List of ambassadors of Spain to France
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The Ambassador of Spain to France is the highest legal representative of the Kingdom of Spain in the French Republic through the Embassy of Spain in France.
Function
[edit]Appointed by the Council of Ministers, the Ambassador of Spain to France directs the work of all the offices that depend on the embassy, based in the city of Paris. He also informs the Spanish government about the evolution of events in France, negotiates in the name of Spain, can sign or ratify agreements, observse the development of bilateral relations in all fields and ensures the protection of Spanish interests and its citizens in France.The current ambassador is Victorio Redondo Baldrich, who was appointed by the Government of Pedro Sánchez on 29 September 2021.
List of Ambassadors since 1454
[edit]Ambassador | Start date | End date | References |
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Fortún Velázquez de Cuéllar | 1454 | ||
Juan Ruiz de Medina | 1484 | ||
Thomas Perrenot de Granvelle (fr) | 1559 | 1564 | [1] |
Francisco de Álava y Beamonte | 1564 | 1571 | [2] |
Enrique de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Olivares | January 1571 | [3] | |
Diego de Zúñiga y Benavides (es) | 1572 | 1576 | |
Juan de Vargas Mejía | 1577 | 1580 | |
Juan Bautista de Tassis Wachtendonk (nl) | January 1581 | December 1584 | [4] |
Bernardino de Mendoza | November 1584 | 1590 | |
Lorenzo IV Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba, duque de Feria | 1593 | 1595 | |
Franco-Spanish War | 1595 | 1598 | |
Juan Bautista de Tassis Wachtendonk (2nd term) | 1598 | 1604 | |
Baltasar de Zúñiga | 1603 | 1607 | [5] |
Íñigo de Cárdenas y Zapata | 1607 | 1617 | [6] |
Pedro de Toledo Osorio | 1608 | 1608 | Ambassador extraordinary[7] |
Antonio Dávila y Zúñiga | 1621 | 1630 | |
Cristóbal de Benavente y Benavides | 1632 | 1635 | |
Franco-Spanish War | 1635 | 1659 | |
Antonio de Tovar y Paz, Conde de Molina | 1660 | 1661 | |
Gaspar de Teves y Tello de Guzmán, I Marqués de la Fuente de Torno (fr) | 1661 | 1667 | [8] |
War of Devolution | 1667 | 1668 | |
Antonio de Tovar y Paz, Conde de Molina (2nd term) | 1668 | 1670 | [9] |
Antonio de Tovar y Paz, Conde de Molina (3rd term) | 1672 | 1673 | |
Franco-Dutch War | 1673 | 1678 | |
Paolo Spinola, 3rd Marquis of Los Balbases | 1678 | 1679 | |
Domenico del Giudice e Palagno, 2nd Duke of Giovenazzo | 1679 | 1680 | [10] |
Gaspar de Teves y Córdoba y Tello de Guzmán, II Marqués de la Fuente de Torno | 1680 | 1683 | [11] |
War of the Reunions | 1683 | 1684 | |
Nine Years' War | 1688 | 1697 | |
Manuel de Oms y de Santa Pau, Marquess of Castelldosrius | 1698 | 1703 | |
Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Guzmán, IX Duke of Alba | 1703 | 1711 | |
Félix Cornejo y Alemán | 1711 | 1715 | |
Antonio del Giudice, 3rd Duke of Giovinazzo | 1715 | 1719 | |
Patrick Lawless | 1720 | 1725 | |
Melchor Rafael de Macanaz | 1728 | 1729 | [12] |
Lucas de Spínola y Spínola | 1730 | 1730 | |
Baltasar Patiño y Rosales, marqués de Castelar | 1730 | 1733 | |
Fernando Triviño Figueroa y Alarcón | 1733 | 1736 | |
Jaime de Guzmán-Dávalos y Spínola, marqués de la Mina | 1736 | 1740 | |
Luis Reggio Branciforte y Colonna, príncipe de Campoflorido | 1740 | 1746 | |
Fernando de Silva y Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Huéscar | 8 August 1746 | 1749 | |
Francisco Pignatelli | 1749 | 1751 | |
Jaime Masones de Lima y Sotomayor, conde de Montalvo | 1752 | 1761 | |
Jerónimo Grimaldi | 1761 | 1763 | |
Joaquín Atanasio Pignatelli de Aragón Fernández de Heredia y Moncayo, conde de Fuentes | 1764 | 1772 | |
de Maguelone | 1766 | ||
Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, Conde de Aranda | 1773 | 1787 | |
Carlos José Gutiérrez de los Ríos, conde de Fernán Núñez | 1787 | 1791 | |
Domingo d'Yriarte | 1791 | 1792 | |
