List of ambassadors of Spain to Switzerland

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Ambassador of Spain to Switzerland
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Incumbent
Enrique Ignacio Mora Benavente
since 4 December 2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Secretariat of State for the European Union
Style The Most Excellent
Residence Bern
Nominator The Foreign Minister
Appointer The Monarch
Term length At the government's pleasure
Inaugural holderLope de Soria
Formation1513
Website Mission of Spain to Switzerland

The ambassador of Spain to Switzerland is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Swiss Confederation. It is also accredited to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

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Spain and Switzerland have maintained diplomatic relations since 1513, when the viceroy of Naples, Ramón de Cardona, in the name of Ferdinand the Catholic, King of Aragon and Regent of Castile, sent Lope de Soria to negotatiate an alliance with the Old Swiss Confederacy in the context of the War of the League of Cambrai. With only a few interruptions, relations have been maintained for five centuries and, since 1957, the diplomatic representative has always held the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. [1]

Jurisdiction

The ambassador is also accredited to:

Also, in the 19th century, the ambassador also represented Spanish interests before several German states, such as the Grand Duchy of Baden (1863–1867 and 1868–1875), the Kingdom of Bavaria (1863–1867), the Free City of Frankfurt (1855–1862), the Grand Duchy of Hesse (1860–1862 and 1866), the Duchy of Nassau (1860–1862) and the Kingdom of Württemberg (1863–1867).

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. [3] The work covers up to the year 2000, so the rest is based on appointments published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado .

