List of ambassadors of Spain to the United States

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Ambassador of Spain to the
United States
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since 01 February 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style Her Excellency
Residence Foxhall Road NW, Washington D.C
Nominator Minister of Foreign Affairs
Appointer His Royal Majesty King Felipe VI
FormationMay 21, 1785;239 years ago (1785-05-21)
First holder Diego de Gardoqui
DeputyDeputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Spain to the United States
Website https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/washington/en/Paginas/index.aspx

The Ambassador from Spain to the United States is Spain's foremost diplomatic representative in the United States, and in charge of the Spain's diplomatic mission in the United States. [1]

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History

The ambassador is appointed to the Council of Ministers, they direct the work of all the offices that depend on the embassy, based in Washington, D.C. Likewise, it informs the Spanish Government about the evolution of events in the United States, negotiates on behalf of Spain, can sign or ratify agreements, observes the development of bilateral relations in all fields and ensures the protection of Spanish interests and its citizens in the United States.

Heads of mission (from 1785)

Mission StartMission EndNameTitleAppointed ByAccredited Before
21 May 17853 October 1789 Diego de Gardoqui Charge d'Affaires ad interim Charles III United States Congress
3 October 17891 December 1791José Ignacio de ViarSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim Charles IV George Washington
1 December 17913 May 1794José Ignacio de Viar
José de Jáudenes y Nebot [lower-alpha 1] 		Charges d'Affaires ad interim
25 April 17961 August 1796José Ignacio de ViarSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
25 August 17967 July 1807 Carlos Martínez de Irujo Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
7 July 18077 October 1809 Valentin de Foronda Thomas Jefferson
7 October 180910 May 1819 Luis de Onís Ferdinand VII James Madison
10 May 181912 April 1820Mateo de la SernaCharge d'Affaires ad interim James Monroe
12 April 182030 September 1821 Francisco Dionisio Vives Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
30 October 182131 October 1821Francisco Hilario Rivas y SalmonSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
31 October 182111 November 1833Joaquín de AnduagaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
15 March 182525 July 1827Francisco Hilario Rivas y SalmonSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
11 November 183330 June 1835Francisco Tacon y RosiqueEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryRegency of María Cristina Andrew Jackson
30 June 18357 December 1835Manuel TaconSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
7 December 18351836 Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
4 October 183728 April 1838Manuel TaconSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim Martin Van Buren
26 September 18392 January 1844Pedro Aloantara ArgaizEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryRegency of Baldomero Espartero
2 January 18445 August 1844Fidencio BeurmanCharge d'Affaires ad interim Ramón María Narváez John Tyler (until 1845)
James K. Polk (1845–1849)
Zachary Taylor (1849–1850)
Millard Fillmore (1850–1853)
5 August 18442 August 1853 Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano Minister resident
2 August 185330 May 1854Jose Maria MagallonSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim Franklin Pierce
30 May 185414 July 1855 Leopoldo Augusto de cueto Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Luis José Sartorius
1 October 185511 September 1856Alfonso Escalante Baldomero Espartero
11 November 185621 February 1857Jose Maria MagallonSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
21 February 18577 April 1867 Gabriel García y Tassura Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Leopoldo O'Donnell James Buchanan (until 1861)
Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865)
Andrew Johnson (from 1865)
7 April 186715 December 1868Facundo Geni Ramon Maria Narvaez
19 March 186920 March 1872Mauricio López Róberts Francisco Serrano Ulysses S. Grant
5 April 18721 July 1874 José Polo de Bernabé Praxedes Mateo Sagasta
1 July 187415 September 1874Luis de PotestadCharge d'Affaires ad interim
15 September 187414 August 1878 Antonio Mantilla de los Ríos Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Juan Zavala de la Puente
14 August 18783 February 1879 Jose Brunetti y Gayeso Charge d'Affaires ad interim Rutherford B. Hayes
3 February 18792 March 1881Felipe Mendes de Vigo y OserioEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Antonio Canovas del Castillo
2 March 188130 April 1881 Jose Brunetti y Gayeso Charge d'Affaires ad interim James A. Garfield
30 April 188129 July 1883Francisco Barea del CorralEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Praxedes Mateo Sagasta Chester A. Arthur
29 July 188329 January 1884 Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Charge d'Affaires ad interim
29 January 188411 February 1886 Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary José Posada Herrera
6 April 188629 October 1890 Emilio de Muruaga Praxedes Mateo Sagasta Grover Cleveland
14 November 189028 November 1891 Miguel Saurez Guanes Antonio Canovas del Castillo
