List of ambassadors of Spain to the United States

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]

Ambassador of Spain to the
United States
Coat of Arms of Spain
Incumbent
Ángeles Moreno Bau
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 (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

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 17853 October 1789Diego de GardoquiCharge d'Affaires ad interimCharles IIIUnited States Congress
3 October 17891 December 1791José Ignacio de ViarSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interimCharles IVGeorge Washington
1 December 17913 May 1794José Ignacio de Viar
José de Jáudenes y Nebot[lower-alpha 1]		Charges d'Affaires ad interim
25 April 17961 August 1796José Ignacio de ViarSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
25 August 17967 July 1807Carlos Martínez de IrujoEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
7 July 18077 October 1809Valentin de ForondaThomas Jefferson
7 October 180910 May 1819Luis de OnísFerdinand VIIJames Madison
10 May 181912 April 1820Mateo de la SernaCharge d'Affaires ad interimJames Monroe
12 April 182030 September 1821Francisco Dionisio VivesEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
30 October 182131 October 1821Francisco Hilario Rivas y SalmonSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
31 October 182111 November 1833Joaquín de AnduagaEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
15 March 182525 July 1827Francisco Hilario Rivas y SalmonSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
11 November 183330 June 1835Francisco Tacon y RosiqueEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryRegency of María CristinaAndrew Jackson
30 June 18357 December 1835Manuel TaconSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
7 December 18351836Ángel Calderón de la Barca y BelgranoEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
4 October 183728 April 1838Manuel TaconSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interimMartin Van Buren
26 September 18392 January 1844Pedro Aloantara ArgaizEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryRegency of Baldomero Espartero
2 January 18445 August 1844Fidencio BeurmanCharge d'Affaires ad interimRamón María NarváezJohn Tyler (until 1845)
James K. Polk (1845–1849)
Zachary Taylor (1849–1850)
Millard Fillmore (1850–1853)
5 August 18442 August 1853Ángel Calderón de la Barca y BelgranoMinister resident
2 August 185330 May 1854Jose Maria MagallonSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interimFranklin Pierce
30 May 185414 July 1855Leopoldo Augusto de cuetoEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryLuis José Sartorius
1 October 185511 September 1856Alfonso EscalanteBaldomero Espartero
11 November 185621 February 1857Jose Maria MagallonSecretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim
21 February 18577 April 1867Gabriel García y TassuraEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryLeopoldo O'DonnellJames Buchanan (until 1861)
Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865)
Andrew Johnson (from 1865)
7 April 186715 December 1868Facundo GeniRamon Maria Narvaez
19 March 186920 March 1872Mauricio López RóbertsFrancisco SerranoUlysses S. Grant
5 April 18721 July 1874José Polo de BernabéPraxedes Mateo Sagasta
1 July 187415 September 1874Luis de PotestadCharge d'Affaires ad interim
15 September 187414 August 1878Antonio Mantilla de los RíosEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJuan Zavala de la Puente
14 August 18783 February 1879Jose Brunetti y GayesoCharge d'Affaires ad interimRutherford B. Hayes
3 February 18792 March 1881Felipe Mendes de Vigo y OserioEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryAntonio Canovas del Castillo
2 March 188130 April 1881Jose Brunetti y GayesoCharge d'Affaires ad interimJames A. Garfield
30 April 188129 July 1883Francisco Barea del CorralEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryPraxedes Mateo SagastaChester A. Arthur
29 July 188329 January 1884Enrique Dupuy de LômeCharge d'Affaires ad interim
29 January 188411 February 1886Juan Valera y Alcalá-GalianoEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJosé Posada Herrera
6 April 188629 October 1890Emilio de MuruagaPraxedes Mateo SagastaGrover Cleveland
14 November 189028 November 1891Miguel Saurez GuanesAntonio Canovas del Castillo
28 November 189130 September 1892Jose Felipe SagrarioCharge d'Affaires ad interimBenjamin Harrison
30 September 189231 January 1893Enrique Dupuy de LômeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
2 March 189316 April 1895Emilio de MuruagaPraxedes Mateo SagastaGrover Cleveland
16 April 18956 May 1895Jose Felipe SagrarioCharge d'Affaires ad interim
6 May 189511 February 1898Enrique Dupuy de LômeEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
11 February 189820 April 1898Juan du BesuFirst secretary; Charge d'Affaires ad interimWilliam McKinley
