List of ambassadors of Spain to Russia

Ambassador of Spain to Russia
Coat of arms of Spain
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs
Style	The Most Excellent
Residence	Moscow
Nominator	The Foreign Minister
Appointer	The Monarch
Term length	At the government's pleasure
Inaugural holder	James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick
Formation	1727
Website	Mission of Spain to Russia

The ambassador of Spain to Russia is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Russian Federation. It is also accredited to the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. Although he has not been accredited to Belarus since 2021, the ambassador is also in charge of consular affairs in this country.

During the reign of Charles I (V of the Holy Roman Empire), he sent envoys to the Muscovy court and the Russian ruler sent envoys to the court in Madrid, but they were appointed to deal with affairs related the Holy Roman Empire. ^[1] The first real contacts between Spain and the Tsardom of Russia (later Russian Empire) were established in the early-18th-century, during the reigns of Philip V and Peter the Great. These two rulers exchanged diplomatic representatives and, in 1727, Spain appointed the first ambassador, the Duke of Berwick. ^[2]

However, in the following years, with few exceptions, no new ambassadors were sent, but rather diplomats with the rank of minister or chargé d'affaires, until the reign of Alfonso XII, when the diplomatic representation was once again elevated to the category of embassy. Interrupted after the murder of the Romanov family, they were briefly re-established in 1936, but they were severed again during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Later, in 1973 the dictatorship established a commercial office in Moscow and diplomatic links were finally re-established on 9 February 1977. ^[3]

Jurisdiction

• Russia: The Embassy of Spain in Moscow manages Russia–Spain relations and it has two consulates general for the protection of Spaniards, one in Moscow and another in Saint Petersburg. ^[4]

The ambassador is also accredited to:

• Armenia: Since the establishment of relations on 27 January 1992, the ambassador to Russia has been accredited to the Armenia authorities. Since 2022, there is also a chargé d'affaires in Yerevan. ^[5] Consular protection is provided through the Consulate General in Moscow.
• Belarus: Both nations established diplomatic relations on 13 February 1992. The ambassador of Russia to Belarus was accredited to this country until 2021. The Consulate General of Spain in Moscow is responsible for consular protection in Belarus and Spain has a honorary consulate in Minsk. ^[6]
• Turkmenistan: Diplomatic relations established on 19 March 1992 and consular affairs are managed by the Consulate in Moscow. ^[7]
• Uzbekistan: Spain recognized its independence on 31 December 1991 and established diplomatic relations on 18 March 1992. Since 2022, Spain has a Diplomatic Office in Tashkent and it also has an Economic and Trade Office. ^[8]

In the past, this position served as ambassador to the Soviet Union (1936–1939 and 1977–1991), and also to Azerbaijan (1992–1998), Georgia (1992–2007), Kazakhstan (1992–1999), Kyrgyzstan (1992–1999), Moldova (1993–1998), Mongolia (1977–1995) and Tajikistan (1992–1999).

List of ambassadors

This list was compiled using the work "History of the Spanish Diplomacy" by the Spanish historian and diplomat Miguel Ángel Ochoa Brun. ^[9] The work covers up to the year 2000, so the rest is based on appointments published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado .

