List of ambassadors of Spain to Algeria

Ambassador of Spain to Algeria
Coat of arms of Spain
Incumbent Fernando Morán Calvo-Sotelo since 8 September 2018
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs
Style	The Most Excellent
Residence	Algiers
Nominator	The Foreign Minister
Appointer	The Monarch
Term length	At the government's pleasure
Inaugural holder	José Felipe de Alcover y Sureda
Formation	1962
Website	Mission of Spain to Algeria

The ambassador of Spain to Algeria is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Spain has two consulates general in Algeria, one in Algiers and another in Oran.

Spain has kept diplomatic relations with the rulers of the cities of Béjaïa and Algiers since the 15th century. Later, with the establishment of the Regency of Algiers, Spain sent numerous envoys to the court of Barbarossa and to his successors. After the Spanish–Algerian War (1775–1785), both sides signed a peace and trade treaty, allowing the establishment of a permanent consulate in the country, which has remained in operation ever since. Mothern diplomatic relations were established during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, establishing a permanent embassy in Algiers in 1962. ^[1]

List of diplomats to Algeria

Until the year 2000, the work "History of the Spanish Diplomacy" by diplomat and historian Miguel Ángel Ochoa Brun was used as a source. ^[2] Since then, the appointments published in the Official State Gazette .

Nombre		Cargo	Periodo
Martín Vençon		Emissary (to Béjaïa)	1493
Juan Pont		Ambassador	1493
Gisbert de Santa Fe		Emissary (to Béjaïa and Algiers)	1496
Enríquez		Envoy (to Béjaïa)	1510
Antonio de Rabaneda		Envoy (to Béjaïa)	1511
Juan de Presende		Envoy (to Barbarossa)	1534
Sancho Muñoz de Villanueva		Envoy (to Barbarossa)	1537
Alonso de Alarcón		Envoy (to Barbarossa)	1537–1539
Juan Gallego		Envoy (to Barbarossa)	1538
Juanote Pujades		Envoy (to the Bey of Algiers)	1540
Juan de Vergara		Envoy (to Barbarossa)	1541
Juan de Aragón		Envoy (to Barbarossa)	1541
Chapón		Envoy (to Barbarossa)	1543 y 1544
Fray Mateo de Aguirre		Ambassador (to the Kingdom of Kuku)	1602–1603
P. José Conde		Agent	1775–1782
Gerardo José de Souza y Betancourt		Agent	1779–1783
Jose de Mazarredo y Salazar		Plenipotentiary	1785
Louis-Alexandre Expilly de la Poipe		Plenipotentiary
Manuel de las Heras		Consul General	1786
Pedro Suchita		Agent
Louis-Alexandre Expilly de la Poipe		Plenipotentiary	1787
Francisco de Montengón		Chancellor and Chargé d'affaires	1791
Manuel de Asprer y Janer		Consul General and Chargé d'affaires	1792–1793
Miguel de Larrea y Salcedo		Consul General and Chargé d'affaires	1793–1800
José Joaquín de Ceraín		Vice Consul and Chargé d'affaires	1800–1802
Pedro Ortiz de Zugasti Tallavía de Aragón		Chargé d'affaires	1802–1803
José Alonso Ortiz  [ es ]		Chargé d'affaires	1803–1808
Rosendo José Gutiérrez		Consul General and Chargé d'affaires	1809
Pedro Ortiz de Zugasti Tallavía de Aragón		Chargé d'affaires	1809–1830
José María del Castillo		Consul General and Chargé d'affaires	1826–1833
The Consul General in Algiers from 1833 to 1962
Manuel Viturro y Somoza  [ es ]		Chargé d'affaires	1962
1	José Felipe de Alcover y Sureda  [ es ]	Ambassador	1962–1964
2	José Luis Los Arcos y Elío	Ambassador	1964–1970
3	Carlos Iniesta Cano	Ambassador	1970–1972
4	José Ramón Sobredo Rioboo	Ambassador	1972–1976
5	Gabriel Mañueco de Lecea  [ es ]	Ambassador	1976–1978
6	José María Ullrich Rojas  [ es ]	Ambassador	1978–1982
7	Eduardo de Zulueta y Dato	Ambassador	1982–1985
8	Gumersindo Rico Rodríguez-Villar	Ambassador	1986–1990
9	Francisco Javier Conde de Saro	Ambassador	1990–1994
10	Francisco Javier Jiménez-Ugarte Hernández	Ambassador	1994–1996
11	Ricardo Zalacaín Jorge  [ es ]	Ambassador	1996–2000
12	Emilio Fernández-Castaño y Díaz-Caneja [3]	Ambassador	2001–2004
13	Juan Bautista Leña Casas  [ es ] [4]	Ambassador	2004–2008
14	Gabriel Busquets Aparicio  [ es ] [5]	Ambassador	2008–2013
15	Alejandro Polanco Mata  [ es ] [6]	Ambassador	2013–2017
16	Santiago Cabanas Ansorena [7]	Ambassador	2017–2018
17	Fernando Morán Calvo-Sotelo  [ es ] [8]	Ambassador	2018–pres.

See also

• Algeria–Spain relations

References

1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (December 1, 1962). "Decreto 3105/1962, de 22 de noviembre, por el que se crea la Embajada de España en Argel" [Decree 3105/1962, of November 22, which creates the Embassy of Spain in Algiers.](PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish).
2. Ochoa Brun, Miguel Ángel (2000). "History of the Spanish Diplomacy - DIPLOMATIC REPERTOIRE- CHRONOLOGICAL LISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES - From the Early Middle Ages to the year 2000" (PDF). www.exteriores.gob.es (in Spanish). pp. 152–153. Retrieved October 30, 2025.
3. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (January 13, 2001). "Real Decreto 26/2001, de 12 de enero, por el que se designa a don Emilio Fernández-Castaño y Díaz-Caneja, Embajador de España en la República Argelina Democrática y Popular". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved October 30, 2025.
4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (June 26, 2004). "Real Decreto 1571/2004, de 25 de junio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Argelina Democrática y Popular a don Juan Bautista Leña Casas". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved October 30, 2025.
5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (August 30, 2008). "Real Decreto 1446/2008, de 29 de agosto, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Argelina Democrática y Popular a don Gabriel Busquets Aparicio". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved October 30, 2025.
6. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (November 9, 2013). "Real Decreto 878/2013, de 8 de noviembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Argelina Democrática y Popular a don Alejandro Polanco Mata". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved October 30, 2025.
7. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (May 27, 2017). "Real Decreto 538/2017, de 26 de mayo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Argelina Democrática y Popular a don Santiago Cabanas Ansorena". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved October 30, 2025.
8. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (September 8, 2018). "Real Decreto 1138/2018, de 7 de septiembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Argelina Democrática y Popular a don Fernando Morán Calvo-Sotelo". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved October 30, 2025.