NameRankTerm
Lope de Soria Ambassador 1513–1514
Maximiliano de Bergkcz Envoy 1518–1519
Hieronymus BaldungCo–Envoys1519
Johann Teubler
Max von Siebenberg
Hans AckerCo–Envoys1519
Rudolf von Sultz
Wolf von Honberg
Jakob Stürtzel
Hieronymus BrunnerEnvoy1519
Conde de SultzEnvoy1520
The Duke of MecklenburgCo–Envoys1521
Maximilianus Transylvanus
Veit SutorEnvoy1522
Wolfgang PratnerCo–Envoys1522
Rafael of Medici
Hieronymus BaldungEnvoy1523
Lope de SoriaEnvoy1524
Jacob StürtzelEnvoy1525
Antonio de Leyva, Duke of Terranova Envoy1526
Cornelis de Schepper Envoy1531
Leonard de GruyèreEnvoy1533–1536
François de BonvalotEnvoy1534
Battista de l’IsolaEnvoy1535–1538
The Lord of MarnoyEnvoy1536–1538
Giovanni Francesco PanizonoAgent1539–1547
Girolamo RozonoAgent1547
Giovanni Angelo RizioAgent1549–1556
Ascanio MarsoEnvoy1549–1556
Marc de Rye, Marquess of Varambon  [ fr ]Envoy1557
Sancho de Londoño Envoy1564
Marco Antonio BossiEnvoy1559–1565
Marc de Rye, Marquess of Varambon  [ fr ]
Baltasar de MolinaEnvoy1565
Giovanni de Anguisola  [ es ]Resident Envoy1565–1569
Pompeo della CroceResident Envoy1568–1594
Antonio ArduinoEnvoy1585–1594
Alfonso Casati,Count of Borgolavezzaro Resident Envoy1594–1621
Julio de la TorreAgent1602
Girolamo CasatiResident Envoy1621–1624
Claude de Rye, Baron of Balançon Co–Ambasadors1624–1629
Marc-Claude de Rye, marchese di Dogliani
Carlo Manuel CasatiResident Envoy1629–1645
Diego de Saavedra Fajardo Special Envoy1638–1642
Antonio Sarmiento, Count of CrescenteEnvoy1639
Juan de Velasco, Count of Siruela Envoy1642
Giovanni Francesco CasatiResident Envoy1646–1667
Alfonso CasatiResident Envoy1667–1681
Giovanni Francesco AreseActing Resident Envoy1681–1682
Enea CrivelliResident Envoy1683–1686
Carlo Casati y MelziResident Envoy1686–1703
Lorenzo Verzuso Beretti LandiResident Envoy1703–1716
Tullio PelizariAgent1704
Franz Ehrenreich von Trauttmannsdorff  [ de ] [a] Envoy1704–1711
Konrad Kreinzlind [a] Envoy1709
Félix Cornejo y Alemán Minister 1717–21
1726–33
Miguel de Caparroso Chargé d'affaires 1733–1734
Juan Blas Jover y AlcázarMinister1743–1744
MuniainMinister1744
José CarpinteroMinister1744–1747
Miguel de CaparrosoChargé d'affaires a.i.1747–1751
Manuel de CaparrosoChargé d'affaires a.i.1751–1757
Demetrio Mahony, Count of MahonyMinister1757–1758
Francisco González de Bassecourt, Marquess of Grigny  [ es ]Minister1766–1769
José CaamañoMinister1791–1800
Gaspar María de Nava, Count of Noroña  [ es ]Minister1800–1802
José López de la Torre AyllónChargé d'affaires1802
José Caamaño [b] Minister1802–1811
José FerreiraChargé d'affaires1810–1813
Pascual VallejoMinister1814–1817
Luis Martínez ViérgolMinister1818–1822
Luis Fernández MonMinister1824–1825
Cecilio de Corpas  [ es ]Minister1825
Félix Ramón AlvaradoChargé d'affaires1825–1826
Fernando de NaviaMinister1826–1827
Manuel María de Aguilar  [ es ]Chargé d'affaires1827
José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois Minister1827–1828
Mariano Carnerero  [ es ]Minister1840–1842
Diego de la CuadraChargé d'affaires1842–1843
Luis López de la Torre Ayllón y Kirsmacker Chargé d'affaires1843
Diego de la CuadraChargé d'affaires1845–1846
Francisco María MarínMinister1846–1847
José NevietMinister1847–1849
The Minister to the German Confederation 1855–1863
The Minister to the Belgium 1863
José Heriberto García de Quevedo  [ es ]Chargé d'affaires1863–1864
Minister1864–1866
Jesús Muñoz y Sánchez, Marquess of Remisa  [ es ]Minister1866
The Minister to France 1867
Manuel Cortina y Rodríguez, Marquess of Cortina  [ es ]Chargé d'affaires1867–1869
Minister1869–1873
Gumersindo de la RosaChargé d'affaires1873
Carlos MartraMinister1873–1874
Pedro Pascual de OliverMinister1874
Isidoro Hoyos y de la Torre, Marquess of Hoyos  [ es ]Minister1875–1876
Mariano Remón Zarco del Valle y Balez, Marquess of Zarco  [ es ]Minister1876
Narciso García Loygorri, Duke of VistahermosaChargé d'affaires1877–1880
Melchor Sangro Rueda, Count of Almina  [ gl ]Minister1881–1890
Germán María de OryMinister1898–1899
José de la Rica y CalvoMinister1905–1907
Pedro de Prat y AgacinoMinister1907–1908
Miguel Álvarez y Moya, Count of ChacónMinister1908–1913
Francisco de Reynoso y Mateo  [ es ]Minister1913–1923
Emilio de Palacios y FauMinister1923–1926
Mauricio López-Roberts, Marquess of Torrehermosa Minister1926–1930
Manuel Aguirre de Cárcer  [ es ]Minister1930–1933
Alfonso Fiscowich y GullónMinister1933–1934
Julio López Oliván  [ es ]Minister1934–1936
José María Aguinaga y BaronaMinister1936
Luis Martínez-Merello y del Pozo [c] Chargé d'affaires1936
Antonio Fabra  [ es ] [d] Minister1936–1939
Bernabé Toca y Pérez de la Lastra [c] Resident Envoy1937–1938
Pablo de Churruca y DotresMinister1939–1942
Luis Calderón y MartínMinister1942–1951
José María Ruiz de Arana y Baüer, Duke of Sanlúcar la MayorMinister1951–1954
Alonso Álvarez de Toledo y Mencos, Marquess of MirafloresMinister1954–1957
Ambassador 1957–1961
Juan Pablo de Lojendio e Irure, Marquess of Vellisca  [ es ]Ambassador1951–1969
José Felipe de Alcover y Sureda  [ es ]Ambassador1969–1973
José Miguel Ruiz MoralesAmbassador1973–1974
Nicolás Martín AlonsoAmbassador1975–1979
Adolfo Martín-Gamero Ambassador1979–1985
Juan Luis Pan de Soraluce y Olmos, Count of San RománAmbassador1985–1987
Joaquín Martínez-Correcher y Gil, Count of SierragordaAmbassador1987–1992
Federico Garayalde EmparanAmbassador1992–1995
Fernando Arias-Salgado  [ es ]Ambassador1996–2000
Juan Manuel Egea Ibáñez  [ es ]Ambassador2000–2003
Gonzalo de Benito Secades  [ es ]Ambassador2003–2007
Fernando Riquelme Lidón  [ es ]Ambassador2007–2010
Miguel Ángel de Frutos Gómez  [ es ]Ambassador2010–2014
Bernardo de Sicart Escoda  [ es ]Ambassador2014–2017
Aurora Díaz-Rato Revuelta  [ es ]Ambassador2017–2020
Victorio Redondo Baldrich  [ es ]Ambassador2020–2021
María Celsa Nuño García  [ es ]Ambassador2021–2025
Enrique Ignacio Mora BenaventeAmbassador2025–pres.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Representing Archduke Charles, future Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, during the War of the Spanish Succession.
  2. ↑ Representing Joseph Bonaparte from 1808 to 1811.
  3. 1 2 Representing the Junta Técnica del Estado.
  4. ↑ Representing the Republic government.

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (March 23, 1957). "Decreto de 8 de marzo de 1957 por el que se eleva, en régimen de reciprocidad, a Embajada la Representación Diplomática de España en Berna" [Decree of March 8, 1957, by which the Diplomatic Representation of Spain in Bern is elevated, on a reciprocal basis, to an Embassy.](PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved December 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Consulados". www.exteriores.gob.es (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on October 15, 2025. Retrieved December 29, 2025.
  3. ↑ 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. 263–265. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
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