Name	Rank	Term
Bartolomé	Envoy	1523
Antonio de Conti	Envoy
Sigismund von Herberstein	Co-envoys	1526
Leonardo de Nogarolo
Cornelio Schepper	Envoy	1528
Allegretto Allegretti	Envoy	1645
Patricio Lawles	Envoy	1718–1719
Padre Francisco Arcelli	Minister	1722
The Duke of Berwick	Ambassador	1727–1730
Juan Cascos de Villa de Moros	Chargé d'affaires	1730–1734
Jacinto Ferrero Fieschi y de Saboya Count of Bena	Minister	1740–1741
Ignacio Poyano	Chargé d'affaires	1760–1762
The Duke of Almodóvar del Río	Minister	1761–1763
The Marquess of Santa Cruz de Marcenado	Minister	1763–1771
José del Río y Campa	Chargé d'affaires	1768–1770
Manuel Delitala y Timboni	Chargé d'affaires	1771–1776
The Count of Lacy  [ ru ]	Minister	1772–1780
Pedro Normande y Merican	Chargé d'affaires	1776–1781
The Marquess of the Tower  [ es ]	Minister	1781–1783
The Duke of Santa Fe	Chargé d'affaires	1783–1784
Pedro Normande y Merican	Minister	1784–1789
Pedro Macanaz  [ es ]	Chargé d'affaires	1787–1788
Miguel de Gálvez y Gallardo  [ es ]	Minister	1788–1792
Felipe d'Amat i Cortada	Minister	1792–1793
José de Onís  [ es ]	Minister	1792–1798
Blas de Mendizábal y Ayesterán	Diplomatic agent	1797–1799
Break in diplomatic relations (1799–1801)
Gaspar María de Nava y Álvarez, Conde de Noroña	Minister	1802–1808
Joaquín de Anduaga	Chargé d'affaires	1808
Benito Pardo de Figueroa  [ es ] [a]	Minister	1807–1812
Antonio Colombí y Payet	Chargé d'affaires	1809–1811
Francisco Cea Bermúdez	Envoy	1811–1812
	Chargé d'affaires	1812–1816
Ignacio Pérez de Lema y Soto	Chargé d'affaires	1814–1816
Francisco Cea Bermúdez	Ambassador	1816–1821
Luis de Noeli	Chargé d'affaires	1820
Pedro Alcántara de Argaiz	Chargé d'affaires	1821–1822
Juan Miguel Páez de la Cadena	Chargé d'affaires	1824–1834
The Duke of San Carlos	Extraordinary Ambassador	1826
Break in diplomatic relations (1834–1856)
Antonio Remón Zarco del Valle y Huet  [ es ]	Minister	1848
The Duke of Osuna	Minister	1856–1860
	Ambassador	1860–1868
Emilio de Muruaga y Vildósola	Chargé d'affaires	1869–1872
	Minister	1872–1874
The Marquess of Bedmar  [ es ]	Ambassador	1875–1877
Juan Ximénez de Sandoval y Saavedra Marquess of the Rivera	Ambassador	1877–1881
José María Bernaldo de Quirós Marquess of Campo Sagrado	Minister	1881–1892
Mariano Miguel Maldonado y Dávalos Count of Villagonzalo	Minister	1892–1896
	Ambassador	1896–1899
Narciso García-Loygorri y Rizo Duke of Vistahermosa	Ambassador	1899–1904
The Duke of Arcos  [ es ]	Ambassador	1904–1905
The Marquess of Ayerbe  [ es ]	Ambassador	1905–1907
The Count of la Viñaza	Ambassador	1907–1913
Infante Ferdinand of Bavaria and Bourbon	Extraordinary Ambassador [b]	1908
The Marquess of the Door  [ es ]	Ambassador	1915–1916
The Marquess of Villasinda  [ es ]	Ambassador	1916–1917
Francisco Gutiérrez de Agüera y Bayo  [ es ]	Ambassador	1917–1919
Diplomatic relations interrupted (1919–1936)
Marcelino Pascua	Ambassador	1936–1938
Manuel Martínez Pedroso  [ es ]	Chargé d'affaires	1938–1939
Break in diplomatic relations (1939–1977)
Eduardo Ibáñez y García de Velasco	Head of Commercial Delegation	1973–1976
Rafael Ferrer Sagreras	Head of Commercial Delegation	1976–1977
The Marquess of Samaranch [c]	Ambassador	1977–1981
The Marquess of Campo Real  [ es ] [c]	Ambassador	1981–1983
José Luis Xifra de Ocerin [c]	Ambassador	1983–1987
José Cuenca Anaya [c]	Ambassador	1987–1992
Eugenio Bregolat  [ es ] [d]	Ambassador	1992–1996
José Antonio de Yturriaga  [ es ] [e]	Ambassador	1996–1999
José Luis Crespo de Vega  [ es ] [f]	Ambassador	1999–2001
José María Robles Fraga [10] [f]	Ambassador	2001–2004
The Marquess of Nerva [11] [f]	Ambassador	2004–2007
Juan Antonio March Pujol [12] [f]	Ambassador	2007–2011
Luis Felipe Fernández de la Peña  [ es ] [13] [f]	Ambassador	2011–2012
José Ignacio Carbajal Gárate [14] [f]	Ambassador	2012–2016
Ignacio Ybáñez Rubio  [ es ] [15] [f]	Ambassador	2017–2018
Fernando Valderrama Pareja  [ es ] [16] [f]	Ambassador	2018–2021
Marcos Gómez Martínez  [ es ] [17] [g]	Ambassador	2021–2024
Ricardo Martínez Vázquez  [ es ] [18] [g]	Ambassador	2024–pres.

See also

• Russia–Spain relations
• Armenia–Spain relations
• Belarus–Spain relations
• Spain–Uzbekistan relations

Notes

1. Since 1809 representing the government of Joseph Bonaparte.
2. To present the uniform and insignia of honorary colonel of the Farnesio Lancers Regiment to Nicholas II.
3. Accredited to Mongolia.
4. Accredited to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
5. Accredited to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
6. Accredited to Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
7. Accredited to Armenia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

References

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3. Garrido Caballero, Magdalena (2019). "España y la Unión Soviética a finales de la Guerra Fría" [Spain and the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War]. Pasado y memoria: Revista de historia contemporánea (in Spanish) (19): 107. doi:10.14198/PASADO2019.19.04. eISSN   2386-4745. ISSN   1579-3311 – via University of Alicante.
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5. Diplomatic Information Office (May 2025). "Country profile - Armenia" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 5. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
6. Diplomatic Information Office (February 2025). "Country profile - Belarus" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 4. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
7. Diplomatic Information Office (March 2025). "Country profile - Turkmenistan" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 4. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
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9. 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. 265–266. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
10. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (October 20, 2001). "Real Decreto 1134/2001, de 19 de octubre, por el que se designa embajador de España en la Federación de Rusia a don José María Robles Fraga". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2025.
11. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (June 26, 2004). "Real Decreto 1575/2004, de 25 de junio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la Federación de Rusia a don Francisco Javier Elorza Cavengt". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2025.
12. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (December 29, 2007). "Real Decreto 1782/2007, de 28 de diciembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la Federación de Rusia a don Juan Antonio March Pujol". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2025.
13. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (July 2, 2011). "Real Decreto 938/2011, de 1 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la Federación de Rusia a don Luis Felipe Fernández de la Peña". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2025.
14. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (July 28, 2012). "Real Decreto 1152/2012, de 27 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la Federación de Rusia a don José Ignacio Carbajal Gárate". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2025.
15. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (March 3, 2017). "Real Decreto 218/2017, de 3 de marzo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la Federación de Rusia a don Ignacio Ybáñez Rubio". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2025.
16. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (September 8, 2018). "Real Decreto 1147/2018, de 7 de septiembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la Federación de Rusia a don Fernando Valderrama Pareja". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2025.
17. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (October 12, 2021). "Real Decreto 886/2021, de 11 de octubre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la Federación de Rusia a don Marcos Gómez Martínez". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2025.
18. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (July 3, 2024). "Real Decreto 637/2024, de 2 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la Federación de Rusia a don Ricardo Martínez Vázquez". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2025.