| Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to OSCE | |
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Incumbent since 25 August 2021Cristóbal Ramón Valdés y Valentín-Gamazo | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| Style | The Most Excellent |
| Member of | OSCE' Permanent Council |
| Residence | Vienna |
| Nominator | The Foreign Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch |
| Inaugural holder | Antonio Cosano Pérez |
| Formation | 1995 |
| Deputy | Deputy Permanent Representative |
| Website | Spanish Mission to NATO |
The ambassador permanent representative of Spain to OSCE is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). It also represents Spain before the Joint Consultative Group and the Open Skies Consultative Commission. [1]
The position was formally established on September 1995, after the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) was transformed into an international organization. [1]
As of 2025, the Permanent Representation is composed by: [2]
From 1973 to 1995, Spain appointed several persons to lead the Spanish Delegation of the Conferences on Security and Co-operation in Europe. With the exception of Nuño Aguirre de Cárcer, who represented Spain as director-general for Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the rest were appointed with the title of "Ambassador Head of Delegation".
| Ambassador | Term | Nominated by | Appointed by | Accredited to | |
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| 1 | Antonio Cosano Pérez | 3 October 1995 [11] – 2 December 2000 (5 years, 60 days) | Javier Solana | Juan Carlos I | Giancarlo Aragona |
| 2 | Joaquín Pérez Gómez | 2 December 2000 [12] – 6 December 2003 (3 years, 4 days) | Josep Piqué | Ján Kubiš | |
| 3 | Carlos Sánchez de Boado | 6 December 2003 [13] – 24 May 2008 (4 years, 170 days) | Ana Palacio | ||
| 4 | Marta Betanzos Roig | 24 May 2008 [14] – 4 June 2011 (3 years, 11 days) | Miguel Ángel Moratinos | Marc Perrin de Brichambaut | |
| 5 | Fernando Valderrama Pareja | 4 June 2011 [15] – 22 March 2014 (2 years, 291 days) | Trinidad Jiménez | Lamberto Zannier | |
| 6 | Jorge Domecq | 22 March 2014 [16] – 24 January 2015 (308 days) | José Manuel García-Margallo | ||
| 7 | María Victoria González Román | 24 January 2015 [17] – 2 March 2019 (4 years, 37 days) | Felipe VI | ||
| 8 | Luis Manuel Cuesta Civís | 2 March 2019 [18] – 25 August 2021 (2 years, 176 days) | Josep Borrell | Thomas Greminger | |
| 9 | Cristóbal Ramón Valdés y Valentín-Gamazo | 25 August 2021 [19] – present (4 years, 77 days) | José Manuel Albares | Helga Schmid | |