28 November 189130 September 1892 Jose Felipe Sagrario Charge d'Affaires ad interim Benjamin Harrison
30 September 189231 January 1893 Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
2 March 189316 April 1895 Emilio de Muruaga Praxedes Mateo Sagasta Grover Cleveland
16 April 18956 May 1895 Jose Felipe Sagrario Charge d'Affaires ad interim
6 May 189511 February 1898 Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
11 February 189820 April 1898Juan du BesuFirst secretary; Charge d'Affaires ad interim William McKinley
20 April 189825 April 1898 Luis Polo de Bernabé Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Rupture of relations due to the Spanish–American War from May 1898 to May 1899
3 June 189922 November 1901 Jose Brunetti y Gayeso, Duke of Arcos Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Francisco Silvela William McKinley
22 November 190122 July 1902 Juan Riaño y Gayangos Charge d'Affaires ad interim Theodore Roosevelt
22 July 190220 March 1905 Emilio de Ojeda y Perpiñán Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Praxedes Mateo Sagasta
11 April 190530 April 1905Manuel Walls y MerinoCharge d'Affaires ad interim Francisco Silvela
30 April 1905June 1905Luis Pastor [2]
June 190512 January 1907 Bernardo Jacinto de Cólogan [lower-alpha 2] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
13 March 190719 May 1909Ramón Piña y Millet Antonio Aguilar y Correa
24 June 190919 May 1909Luis Pastor [2] Charge d'Affaires ad interim Antonio Maura William Howard Taft
19 May 19091 February 1910 Rodrigo de Saavedra y Vinent, 2nd Marquess of Villalobar Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary William Howard Taft
10 February 191024 May 1910Francisco de Zea BermudesCharge d'Affaires ad interim
24 May 19101 December 1913 Juan Riaño y Gayangos Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Jose Canalejas
Legation became an embassy on 1 December 1913 [3] [4] [5] [6]
1 December 191331 July 1926 Juan Riaño y Gayangos Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Jose Canalejas Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921)
Warren G. Harding (1921–1923)
Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929)
23 August 192621 September 1926Mariano de Amoedo y GalarmendiCharge d'Affaires ad interim
21 September 192611 October 1926Eduardo Garcia CominConsular of Embassy
11 October 19267 June 1931 Alejandro Padilla y Bell [7] Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Miguel Primo de Rivera Calvin Coolidge (until 1929)
Herbert Hoover (1929–1933)
15 April 193130 June 1931Count de MontefuerteCharge d'Affaires ad interim
30 June 193123 December 1931 Salvador de Madariaga Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
10 January 19328 April 1934 Juan Francisco de Cárdenas
8 April 193410 September 1936Luis Calderón y Martín Franklin D. Roosevelt
11 September 193620 October 1936Enrique de la CasaCharge d'Affaires ad interim
20 October 1936March 1939 Fernando de los Ríos Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Manuel Azaña
The Embassy was closed in April 1939; the National (Franco) government was recognized on 1 April 1939, [8] and the embassy reopened in May 1939
3 April 19396 June 1939 Juan Francisco de Cárdenas Charge d'Affaires ad interim Francisco Franco Franklin D. Roosevelt
6 June 19391947Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
19 August 194620 September 1949German BaraibarMinister Plenipotentiary; Charge d'Affaires ad interim Harry S. Truman
20 September 19495 January 1951 Eduardo Propper de Callejón
5 January 195110 August 1954 José Félix de Lequerica Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
2 November 19547 July 1960 Jose Maria Areilza, Count of Motrico Dwight D. Eisenhower
4 August 19605 April 1962Mariano Yturralde y Orbegoso
1 June 196213 February 1964 Antonio Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate John F. Kennedy
21 April 196419 December 1969 Alfonso Merry del Val y Alzola, Marquess of Merry del Val Lyndon B. Johnson
19 December 19694 February 1972Santiago Argüelles Armada Richard Nixon
7 March 19726 May 1974 [lower-alpha 3] Ángel Sagaz Zubelzu Carlos Arias Navarro
6 May 19747 August 1974Joaquin CervinoMinister Counselor; Charge d'Affaires ad interim Gerald Ford
7 August 19748 October 1976 Jaime Alba Delibes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
8 October 19768 June 1978José Rovira y Sánchez-Herrero Adolfo Suarez
27 July 197824 July 1982 Jose Llado y Fernandez-Urrutia Jimmy Carter
20 September 198216 February 1983 Nuño Aguirre de Carcer y Lopez de Sagredo Felipe González Ronald Reagan
31 March 19836 March 1987 Gabriel Mañueco de Lecea
31 March 19872 March 1990Julián Santamaría Ossorio
17 April 199028 June 1996 Jaime de Ojeda y Eiseley George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
28 August 199630 June 2000 Antonio de Oyarzabal José María Aznar
2 August 200025 June 2004 Francisco Javier Ruperez Rubio Bill Clinton (until 2001)
George W. Bush (2001–2009)
12 August 200418 July 2008 Carlos Westendorp José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
21 August 200813 April 2012 Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo [9] Barack Obama
5 June 201224 March 2017 Ramon Gil-Casares Satrustegui Mariano Rajoy [10]
24 March 20177 September 2018 Pedro Morenés [11] Donald Trump (until 2021)
Joe Biden (2021–Present)
7 September 201817 January 2024 Santiago Cabanas Pedro Sanchez
16 January 2024Incumbent Ángeles Moreno Bau

