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in the United States. The meaning of the abbreviations can be consulted in the "Notes" section.


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Diego de Gardoqui Diego María de Gardoqui y Arriquibar (born November 12, 1735, Bilbao, Spain – d. 1798, Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish politician and diplomat. Biography, origins, and youth Member of an illustrious family of Basque councilors, among them Martin ...
** Appointed on 21 May 1785 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires ''ad interim'' * José Ignacio de Viar ** Title: Secretary of legation. Acted as Charge d’Affaires ''ad interim'' from 3 October 1789, to about 1 December 1791, and from April 25 to about 1 August 1796. * José Ignacio de Viar (2nd) and José de Jáudenes y Nebot ** Title: Commission dated 12 February 1791. Their joint services commenced about 1 December 1791, Mr. Jáudenes began to act independently of Mr. Viar at a period between March 5 and 22 August 1794. He gave notice of intended return to Spain 25 April 1796. Mr. Viar’s services ceased 3 May 1794. ** Charges d’Affaires ''ad interim'' * Carlos M. de Irujo ** Appointed on 25 August 1796 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *
Valentin de Foronda Valentin de Foronda y González de Echávarri (14 January 1751, in Vitoria – 24 December 1821), was Spanish general consul in Philadelphia from 1801 to 1807 and Spanish plenipotentiary minister in the U.S. from 1807 to 1809—tense times because ...
** Appointed on 7 July 1807 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. *
Luis de Onís Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...
. ** Appointed on 7 October 1809 ** Title: E.E. and M.P *Mateo de la Serna ** Appointed on 10 May 1819 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. * Francisco Dionisio Vives ** Appointed on 12 April 1820 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Francisco Hilario Rivas Y Salmon ** Appointed on September 30 October 1821 ** Title: Secretary of legation. Acted as Charge d’Affaires a.i. * Joaquin de Anduaga ** Appointed on 31 October 1821 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Francisco Hilario Rivas Y Salmon (2nd) ** Served from 15 March 1825, to 25 July 1827. ** Title: Secretary of legation. Acted as Charge d’Affaires a.i. * Francisco Tacon ** Appointed on 11 November 1833 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Manuel Tacon ** Served from June 30 to 7 December 1835, and from 4 October 1837 to 28 April 1838. ** Title: Secretary of legation: Acted as Charge d’Affaires ad interim * Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano ** Appointed on 7 December 1835 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Pedro Aloantara Argaiz ** Appointed on 26 September 1839 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Fidencio Beurman ** Appointed on 2 January 1844 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. * Ángel Calderón de la Barca y Belgrano (2nd) ** Appointed on 5 August 1844 ** Title: Minister resident * Jose Maria Magallon ** Served between 2 August 1855 to 30 May 1854 and from 11 November 1856 to 21 February 1857 ** Title: Secretary of legation. Acted as Charge d’Affaires a.i. * Leopoldo Augusto de cueto ** Appointed on 30 May 1854 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Alfonso Esculante ** Appointed on 1 October 1855 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Gabriel Garcia Y Tassura ** Appointed on 21 February 1857 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Facundo Geni, E. E. and M.P. * Mauricio Lopez Roberts, E.E. and M.P. ** Appointed on 19 March 1869 * Admiral Jose Polo de Bernabe ** Appointed on 5 April 1872 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Luis de Potestad ** Appointed on 1 July 1874 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. * Antonio Mantilla ** Appointed on 15 September 1874 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Jose Brunetti Y Gayeso ** Appointed on 14 August 1878 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. *Felipe Mendes de Vigo Y Oserio ** Appointed on 3 February 1879 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Jose Brunetti Y Gayeso ** Appointed on 2 March 1881 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. * Francisco Barea del Corral ** Appointed on 30 April 1881 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *
Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Enrique Dupuy de Lôme (August 23, 1851 – July 1, 1904) was a Spanish ambassador to the United States. In the De Lôme Letter, he mocked U.S. President William McKinley, attacked McKinley's policies, and regarded McKinley as a weak president ...
** Appointed on 29 July 1883 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires ad interim *
Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano (18 October 1824 – 18 April 1905), was a Spanish realist author, diplomat, and politician. Life He was born at Cabra, in the province of Córdoba, and was educated at Málaga and at the University of Granada, w ...
** Appointed on 29 January 1884 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Emilio de Muruaga ** Appointed on 6 April 1886 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Miguel Saures Guanes ** Appointed on 14 November 1890 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Jose Felipe Sagrario ** Appointed on 28 November 1891 *
Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Enrique Dupuy de Lôme (August 23, 1851 – July 1, 1904) was a Spanish ambassador to the United States. In the De Lôme Letter, he mocked U.S. President William McKinley, attacked McKinley's policies, and regarded McKinley as a weak president ...
** Appointed on 30 September 1892 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Emilio de Muruaga (2nd) ** Appointed on 2 March 1893 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Jose Felipe Sagrario (2nd) ** Appointed on 16 April 1895 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. *
Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Enrique Dupuy de Lôme (August 23, 1851 – July 1, 1904) was a Spanish ambassador to the United States. In the De Lôme Letter, he mocked U.S. President William McKinley, attacked McKinley's policies, and regarded McKinley as a weak president ...
(2nd) ** Appointed on 6 May 1895 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Juan Du Besu ** Appointed on 11 February 1898 ** Title: First secretary and Charge d’Affaires a.i. *Luis Polo de Bernabe ** Appointed on 20 April 1898 ** E.E. and M.P. *
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** rupture of relations ** between May 1898 and May 1899 * Jose Brunetti Y Gayeso, Duque de Arcos ** Appointed on 3 June 1899 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Juan Riano ** Appointed on 22 November 1901 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. *Emilio de Ojeda ** Appointed on 22 July 1902 **Title: E.E. and M.P. *Manuel Walls Y Merino ** Appointed on 11 April 1905 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. *Luis Paster ** Appointed on 30 April 1905 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. *Bernardo Jacinto de Cologan ** Appointed June 1905 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. (Apparently never received by President) *Ramon Pina ** Appointed on 13 March 1907 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. * Luis Pastor ** Appointed on 24 June 1909 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. *Rodrigo de Saavedra y Vinent, Marquis de Villalobar ** Appointed on 31 July 1909 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Francisco de Zea Bermudes ** Appointed on 10 February 1910 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. * Juan Riano Y Gayanges ** Appointed on 24 May 1910 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Legation becomes embassy ** 1 December 1913 * Juan Riano Y Gayanges (2nd) ** Appointed on 1 December 1913 ** Title: E.E. and M.P. *Mariano de Amoedo y Galarmendi ** Appointed on 23 August 1926 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. * Eduardo Garcia Comin ** Appointed on 21 September 1926 ** Title: Consular of Embassy *Alejandro Padilla Y Bell ** Appointed on 11 October 1926 ** Title: A.E. and P. *Count de Montefuerte ** Appointed on 15 April 1931 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. *
Salvador de Madariaga Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo (23 July 1886 – 14 December 1978) was a Spanish diplomat, writer, historian, and pacifist. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Charlemagne Prize in 197 ...
, A.E. and P. ** Appointed on 30 June 1931 *Juan Francisco de Cárdenas ** Appointed on 7 March 1932 ** Title: A.E. and P. *Luis Calderon ** Appointed on 14 June 1934 ** Title: A.E. and P. *Enrique de la Casa ** Appointed on 11 September 1936 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. *
Fernando de los Ríos Fernando de los Ríos Urruti (8 December 1879 – 31 May 1949) was a Spanish professor of Political Law and Socialist politician who was in turn Minister of Justice, Minister of Education and Foreign Minister between 1931 and 1933 in the early yea ...
