Raimundo Bassols | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Raimundo Bassols in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secretary of State for the European Communities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office February 28, 1981 –December 8, 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Manuel Marín | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ambassador Head of Mission of Spain to the European Communities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office November 13,1976 –February 28,1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Alberto Ullastres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Gabriel Ferrán de Alfaro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Barcelona,Spain | April 3,1926||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Barcelona University of Bologna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Diplomat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raimundo Bassols Jacas (born April 3,1926) is a Spanish diplomat.
Bassols was born in Barcelona in 1926. [1] He attended the University of Barcelona,graduating in law. Later,he got a PhD in law by the University of Bologna. [2]
In 1954 he joined the diplomatic corps. [2] After serving in several positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,in 1974 he was appointed director-general for International Economic Relations,serving as such until 1976,when he was posted in Brussels as Ambassador Head of Mission of Spain to the European Communities,replacing Alberto Ullastres. [3] Five years later,in 1981,he was called back to Spain to serve as the first Secretary of State for the European Communities. [4]
In early 1983,he was appointed ambassador to Morocco, [5] presenting his diplomatic credentials to King Hassan II in June 2. [6] He was dismissed in late 1986 and posted in Buenos Aires,serving as ambassador to Argentina until his retirement in 1991,at the age of 65.
During his diplomatic career,he was rewarded with the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1982) [7] and the Grand Cross of Military Merit,with White Decoration (1987). [8]