Jorge Toledo Albiñana (born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein,

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, on 21 September 1964) is a Spanish

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who has served as the European Union ambassador to China since September 2022. He previously served as Spain's

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, and as

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. Graduated in Law from the

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, he entered the Diplomatic Career in 1989. He has been assigned to the Spanish diplomatic representations in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and

. He was a

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in the Cabinet of the

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and in the General Subdirectorate of Industrial, Energy, Transportation and Communications Affairs, and advisory member in the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Foreign Policy and in the Organizing Committee of the Spanish

Presidency of the Council of the European Union The presidency of the Council of the European Union is responsible for the functioning of the Council of the European Union, which is the co-legislator of the EU legislature alongside the European Parliament. It rotates among the member state ...

. He has been Head of the Technical Office of the Secretary General for European Affairs and in 2005 he was appointed Director of the Cabinet of the

. From July 2008 to September 2011 he was Ambassador of Spain in

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

, being appointed as Ambassador in the Special Mission for Bilateral Affairs of the European Union. He was the architect of the negotiation that led to the adoption of the rule concerning the blocking minority in the Council's votes in the

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. Until 2 December 2016 he was an advisor in the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government, with the position of Director of the Department of European Affairs and

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. In the Council of Ministers of 2 December 2016 he was appointed Secretary of State for the EU, a position he held until 28 July 2017, when the said secretariat of state was renamed Secretary of State for European Affairs. From October 2018 to February 2022 he had held the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan. Since 1 September 2022, he has served as the EU's ambassador to China.

References

External links

About the Ambassador , EEAS Website

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