List of ambassadors of Spain to Australia

Ambassador of Spain to Australia
Coat of arms of Spain
Incumbent Esther Monterrubio Villar since 31 July 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs
Style	The Most Excellent
Residence	Canberra
Nominator	The Foreign Minister
Appointer	The Monarch
Term length	At the government's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Juan Ramón Parellada Soteras
Formation	1968
Website	Mission of Spain to Australia

The ambassador of Spain to Australia is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Commonwealth of Australia. It is also accredited to the Republic of Nauru, the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and the Republic of Vanuatu.

Australia and Spain established diplomatic relations on 26 October 1967 ^[1] and, the following year, Spain established an embassy in Canberra. ^[2]

Jurisdiction

• Australia: The ambassador manages Australia–Spain relations and the embassy's consular section provides services to the Australian Capital Territory and Queanbeyan. For the rest of the country, Spain has consulates-general in Sydney and Melbourne. It has also honorary consulates in Adelaide, Ayr, Brisbane, Darwin and Perth. ^[3]

Also, the ambassador to Australia is accredited to:

• Nauru: Nauru and Spain has diplomatic relations since 27 September 1995. ^[4] The Consulate-General of Spain in Sydney is responsible for consular assistance. ^[3]
• Papua New Guinea: Since 28 August 1978, Spain and Papua New Guinea has maintained diplomatic relations ^[5] and Spain has an honorary consulate in Gordon. ^[3]
• Solomon Islands: Spain established diplomatic relations with the Solomon Islands on 8 August 1980. ^[6] Consular affairs are managed by the Consulate-General of Spain in Sydney. ^[3]
• Tuvalu: Diplomatic relations were established in 1992. ^[7] Consular issues are responsibility of the Consulate-General of Spain in Sydney. ^[3]
• Vanuatu: Spain has maintained diplomatic relations with Vanuatu since 30 April 1981. ^[8] Spain has an honorary consulate in the island. ^[3]

In the past, the Spanish ambassador to Australia was also responsible for diplomatic and consular relations with the Cook Islands (1999–2005), Fiji (1977–2005), New Zealand (1969–2006), Samoa (1992–2005) and Tonga (1981–2005). Following the establishment of a resident embassy in Wellington in 2006, ^[9] all these States came under its jurisdiction.

List of ambassadors

Ambassador		Term	Nominated by	Appointed by	Accredited to
1	Juan Ramón Parellada Soteras [a]	20 January 1969 [10] – 3 January 1974 (4 years, 348 days)	Fernando María Castiella	Francisco Franco	The Lord Casey
2	Alberto Pascual Villar [b]	3 January 1974 [11] – 5 May 1977 (3 years, 122 days)	Laureano López Rodó		Paul Hasluck
3	Carlos Manuel Fernández-Shaw Baldasano [c]	15 July 1977 [12] – 9 April 1983 (5 years, 268 days)	The Marquess of Oreja	Juan Carlos I	John Kerr
4	Francisco Utray Sardá [c]	9 April 1983 [13] – 13 February 1987 (3 years, 310 days)	Fernando Morán		Ninian Stephen
5	José Luis Pardos  [ es ] [c]	19 February 1987 [14] – 18 February 1992 (4 years, 364 days)	Francisco Fernández Ordóñez
6	Antonio Núñez García-Saúco  [ es ] [d]	28 April 1992 [15] – 30 May 1996 (4 years, 32 days)			Bill Hayden
7	Emilio Fernández-Castaño y Díaz-Caneja [e]	21 September 1996 [16] – 13 January 2001 (4 years, 114 days)	Abel Matutes		William Deane
8	José Ramón Barañano Fernández  [ es ] [f]	21 April 2001 [17] – 1 August 2005 (4 years, 102 days)	Josep Piqué
9	Antonio Cosano Pérez  [ es ] [g]	1 August 2005 [18] – 5 June 2008 (2 years, 309 days)	Miguel Ángel Moratinos		Michael Jeffery
10	Carlos Sánchez de Boado  [ es ] [h]	12 July 2008 [19] – 30 July 2011 (3 years, 18 days)
11	Enrique Viguera Rubio  [ es ] [i]	30 July 2011 [20] – 13 June 2015 (3 years, 318 days)	Trinidad Jiménez		Quentin Bryce
12	Manuel Cacho Quesada  [ es ] [i]	13 June 2015 [21] – 16 September 2020 (5 years, 95 days)	José Manuel García-Margallo	Felipe VI	Peter Cosgrove
13	Alicia Moral Revilla  [ es ] [j]	16 September 2020 [22] – 31 July 2024 (3 years, 319 days)	Arancha González Laya		David Hurley
14	Esther Monterrubio Villar  [ es ] [i]	31 July 2024 [23] – present (1 year, 89 days)	José Manuel Albares		Sam Mostyn