War of the Pyrenees | 1793 | 1795 | |
Bernardo del Campo | 1795 | 1798 | [13] |
José Nicolás de Azara, I marqués de Nibiano | March 1798 | November 1803 | |
Federico Gravina | 1804 | 1805 | [14] |
Eugenio Izquierdo | 1805 | 1808 | |
Peninsular War | 1808 | 1814 | |
Antonio María Dameto y Crespí de Valldaura, conde de Perelada | 1814 | 1816 | |
Carlos Gutiérrez de los Ríos | 1816 | 1820 | [15] |
José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán, 10th Marquess of Santa Cruz | 1820 | 1821 | [16] |
Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón, I Marquess of Casa Irujo | 1820 | 1823 | |
José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas, 2nd Duke of San Carlos | 1823 | 1823 | [17] |
Luis Fernández de Córdova | 1824 | 1833 | |
Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Frías | 1834 | 1835 | [18] |
Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel | 1835 | ||
Joaquín Francisco Campuzano | 6 September 1836 | 12 January 1838 | |
Luis del Águila y Alvarado, marqués de Espeja | 1838 | ||
Manuel de Pando y Fernández de Pinedo, marqués de Miraflores | 1838 | 1840 | |
Salustiano Olózaga | 1840 | 1843 | |
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa | 1843 | 1844 | [19] |
Joaquín Francisco Pacheco | 1848 | 1850 | |
Carlos Martínez de Irujo y McKean, duque de Sotomayor | 1850 | ||
Juan Donoso Cortés | 1851 | 1853 | |
Mariano Téllez-Girón, 12th Duke of Osuna | 1853 | 1853 | |
Salustiano Olózaga (2nd term) | 1854 | 1856 | [20] |
Francisco Antonio Eduvigis Dolores Serrano y Domínguez, Duke of la Torre | 1856 | 1857 | |
Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano, duque de Rivas | 1857 | 1858 | |
Alejandro Mon y Menéndez (1st term) | 1858 | 1862 | [21] |
Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y Díez, marqués de Lema | 1865 | 1866 | |
Alejandro Mon y Menéndez (2nd term) | 1866 | 1868 | |
Salustiano Olózaga (3rd term) | 1870 | 1873 | |
Buenaventura de Abarzuza y Ferrer | 1873 | 1874 | |
Mariano Roca de Togores y Carrasco, marqués de Molins | 1875 | 1881 | |
Manuel Silvela | 1884 | 1885 | |
Francisco de Cárdenas Espejo | February 1885 | December 1885 | |
José Luis Albareda y Sezde | 15 January 1886 | 12 November 1887 | [22] |
Fernando León y Castillo | 12 November 1887 | 1890 | [23] |
Fermín Lasala y Collado | 1890 | 1892 | [24] |
Fernando León y Castillo (2nd term) | 1892 | 1897 | [25] |
Fermín Lasala y Collado (2nd term) | 1895 | 1897 | |
Fernando León y Castillo (3rd term) | 1897 | 1910 | |
Juan Pérez-Caballero y Ferrer | 1910 | February 1913 | [26] |
Wenceslao Ramírez de Villaurrutia | 1913 | September 1914 | [27] |
Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Sagaseta de Ilurdoz, marqués de Valtierra | September 1914 | 19 December 1915 | [28] |
Fernando León y Castillo (4th term) | 19 December 1915 | 1917 | |
José María Quiñones de León | 1917 | December 1931 | [29] |
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo | January 1932 | 1933 | [29] |
José María Aquinaga | 1933 | 1934 | [29] |
Juan Cárdenas y Rodríguez de Rivas | August 1934 | April 1936 | [29] |
Luis Araquistáin | November 1936 | [29] | |
Ángel Ossorio y Gallardo | October 1937 | February 1938 | [29] |
Marcelino Pascua | March 1938 | 1939 | [29] |
José Félix de Lequerica | 1939 | 1944 | [29] Fernando Carderera. Junio 2017 |
José Antonio de Sangróniz y Castro | 1944 | 1945 | [29] |
Miguel Mateu y Pla | 1945 | 1947 | [29] |
Manuel Aguirre de Cárcer | 16 February 1951 | 18 April 1952 | [29] |
José Rojas y Moreno, conde de Casa Rojas | 25 January 1960 | [29] | |
José María de Areilza y Martínez de Rodas, conde de Motrico | 7 July 1960 | 28 October 1964 | [29] |
Carlos Miranda y Quartín, conde de Casa Miranda | 29 October 1964 | 6 April 1966 | [29] |
Pedro Cortina Mauri | 7 April 1966 | 3 January 1974 | [29] |
Miguel María de Lojendio Irure | 19 March 1974 | 9 August 1976 | [29] |
