The Embassy of Mexico in Spain, based out of Madrid, is the primary diplomatic mission from the United Mexican States to the Kingdom of Spain. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1836, 15 years after the Mexican War of Independence, but were severed in 1940 due to Mexico's support for the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War. Relations were re-established in 1977 when Spain returned to a democracy following the death of

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. The head of the mission also represents Mexico before the World Tourism Organization.

Location

The chancery building of the Embassy, as well as the Consular Section, is located at 46 Carrera de San Jerónimo in the Cortes Ward of the

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. Mexico also maintains a consulate in Barcelona. It is located at Paseo de la Bonanova, 55.

Ambassadors

The Ambassador of Mexico to the Spain is the highest ranking diplomatic representative of the United Mexican States to the Kingdom of Spain and subsequently holds the rank of "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary." The following is a list of Mexican ambassadors since the presidency of Felipe Calderón: * Under President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (2006 – 2012) ** 2006 – 2007: Enrique Gabriel Jiménez Remus ** 2007 – 2011: Jorge Zermeño Infante * Under President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012 – 2018) ** 2012 – 2013: Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña ** 2013 – 2018: Roberta Lajous Vargas * Under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018 – Present) ** 2018 – 2022: Roberta Lajous Vargas ** 2022 – Present:

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Embassy sections

The Embassy exercises a number of functions in its representation to the Government of the Spain, including political, administrative, economic,

public diplomacy In international relations, public diplomacy or people's diplomacy, broadly speaking, is any of the various government-sponsored efforts aimed at communicating directly with foreign publics to establish a dialogue designed to inform and influen ...

, and

consular A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people ...

affairs, that are managed by officials from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. Some of the different sections of the Embassy are as follow: * Office of the Ambassador * Office of the chief of the chancellery * Office of the consular section * Office for cooperation with the Ibero-American Summit * Office for internal policy and cooperation * Office for press and media * Office for foreign policy and multilateral affairs * Office for community affairs * Office of the director of the Mexican Cultural Institute

Honorary consulates

In addition to the Consular Section in Madrid and the Consulate in Barcelona, the Embassy also maintains honorary consulates throughout Spain. They are located in the following cities: * Gijón ** Attends: Asturias and Province of León * Murcia ** Attends: Murcia and Province of Albacete *

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

** Attends:

Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...

Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife, commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz (), is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and capital of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its admi ...

** Attends:

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

* Seville ** Attends: Andalusia * Valencia ** Attends: Province of Castellón and Province of Valencia * Zaragoza ** Attends:

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