20 April 189825 April 1898Luis Polo de BernabéEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Rupture of relations due to the Spanish–American War from May 1898 to May 1899
3 June 189922 November 1901Jose Brunetti y Gayeso, Duke of ArcosEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryFrancisco SilvelaWilliam McKinley
22 November 190122 July 1902Juan Riaño y GayangosCharge d'Affaires ad interimTheodore Roosevelt
22 July 190220 March 1905Emilio de Ojeda y PerpiñánEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryPraxedes Mateo Sagasta
11 April 190530 April 1905Manuel Walls y MerinoCharge d'Affaires ad interimFrancisco Silvela
30 April 1905June 1905Luis Pastor[2]
June 190512 January 1907Bernardo Jacinto de Cólogan[lower-alpha 2]Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
13 March 190719 May 1909Ramón Piña y MilletAntonio Aguilar y Correa
24 June 190919 May 1909Luis Pastor [2]Charge d'Affaires ad interimAntonio Maura William Howard Taft
19 May 19091 February 1910Rodrigo de Saavedra y Vinent, 2nd Marquess of VillalobarEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryWilliam Howard Taft
10 February 191024 May 1910Francisco de Zea BermudesCharge d'Affaires ad interim
24 May 19101 December 1913Juan Riaño y GayangosEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipotentiaryJose Canalejas
Legation became an embassy on 1 December 1913 [3][4][5][6]
1 December 191331 July 1926Juan Riaño y GayangosAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJose CanalejasWoodrow Wilson (1913–1921)
Warren G. Harding (1921–1923)
Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929)
23 August 192621 September 1926Mariano de Amoedo y GalarmendiCharge d'Affaires ad interim
21 September 192611 October 1926Eduardo Garcia CominConsular of Embassy
11 October 19267 June 1931Alejandro Padilla y Bell[7]Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMiguel Primo de RiveraCalvin Coolidge (until 1929)
Herbert Hoover (1929–1933)
15 April 193130 June 1931Count de MontefuerteCharge d'Affaires ad interim
30 June 193123 December 1931Salvador de MadariagaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryNiceto Alcalá-Zamora
10 January 19328 April 1934Juan Francisco de Cárdenas
8 April 193410 September 1936Luis Calderón y MartínFranklin D. Roosevelt
11 September 193620 October 1936Enrique de la CasaCharge d'Affaires ad interim
20 October 1936March 1939Fernando de los RíosAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryManuel 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 19396 June 1939Juan Francisco de CárdenasCharge d'Affaires ad interimFrancisco FrancoFranklin D. Roosevelt
6 June 19391947Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
19 August 194620 September 1949German BaraibarMinister Plenipotentiary; Charge d'Affaires ad interimHarry S. Truman
20 September 19495 January 1951Eduardo Propper de Callejón
5 January 195110 August 1954José Félix de LequericaAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
2 November 19547 July 1960Jose Maria Areilza, Count of MotricoDwight D. Eisenhower
4 August 19605 April 1962Mariano Yturralde y Orbegoso
1 June 196213 February 1964Antonio Garrigues Díaz-CañabateJohn F. Kennedy
21 April 196419 December 1969Alfonso Merry del Val y Alzola, Marquess of Merry del ValLyndon B. Johnson
19 December 19694 February 1972Santiago Argüelles ArmadaRichard Nixon
7 March 19726 May 1974[lower-alpha 3]Ángel Sagaz ZubelzuCarlos Arias Navarro
6 May 19747 August 1974Joaquin CervinoMinister Counselor; Charge d'Affaires ad interimGerald Ford
7 August 19748 October 1976Jaime Alba DelibesAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
8 October 19768 June 1978José Rovira y Sánchez-HerreroAdolfo Suarez
27 July 197824 July 1982Jose Llado y Fernandez-UrrutiaJimmy Carter
20 September 198216 February 1983Nuño Aguirre de Carcer y Lopez de SagredoFelipe GonzálezRonald Reagan
31 March 19836 March 1987Gabriel Mañueco de Lecea
31 March 19872 March 1990Julián Santamaría Ossorio
17 April 199028 June 1996Jaime de Ojeda y EiseleyGeorge H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
28 August 199630 June 2000Antonio de OyarzabalJosé María Aznar
2 August 200025 June 2004Francisco Javier Ruperez RubioBill Clinton (until 2001)
George W. Bush (2001–2009)
12 August 200418 July 2008Carlos WestendorpJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
21 August 200813 April 2012Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo[9]Barack Obama
5 June 201224 March 2017Ramon Gil-Casares SatrusteguiMariano Rajoy[10]
24 March 20177 September 2018Pedro Morenés[11]Donald Trump (until 2021)
Joe Biden (2021–Present)
7 September 201817 January 2024Santiago CabanasPedro Sanchez
16 January 2024IncumbentÁngeles 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. 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.

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