Santiago Cabanas Ansorena (born 1954) is a Spanish diplomat, serving as

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since 2018.

Biography

Born on 23 March 1954 in Madrid, Cabanas earned a licentiate degree in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). He joined the diplomatic career in 1981. He has served in several senior posts at the

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, including Director-General of Cultural and Scientific Relations (1996–1998), Director-General of Consular and Migratory Affairs (2010–2011), Director-General of Foreign Policy. He was destined as Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2000–2004), Jordan (2013–2017) and Algeria (2017–2018). He was also designated as Consul in Miami (2005–2010). Appointed as Ambassador to the United States in September 2018 in replacement of

Pedro Morenés Pedro Morenés y Álvarez de Eulate, (born 17 September 1948) is a Spanish politician who was Ministry of Defence (Spain), minister of defence and List of Ambassadors of Spain to the United States, Ambassador of Spain to the United States of Ame ...

, Cabanas presented his diplomatic credentials to US President Donald Trump on 17 September 2018.

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