874 | Emanuel von Ludolf | Francisco Serrano | 1882 | ||
1882 | Viktor Dubský von Třebomyslice | Alfonso XII | 1888 | ||
1888 | Viktor Dubský von Třebomyslice | Ambassador | Alfonso XIII | 1903 | |
1903 | Rudolf von Welserheimb | Ambassador | 1911 | ||
1911 | Christoph von Wydenbruck | Ambassador | 1913 | ||
1913 | Hans von Wagner | Envoy | |||
1913 | Karl Emil Prinz zu Fürstenberg | Ambassador | 1918 |
Ambassador of the First Republic (1925 to 1938) and ambassador of the Second Republic (since 1956).
Appointed / Accredited | Name | Title / Notes | Appointed during | Accredited during | Left post |
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1925 | Alfred Grünberger | Rudolf Ramek | Alfonso XIII | 1932 | |
1933 | Otto Günther | Engelbert Dollfuß | Manuel Azaña | 1938 | |
1938 | Breakdown of relations | 1945 | |||
1956 | Clemens Wildner | Julius Raab | Francisco Franco | 1957 | |
1958 | Erich Filz | Julius Raab | Francisco Franco | ||
1961 | Karl Gruber | Alfons Gorbach | Francisco Franco | 1966 | |
1966 | Heinz Standenat | Josef Klaus | Francisco Franco | 1968 | |
1968 | Wolfgang Höller | Josef Klaus | Francisco Franco | 1974 | |
1977 | Gerald Hinteregger | Bruno Kreisky | Juan Carlos I | ||
1979 | Wolfgang Schallenberg | 1981 | |||
1984 | Gerhard Gmoser | [2] | Fred Sinowatz | ||
1986 | Otto Maschke | Franz Vranitzky | 1987 | ||
1991 | Michael Fitz | ||||
1995 | Richard Wotava | 1998 | |||
2011 | Rudolf Lennkh | Werner Faymann | 2013 | ||
2014 | Peter Huber | Werner Faymann | 2017 | ||
2018 | Christian Ebner | [3] | Sebastian Kurz | Felipe VI |
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