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ Jáudenes began to act independently of Viar between March 5 and 22 August 1794. He gave notice of intended return to Spain 25 April 1796. Viar's services ended 3 May 1794.
  2. ↑ Reportedly never received by President.
  3. ↑ Died in office.
Sources
  1. ↑ This page includes public domain text from the U.S. State Department.
  2. 1 2 Downing, Margaret B. (20 June 1909). "This Beautiful Baltimore Girl Is The Hostess Of The Spanish Legation At Washington". The Baltimore Sun . p. 16. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "WE GRATIFY SPAIN.; Proposed Raising of Our Legation to an Embassy Pleases". The New York Times . 7 June 1913. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "PLEASED BY EMBASSY PLAN.; King Alfonso Sees in it the Cementing of Spanish-American Amity". The New York Times . 28 June 1913. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "VOTES FOR MADRID EMBASSY; House Passes the Senate Bill --- T.E. Willard May Be Named". The New York Times . 3 September 1913. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Spain to Have an Embassy Here". The New York Times . 7 September 1913. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "ENVOY WARNS OF IMPOSTOR.; Says Name of Spanish Ambassador's Son Is Used in Frauds". The New York Times . 21 February 1928. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "U.S. and Spain Name Temporary Envoys Franco Flag Tops Embassy in Washington". The New York Times . 4 April 1939. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. ↑ Sciolino, Elaine (7 April 2005). "Spain's Ex-Spy Chief Busy Finding Hotel Rooms Now". The New York Times . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Ramon Gil-Casares, U.S. ambassador. UU. and Gustavo de Aristegui, in India". Heraldo.es. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  11. ↑ Morenés, Pedro (2 July 2017). "Opinion | Catalonia's Secession From Spain". The New York Times . Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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