See also

• Australia–Spain relations

Notes

1. Accredited to New Zealand.
2. Accredited to Fiji and New Zealand.
3. Accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tonga.
4. Accredited to Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.
5. Accredited to Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.
6. Accredited to Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
7. Accredited to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
8. Accredited to Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
9. Accredited to Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
10. Accredited to Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

References

1. Diplomatic Information Office (May 2025). "Country profile - Australia" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 6. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (June 10, 1968). "Decreto 1179/1968, de 30 de mayo, por el que se crea la Embajada de España en Canberra" [Decree 1179/1968, of May 30, establishing the Embassy of Spain in Canberra.](PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved October 8, 2025.
3. "Consulados". www.exteriores.gob.es (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on June 22, 2025. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
4. Diplomatic Information Office (May 2025). "Country profile - Australia" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 6. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
5. Diplomatic Information Office (January 2025). "Country profile - Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 4. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
6. Diplomatic Information Office (January 2025). "Country profile - Solomon Islands" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 4. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
7. Diplomatic Information Office (March 2025). "Country profile - Tuvalu" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 4. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
8. Diplomatic Information Office (February 2025). "Country profile - Vanuatu" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 3. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
9. País, El (February 25, 2006). "España abre embajadas en Nueva Zelanda, Sudán Trinidad y Tobago y Yemen". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
10. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (January 20, 1969). "Decreto 3286/1968, de 26 de diciembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en Canberra a don Juan Ramón Parellada Soteras" (PDF). Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
11. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (January 3, 1974). "Decreto 3260/1973, de 7 de diciembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en Australia a don Alberto Pascual Villar" (PDF). Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
12. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (July 15, 1977). "Real Decreto 1766/1977, de 11 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en Australia a don Carlos Manuel Fernández-Shaw Baldasano" (PDF). Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
13. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (April 9, 1983). "Real Decreto 702/1983, de 30 de marzo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en Australia a don Francisco Utray Sardá" (PDF). Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
14. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (February 19, 1987). "Real Decreto 218/1987, de 13 de febrero, por el que se designa Embajador de España en Australia a don José Luis Pardos Pérez" (PDF). Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
15. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (April 28, 1992). "Real Decreto 410/1992, de 24 de abril, por el que se designa a don Antonio Núñez García-Sauco Embajador de España en Australia" (PDF). Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
16. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (September 21, 1996). "Real Decreto 2114/1996, de 20 de septiembre, por el que se designa a don Emilio Fernández-Castaño y Díaz-Caneja Embajador de España en Australia". Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
17. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (April 21, 2001). "Real Decreto 416/2001, de 20 de abril, por el que se designa a don José Ramón Barañano Fernández embajador de España en Australia". Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
18. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (August 1, 2005). "Real Decreto 982/2005, de 29 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en Australia a don Antonio Cosano Pérez". Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
19. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (July 12, 2008). "Real Decreto 1190/2008, de 11 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la Commonwealth de Australia a don Carlos Sánchez de Boado y de la Válgoma". Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
20. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (July 30, 2011). "Real Decreto 1170/2011, de 29 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España la Commonwealth de Australia a don Enrique Viguera Rubio". Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
21. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (June 13, 2015). "Real Decreto 482/2015, de 12 de junio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la Commonwealth de Australia a don Manuel Cacho Quesada". Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
22. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (September 16, 2020). "Real Decreto 847/2020, de 15 de septiembre, por el que se designa Embajadora de España en la Commonwealth de Australia a doña Alicia Moral Revilla". Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
23. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (July 31, 2024). "Real Decreto 793/2024, de 30 de julio, por el que se designa Embajadora de España en la Commonwealth de Australia a doña Esther Monterrubio Villar". Official State Gazette. Retrieved October 27, 2025.