List of ambassadors of Spain to Greece
| Ambassador of Spain to Greece | |
|---|---|
since 16 October 2024 | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for the European Union | |
| Style | The Most Excellent |
| Residence | Athens |
| Nominator | The Foreign Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch |
| Term length | At the government's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Sebastián de Romero Radigales |
| Formation | 1953 |
| Website | Mission of Spain to Greece |
The ambassador of Spain to Greece is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Hellenic Republic.
The first contacts between Spain and the Kingdom of Greece took place at the end of 1832, when Prince Soutzos, Greek ambassador in Paris, informed King Ferdinand VII of the appointment of Prince Otto as King of Greece. Spain recognized the new Greek state on 1834 and established a Legation in Athens that same year.[1]
Relations remained cordial and normal until the 1860s. In this decade, the expulsion of Otto of Greece and the deposition of Isabella II in Spain caused a standstill in diplomatic relations,[1] and, despite a small attempt in 1869, they were not resumed until the 1880s. From 1892 to 1914, diplomatic relations were channeled through the Spanish Legation in Constantinople, and in 1953, both governments elevated their legations to the rank of embassy.[2]
List of ambassadors
This list was compiled using the work "History of the Spanish Diplomacy" by the Spanish historian and diplomat Miguel Ángel Ochoa Brun.[3] The work covers up to the year 2000, so the rest is based on appointments published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado.
| Name | Rank | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Mariano Montalvo y Ovando | Chargé d'affaires | 1834–1841 |
| Juan de la Concha | Chargé d'affaires | 1841 |
| Manuel Sáenz de Viniegra | Chargé d'affaires | 1842 |
| Luis de Flores Fondevila | Chargé d'affaires | 1843–1844 |
| José García de Villalta | Chargé d'affaires | 1844–1846† |
| José Pizarro y Ramirez, Count of Navas | Chargé d'affaires | 1846–1847 |
| Fernando de la Vera Isla-Fernández | Chargé d'affaires | 1847–1848 |
| Fernando Souza de Portugal | Chargé d'affaires | 1861–1862 |
| 1866 | ||
| Salvador López Guijarro | Minister | 1869 |
| Adolfo Patxot y Achaval | Minister | 1882–1885 |
| Rafael Antonio Lasheras, Count of Sanafé | Minister | 1884 |
| Ángel Ruata Sichar | Minister | 1885–1886 |
| Joaquín Valera Aceituno | Minister | 1886–1888 |
| Emilio Ojeda Perpiñán | Minister | 1888–1889 |
| Juan Antonio López de Cevallos | Minister | 1889–1890 |
| Pedro Prat y Agacino, Marquess of Prat de Nantouillet | Minister | 1890–1892 |
| The Minister to the Ottoman Empire | 1892–1914 | |
| Manuel Pérez-Seoane y Roca de Togores, Count of Velle | Minister | 1915–1917 |
| Andrés López de Vega y Muñoz | Minister | 1917–1921 |
| Cristóbal Fernández-Vallín y Alfonso | Minister | 1921–1926 |
| Alfredo Mariátegui Carratalá | Minister | 1926–1929 |
| Antonio Benítez y Fernández | Minister | 1929–1930 |
| Diego del Alcázar y Roca de Togores, Count of Villamediana | Minister | 1930–1931 |
| Alonso Caro y del Arroyo | Minister | 1931–1933 |
| Pedro Manuel Abella y Fernández-Ferreros | Minister | 1933–1936 |
| Máximo José Kahn | Chargé d'affaires[a] | 1938–1939 |
| Sebastián de Romero Radigales | Diplomatic agent[b] | 1939 |
| Julio Palencia Tubau | Minister | 1939–1940 |
| José María Doussinague | Minister | 1940–1941 |
| Eduardo Gasset y Díez de Ulzurrun | Chargé d'affaires | 1941–1943 |
| Antonio Gullón y Gómez | Diplomatic agent | 1943 |
| Sebastián de Romero Radigales | Minister | 1943–1954 |
| Ambassador | 1953–1954 | |
| Luis Martínez de Irujo y Caro, Marquess of Los Arcos | Ambassador | 1954–1956 |
| Juan Felipe de Ranero Rodríguez | Ambassador | 1956–1961 |
| Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García-Torres, Marquess of Luca de Tena | Ambassador | 1961–1962 |
| Federico Díez y de Isasi | Ambassador | 1963–1967 |
| José Manuel Aniel-Quiroga y Redondo | Ambassador | 1967–1973 |
| Fernando Rodríguez-Porrero y de Chávarri | Ambassador | 1973–1976 |
| Antonio Poch Gutiérrez de Caviedes | Ambassador | 1976–1978 |
| Gabriel Mañueco de Lecea | Ambassador | 1978–1981 |
| Pedro López de Aguirrebengoa | Ambassador | 1982–1986 |
| Enrique Mahou Stauffer | Ambassador | 1986–1993 |
| José Cuenca Anaya | Ambassador | 1993–1996 |
| Javier Jiménez-Ugarte Hernández | Ambassador | 1996–2001 |
| Eduardo Junco Bonet[4] | Ambassador | 2001–2004 |
| Juan Ramón Martínez Salazar[5] | Ambassador | 2004–2008 |
| Miguel Fuertes[6] | Ambassador | 2008–2012 |
| Alfonso Lucini[7] | Ambassador | 2012–2017 |
| Enrique Viguera Rubio[8] | Ambassador | 2017–2021 |
| Carles Casajuana[9] | Ambassador | 2021–2024 |
| Jorge Domecq[10] | Ambassador | 2024–pres. |
See also
Notes
- ^ Representative of the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War.
- ^ Representative of the Rebel government during the Spanish Civil War.
References
- ^ a b Morcillo Rosillo, Matilde (1995). "Aproximación a las relaciones de España con Grecia (1833-1913)". Erytheia: Revista de estudios bizantinos y neogriegos (in Spanish) (16): 120–129. ISSN 0213-1986 – via Dialnet.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (April 5, 1953). "Decreto de 27 de marzo de 1953 por el que se eleva a Embajada la Representación Diplomática de España cerca de Su Majestad el Rey de Grecia" [Decree of 27 March 1953, elevating the Diplomatic Representation of Spain to His Majesty the King of Greece to an Embassy.] (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ Ochoa Brun, Miguel Ángel (2000). "History of the Spanish Diplomacy - DIPLOMATIC REPERTOIRE- CHRONOLOGICAL LISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES - From the Early Middle Ages to the year 2000" (PDF). www.exteriores.gob.es (in Spanish). pp. 193–194. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (April 21, 2001). "Real Decreto 417/2001, de 20 de abril, por el que se designa a don Eduardo Junco Bonet embajador de España en la República Helénica". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2026.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (June 1, 2004). "Real Decreto 1326/2004, de 31 de mayo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Helénica a don Juan Ramón Martínez Salazar". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2026.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (August 2, 2008). "Real Decreto 1403/2008, de 1 de agosto, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Helénica a don Miguel Fuertes Suárez". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2026.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (March 31, 2012). "Real Decreto 618/2012, de 30 de marzo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Helénica a don Alfonso Lucini Mateo". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2026.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (July 22, 2017). "Real Decreto 743/2017, de 21 de julio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Helénica a don Enrique Viguera Rubio". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2026.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (March 13, 2026). "Real Decreto 1167/2021, de 28 de diciembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Helénica a don Carles María Casajuana Palet". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2026.
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (December 29, 2021). "Real Decreto 1064/2024, de 15 de octubre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Helénica a don Jorge Manuel Domecq Fernández de Bobadilla". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 13, 2026.