List of ambassadors of Spain to Bangladesh

Ambassador of Spain to Bangladesh
Coat of arms of Spain
Incumbent Gabriel María Sistiaga Ochoa de Chinchetru since 29 November 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs
Style	The Most Excellent
Residence	Dhaka
Nominator	The Foreign Minister
Appointer	The Monarch
Term length	At the government's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Guillermo Nadal Blanes
Formation	1972
Website	Mission of Spain to Bangladesh

The ambassador of Spain to Bangladesh is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

Following the proclamation of Bangladeshi Independence, Spain recognized the new state and established diplomatic relations with it, although the ambassador resided in New Delhi, India. ^[1] In October 2005, the Council of Ministers approved the Plan Asia 2005–2008 which provided for the creation of an embassy in the Bangladeshi capital and designated the Asian country as a "preferred country" for Spanish Cooperation. ^[2] In compliance with these objectives, in October 2007 the Spanish government created a resident embassy in Dhaka, ^[3] which was opened the following year. ^[4]

List of ambassadors

Name		Term	Nominated by	Appointed by	Accredited to
1	Guillermo Nadal Blanes [a]	13 May 1972 [5] – 9 September 1975 (3 years, 119 days)	Gregorio López-Bravo	Francisco Franco	Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
2	Leopoldo Martínez de Campos y Muñoz, Duke of the Tower [a]	20 April 1976 [6] – 30 October 1980 (4 years, 193 days)	The Count of Motrico		Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
3	Enrique Mahou Stauffer [a]	6 March 1982 [7] – 11 June 1986 (4 years, 97 days)	José Pedro Pérez-Llorca	Juan Carlos I	A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
4	Carlos Fernández Espeso [a]	30 June 1987 [8] – 14 July 1990 (3 years, 14 days)	Francisco Fernández Ordóñez		Hussain Muhammad Ershad
5	Santiago Salas Collantes  [ es ] [a]	15 May 1991 [9] – 24 December 1994 (3 years, 223 days)			Shahabuddin Ahmed
6	Álvaro de Castilla y Bermúdez-Cañete [a]	10 July 1995 [10] – 19 January 1998† [11] (2 years, 193 days)	Javier Solana		Abdur Rahman Biswas
7	Alberto Escudero Claramunt [a]	9 January 1999 [12] – 28 December 2002 (3 years, 353 days)	Abel Matutes		Shahabuddin Ahmed
8	Rafael Conde de Saro  [ es ] [a]	30 July 2003 [13] – 2 June 2007 (3 years, 307 days)	Ana Palacio		Iajuddin Ahmed
9	Arturo Manuel Pérez  [ es ]	23 February 2008 [14] – 23 July 2011 (3 years, 150 days)	Miguel Ángel Moratinos
10	Luis Tejada Chacón  [ es ]	23 July 2011 [15] – 24 March 2015 (3 years, 244 days)	Trinidad Jiménez		Zillur Rahman
11	Eduardo de Laiglesia y del Rosal	24 March 2015 [16] – 19 November 2016 (1 year, 240 days)	José Manuel García-Margallo	Felipe VI	Mohammad Abdul Hamid
12	Álvaro de Salas Giménez de Azcárate	4 March 2017 [17] – 8 July 2020 (3 years, 126 days)	Alfonso Dastis
13	Francisco de Asís Benítez Salas  [ es ]	8 July 2020 [18] – 29 November 2023 (3 years, 144 days)	Arancha González Laya
14	Gabriel María Sistiaga Ochoa de Chinchetru  [ es ]	29 November 2023 [19] – present (2 years, 56 days)	José Manuel Albares		Mohammed Shahabuddin

See also

• Bangladesh–Spain relations

Notes

1. Resident in New Delhi, India.

References

1. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (May 13, 1972). "Decreto 1172/1972, de 12 de mayo, por el que se crea la Embajada de España en Dacca" [Decree 1172/1972, of May 12, establishing the Embassy of Spain in Dhaka.](PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 23, 2026.
2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (October 2005). "España hacia Asia y Pacífico - Plan de Acción 2005-2008" [Spain towards Asia and the Pacific - Action Plan 2005–2008](PDF). Casa Asia (in Spanish). pp. 28, 71. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2026. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
3. Ministry of Public Administrations (November 14, 2007). "Real Decreto 1406/2007, de 29 de octubre, por el que se crea la Misión Diplomática Permanente de España en la República Popular de Bangladesh" [Royal Decree 1406/2007, of October 29, which creates the Permanent Diplomatic Mission of Spain in the People's Republic of Bangladesh.]. Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 23, 2026.
4. Diplomatic Information Office (November 2024). "Country profile - Bangladesh" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 4. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (May 13, 1972). "Decreto 1176/1972, de 12 de mayo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República de Bangla-Desh a don Guillermo Nadal Blanes, con residencia en Nueva Delhi" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
6. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (April 20, 1976). "Decreto 812/1976, de 2 de abril, por el que se designa Embajador de España en Dacca a don Leopoldo Martínez de Campos y Muñoz, Conde de Santovenia, con residencia en Nueva Delhi" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
7. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (March 6, 1982). "Real Decreto 418/1982, de 26 de febrero, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangla-Desh a don Enrique Mahou Stauffer, con residencia en Nueva Delhi" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
8. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (June 30, 1987). "Real Decreto 851/1987, de 26 de junio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladesh a don Carlos Fernández Espeso, con residencia en Nueva Delhi" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
9. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (May 15, 1991). "Real Decreto 762/1991, de 10 de mayo, por el que se designa a don Santiago Salas Collantes Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladesh, con residencia en Nueva Delhi" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
10. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (July 10, 1995). "Real Decreto 1172/1995, de 7 de julio, por el que se designa a don Alvaro de Castilla y Bermúdez-Cañete Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladesh". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
11. "ABC MADRID 22-01-1998 página 107 - Archivo ABC". abc. August 29, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
12. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (January 9, 1999). "Real Decreto 8/1999, de 8 de enero, por el que se designa a don Alberto Escudero Claramunt Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladesh". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
13. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (July 30, 2003). "Real Decreto 933/2003, de 11 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladesh a don Rafael Conde de Saro". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
14. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (February 23, 2008). "Real Decreto 271/2008, de 22 de febrero, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladesh a don Arturo Manuel Pérez Martínez". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
15. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (July 23, 2011). "Real Decreto 1117/2011, de 22 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladesh a don Luis Tejada Chacón". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
16. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (March 24, 2015). "Real Decreto 201/2015, de 23 de marzo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladesh a don Eduardo de Laiglesia y del Rosal". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
17. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (March 4, 2017). "Real Decreto 221/2017, de 3 de marzo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladesh a don Álvaro de Salas Giménez de Azcárate". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
18. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (July 8, 2020). "Real Decreto 650/2020, de 7 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladés a don Francisco de Asís Benítez Salas". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 24, 2026.
19. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (November 29, 2023). "Real Decreto 932/2023, de 28 de noviembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Popular de Bangladés a don Gabriel María Sistiaga Ochoa de Chinchetru". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved January 23, 2026.