** Appointed on 20 October 1936 ** Title: A.E. and P. * Juan Francisco de Cárdenas (2nd) ** Appointed on 3 April 1939 ** Title: Charge d’Affaires a.i. *In April 1939 the Embassy was closed ** National (Franco) government recognized on 1 April 1939 ** In May 1939 the Embassy was reopened *Juan Francisco de Cárdenas (3rd) ** Appointed on 6 June 1939 ** Title: A.E. and P. *German Baraibar ** Appointed on 19 August 1946 ** Title: Minister Plenipotentiary; Charge d’Affaires a.i. *
Eduardo Propper de Callejón Eduardo Propper de Callejón (Madrid, 9 April 1895 – London, 11 January 1972) was a Spanish diplomat who is remembered mainly for having facilitated the escape of thousands of Jews from Occupied France during World War II between 1940 and 1944 ...
** Appointed on 20 September 1949 ** Title: Minister Plenipotentiary, Charge d’Affaires a.i. * Jose Felix de Lequerica ** Appointed on 5 January 1951 ** Title: Amb. E. and P. *
Jose Maria Areilza, Count of Motrico Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. *Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galilean ...
** Appointed on 2 November 1954 ** Title: Amb. E. and P. *Mariano Yturralde y Orbegoso ** Appointed on 4 August 1960 ** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *
Antonio Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate Antonio Garrigues Díaz-Cañabate, 1st Marquess of Garrigues (9 January 1904 – 24 February 2004) was a Spanish politician who served as the Spanish Ambassador to the United States between 1962 and 1964 and Minister of Justice of Spain betwee ...
** Appointed on 1 June 1962 ** Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary *Alfonso Merry del Val y Alzola, Marques de Merry del Val ** Appointed on 21 April 1964 * Jaime Arguelles ** Appointed on 26 January 1970 ** Title: Amb. E. and P. *Angel Sagaz (died 6 May 1974) ** Appointed on 7 March 1972 ** Title: Amb. E. and P. *Joaquin Cervino ** Appointed on 6 May 1974 ** Title: Minister Counselor, Charge d'Affaires ad interim *Jaime Alba Delibes ** Appointed on 7 August 1974 ** Title: Amb. E. and P. * Juan Jose Rovira y Sanchez-Herrera ** Appointed on 29 November 1976 * Jose Llado y Fernandez-Urrutia ** Appointed on 27 July 1978 ** Title: Amb. E. & P. *Nuno Aguirre de Carcer y Lopez de Sagredo ** Appointed on 20 September 1982 ** Title: Amb. E. and P. *Gabriel Manueco de Lecea ** Appointed on 31 March 1983 ** Title: Amb. E. and P. *Julian Santamaria Ossorio ** Appointed on 31 March 1987 *Jaime de Ojeda y Eiseley ** Appointed on 17 April 1990 *
Antonio de Oyarzabal Antonio de Oyarzabal y Marchesi (born 12 October 1935) is a Spanish diplomat and politician. Early life Antonio was born 12 October 1935. Antonio's father, Ignacio de Oyarzabal, was a diplomat and his parents were killed during World War II when ...
** Appointed on 28 August 1996 * Francisco Javier Ruperez Rubio ** Appointed on 2 August 2000 *
Carlos Westendorp Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza (born 7 January 1937) is a Spanish diplomat and former politician. He is the former Minister of Foreign Affairs and also served as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina succeeding Carl Bildt and was powered wit ...
** Appointed on 12 August 2004 *
Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo Jorge Dezcallar Mazarredo (November 3, 1945) is a Spanish diplomat who served as Ambassador of Spain to the United States of America from 2008 to 2012. Having studied Law, he joined the diplomatic service in 1971. He first occupied the post of ...
** Appointed on 21 August 2008 * Ramon Gil-Casares Satrustegui ** Appointed on 5 June 2012 *
Pedro Morenés Pedro Morenés y Álvarez de Eulate, (born 17 September 1948) is a Spanish politician who was minister of defence and Ambassador of Spain to the United States of America. Prior to his appointment as minister, he was president of Real Club de la ...
** Appointed on 24 March 2017 *
Santiago Cabanas Santiago Cabanas Ansorena (born 1954) is a Spanish diplomat, serving as Ambassador to the United States since 2018. Biography Born on 23 March 1954 in Madrid, Cabanas earned a licentiate degree in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid (U ...
**Appointed on 7 September 2018


Notes

Key to abbreviations: * mb.E.E. and M.P.= Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary * harge d'Affairesa.i.= ad interim * Amb. E. & P. = Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary


See also

* Spain – United States relations *
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