The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Madrid ( id, Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia di Madrid; es, Embajada de la República de Indonesia en Madrid) is the diplomatic mission of the
Republic of Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Ind ...
to the
Kingdom of Spain.
The first Indonesian ambassador to Spain was Boediardjo (1976–1979).
The current ambassador, Muhammad Najib, was appointed by
President Joko Widodo
Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014, he was the first Indonesian president not to come from an elite ...
on 25 October 2021.
History
Diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Spain were established in February 1976. Boediardjo, as the first Indonesian ambassador to Spain, presented his credentials to the King of Spain,
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I (;,
* ca, Joan Carles I,
* gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...
, on 26 February 1976. In April of the same year, the staff of the diplomatic mission who initially used the Melía Castilla Hotel in Madrid as their offices moved to a building at Calle de López de Hoyos 38. At that time, the mission included the ambassador and several diplomats who were responsible for matters of politics and economy, information and culture, communication, and administration, and a personal secretary to the head of mission. In addition, the mission hired several local employees.
In 1979, the diplomatic mission moved to Calle de Cinca 18. Then in 1984, the offices moved to its present location at Calle de Emilio Vargas 7 (the official address is Calle de Agastia 65). The building that houses the
chancery
Chancery may refer to:
Offices and administration
* Chancery (diplomacy), the principal office that houses a diplomatic mission or an embassy
* Chancery (medieval office), responsible for the production of official documents
* Chancery (Scotlan ...
was designed by
Miguel Fisac
Miguel Fisac (1913–2006) was a Spanish architect, urban planner, and painter. He was a member of Opus Dei.
Biography
Miguel Fisac Serna was born 29 September 1913 in Daimiel in Spain. His father was Joaquín Fisac, his mother Amparo Serna. He ...
.
In 1976, a villa located at Calle Monte Alto 40 in the Montecillo de Humera area of Madrid was rented and used as the official residence of Ambassador Boediardjo. In 1978, a different villa in the same street (Calle Monte Alto 44) was subsequently rented as the official residence of the ambassador, which was called ''Wisma Duta''. The Indonesian government purchased this second villa in 1981.
Gallery
File:Madrid - Embajada de Indonesia 1.JPG, Chancery at Calle de Agastia, 65
File:Madrid - Embajada de Indonesia 2.JPG, Chancery at Calle de Agastia, 65
See also
*
Indonesia–Spain relations
Indonesia and Spain established diplomatic relations in 1958. Spain identifies Indonesia as their natural ally and has named Indonesia as one of their priority nations in their foreign relations with the Asia-Pacific region. Indonesia has an emb ...
*
List of diplomatic missions of Indonesia
References
{{Diplomatic missions in Spain
Madrid
Indonesia