List of ambassadors of Spain to the United States

Ambassador of Spain to the
United States
Coat of Arms of Spain
since 01 February 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StyleHer Excellency
ResidenceFoxhall Road NW, Washington D.C
NominatorMinister of Foreign Affairs
AppointerHis Royal Majesty King Felipe VI
FormationMay 21, 1785; 239 years ago (1785-05-21)
First holderDiego de Gardoqui
DeputyDeputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Spain to the United States
Websitehttps://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]

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 Start Mission End Name Title Appointed By Accredited Before
21 May 1785 3 October 1789 Diego de Gardoqui Charge d'Affaires ad interim Charles III United States Congress
3 October 1789 1 December 1791 José Ignacio de Viar Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim Charles IV George Washington
1 December 1791 3 May 1794 José Ignacio de Viar
José de Jáudenes y Nebot[a]		 Charges d'Affaires ad interim
25 April 1796 1 August 1796 José Ignacio de Viar Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
25 August 1796 7 July 1807 Carlos Martínez de Irujo Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
7 July 1807 7 October 1809 Valentin de Foronda Thomas Jefferson
7 October 1809 10 May 1819 Luis de Onís Ferdinand VII James Madison
10 May 1819 12 April 1820 Mateo de la Serna Charge d'Affaires ad interim James Monroe
12 April 1820 30 September 1821 Francisco Dionisio Vives Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
30 October 1821 31 October 1821 Francisco Hilario Rivas y Salmon Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
31 October 1821 11 November 1833 Joaquín de Anduaga Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
15 March 1825 25 July 1827 Francisco Hilario Rivas y Salmon Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
11 November 1833 30 June 1835 Francisco Tacon y Rosique Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Regency of María Cristina Andrew Jackson
30 June 1835 7 December 1835 Manuel Tacon Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
7 December 1835 1836 Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
4 October 1837 28 April 1838 Manuel Tacon Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim Martin Van Buren
26 September 1839 2 January 1844 Pedro Aloantara Argaiz Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Regency of Baldomero Espartero
2 January 1844 5 August 1844 Fidencio Beurman Charge 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 1844 2 August 1853 Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano Minister resident
2 August 1853 30 May 1854 Jose Maria Magallon Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim Franklin Pierce
30 May 1854 14 July 1855 Leopoldo Augusto de cueto Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Luis José Sartorius
1 October 1855 11 September 1856 Alfonso Escalante Baldomero Espartero
11 November 1856 21 February 1857 Jose Maria Magallon Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
21 February 1857 7 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 1867 15 December 1868 Facundo Geni Ramon Maria Narvaez
19 March 1869 20 March 1872 Mauricio López Róberts Francisco Serrano Ulysses S. Grant
5 April 1872 1 July 1874 José Polo de Bernabé Praxedes Mateo Sagasta
1 July 1874 15 September 1874 Luis de Potestad Charge d'Affaires ad interim
15 September 1874 14 August 1878 Antonio Mantilla de los Ríos Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Juan Zavala de la Puente
14 August 1878 3 February 1879 Jose Brunetti y Gayeso Charge d'Affaires ad interim Rutherford B. Hayes
3 February 1879 2 March 1881 Felipe Mendes de Vigo y Oserio Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Antonio Canovas del Castillo
2 March 1881 30 April 1881 Jose Brunetti y Gayeso Charge d'Affaires ad interim James A. Garfield
30 April 1881 29 July 1883 Francisco Barea del Corral Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Praxedes Mateo Sagasta Chester A. Arthur
29 July 1883 29 January 1884 Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Charge d'Affaires ad interim
29 January 1884 11 February 1886 Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary José Posada Herrera
6 April 1886 29 October 1890 Emilio de Muruaga Praxedes Mateo Sagasta Grover Cleveland
14 November 1890 28 November 1891 Miguel Saurez Guanes Antonio Canovas del Castillo
28 November 1891 30 September 1892 Jose Felipe Sagrario Charge d'Affaires ad interim Benjamin Harrison
30 September 1892 31 January 1893 Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