Francisco Javier Elorza y Echaniz, marqués de Nerva | 10 August 1976 | 22 June 1978 | [29] |
Miguel Solano Aza | 23 June 1978 | 13 April 1983 | [29] |
Joan Raventós Carner | 13 April 1983 | 2 May 1986 | [29] |
Juan Durán-Loriga Rodrigáñez | 31 May 1986 | 15 February 1991 | [29] |
Gabriel Ferrán de Alfaro | 15 February 1991 | 3 June 1994 | [29] |
Máximo Cajal López | 10 June 1994 | 8 July 1996 | [29] |
Carlos Manuel de Benavides y Salas | 10 July 1996 | 23 July 2000 | [29] |
Francisco Javier Elorza Cavengt | 24 July 2000 | 26 July 2004 | [29] |
Francisco Villar y Ortiz de Urbina | 27 July 2004 | 8 August 2010 | [29] |
Carlos Bastarreche | 11 October 2010 | 22 June 2014 | [29] |
Ramón de Miguel y Egea | 23 June 2014 | 3 May 2017 | [29][30] |
Fernando Carderera Soler | 24 June 2017 | 2020 | [29] |
José Manuel Albares Bueno | 4 February 2020 | 12 July 2021 | [31] |
Victorio Redondo Baldrich | 29 September 2021 | [32] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Real Academia de la Historia: Tomas Perrenot de Granvela
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia: Francisco de Álava y Beamonte
- ^ Braudel, Fernand (1966). The Mediterranean and the Mediterranena World in the Age of Philip II. Vol. II. p. 1093.
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Juan Bautista de Tassis
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Baltasar de Zúñiga y Velasco
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Íñigo de Cárdenas y Zapata
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Pedro de Toledo Osorio
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Gaspar de Teves y Tello de Guzmán
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Antonio Francisco Mejía de Tovar y Paz
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Domingo Giudice
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Gaspar de Teves y Córdoba y Tello de Guzmán
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Melchor Rafael de Macanaz
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Bernardo del Campo y Pérez de la Serna
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Federico Carlos Gravina y Napoli
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Carlos José Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez de los Ríos y Sarmiento de Sotomayor
- ^ Museo del Prado
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas y Manrique de Lara
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Bernardino Fernández de Velasco Pacheco Benavides
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Salustiano Olózaga Almandoz
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Alejandro Mon y Menéndez
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : José Luis Albareda y Sezde
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Fernando de León y Castillo
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Fermín Lasala y Collado
- ^ https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/HC/article/download/19870/17730/75141 EHU : LA EMBAJADA DE ESPAÑA EN PARís DURANTE LAS MISIONES DIPLOMÁTICAS DE FERNANDO LEÓN Y CASTILLO
- ^ "Hemeroteca ABC". 20 July 1910. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Boletin de la Real Academia de la Historia. Vol. CLXXVI. 1979. p. 506.
- ^ Real Academia de la Historia : Carlos Espinosa de los Monteros y Sagaseta de Ilúrdoz
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Embajadores de España en Francia" (PDF). Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "BOE.es - Documento BOE-A-2017-4925" (PDF). boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Real Decreto 244/2020" (PDF). boe.es (in Spanish).
- ^ José Manuel Albares Bueno. "Real Decreto 835/2021, de 28 de septiembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Francesa a don Victorio Redondo Baldrich". boe.es. Retrieved 2022-09-23.