2 March 1893 16 April 1895 Emilio de Muruaga Praxedes Mateo Sagasta Grover Cleveland
16 April 1895 6 May 1895 Jose Felipe Sagrario Charge d'Affaires ad interim
6 May 1895 11 February 1898 Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
11 February 1898 20 April 1898 Juan du Besu First secretary; Charge d'Affaires ad interim William McKinley
20 April 1898 25 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 1899 22 November 1901 Jose Brunetti y Gayeso, Duke of Arcos Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Francisco Silvela William McKinley
22 November 1901 22 July 1902 Juan Riaño y Gayangos Charge d'Affaires ad interim Theodore Roosevelt
22 July 1902 20 March 1905 Emilio de Ojeda y Perpiñán Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Praxedes Mateo Sagasta
11 April 1905 30 April 1905 Manuel Walls y Merino Charge d'Affaires ad interim Francisco Silvela
30 April 1905 June 1905 Luis Pastor[2]
June 1905 12 January 1907 Bernardo Jacinto de Cólogan[b] Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
13 March 1907 19 May 1909 Ramón Piña y Millet Antonio Aguilar y Correa
24 June 1909 19 May 1909 Luis Pastor [2] Charge d'Affaires ad interim Antonio Maura William Howard Taft
19 May 1909 1 February 1910 Rodrigo de Saavedra y Vinent, 2nd Marquess of Villalobar Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary William Howard Taft
10 February 1910 24 May 1910 Francisco de Zea Bermudes Charge d'Affaires ad interim
24 May 1910 1 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 1913 31 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 1926 21 September 1926 Mariano de Amoedo y Galarmendi Charge d'Affaires ad interim
21 September 1926 11 October 1926 Eduardo Garcia Comin Consular of Embassy
11 October 1926 7 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 1931 30 June 1931 Count de Montefuerte Charge d'Affaires ad interim
30 June 1931 23 December 1931 Salvador de Madariaga Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
10 January 1932 8 April 1934 Juan Francisco de Cárdenas
8 April 1934 10 September 1936 Luis Calderón y Martín Franklin D. Roosevelt
11 September 1936 20 October 1936 Enrique de la Casa Charge d'Affaires ad interim
20 October 1936 March 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 1939 6 June 1939 Juan Francisco de Cárdenas Charge d'Affaires ad interim Francisco Franco Franklin D. Roosevelt
6 June 1939 1947 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
19 August 1946 20 September 1949 German Baraibar Minister Plenipotentiary; Charge d'Affaires ad interim Harry S. Truman
20 September 1949 5 January 1951 Eduardo Propper de Callejón
5 January 1951 10 August 1954 José Félix de Lequerica Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
2 November 1954 7 July 1960 Jose Maria Areilza, Count of Motrico Dwight D. Eisenhower
4 August 1960 5 April 1962 Mariano Yturralde y Orbegoso
1 June 1962 13 February 1964 Antonio Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate John F. Kennedy
21 April 1964 19 December 1969 Alfonso Merry del Val y Alzola, Marquess of Merry del Val Lyndon B. Johnson
19 December 1969 4 February 1972 Santiago Argüelles Armada Richard Nixon
7 March 1972 6 May 1974[c] Ángel Sagaz Zubelzu Carlos Arias Navarro
6 May 1974 7 August 1974 Joaquin Cervino Minister Counselor; Charge d'Affaires ad interim Gerald Ford
7 August 1974 8 October 1976 Jaime Alba Delibes Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
8 October 1976 8 June 1978 José Rovira y Sánchez-Herrero Adolfo Suarez
27 July 1978 24 July 1982 Jose Llado y Fernandez-Urrutia Jimmy Carter
20 September 1982 16 February 1983 Nuño Aguirre de Carcer y Lopez de Sagredo Felipe González Ronald Reagan
31 March 1983 6 March 1987 Gabriel Mañueco de Lecea
31 March 1987 2 March 1990 Julián Santamaría Ossorio
17 April 1990 28 June 1996 Jaime de Ojeda y Eiseley George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
28 August 1996 30 June 2000 Antonio de Oyarzabal José María Aznar
2 August 2000 25 June 2004 Francisco Javier Ruperez Rubio Bill Clinton (until 2001)
George W. Bush (2001–2009)
12 August 2004 18 July 2008 Carlos Westendorp José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
21 August 2008 13 April 2012 Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo[9] Barack Obama
5 June 2012 24 March 2017 Ramon Gil-Casares Satrustegui Mariano Rajoy[10]
24 March 2017 7 September 2018 Pedro Morenés[11] Donald Trump (until 2021)
Joe Biden (2021–Present)
7 September 2018 17 January 2024 Santiago Cabanas Pedro Sanchez
16 January 2024 Incumbent Ángeles Moreno Bau

See also

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. ^ a b 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.