Álvaro de Maldonado Liñán, 2nd Count of Galiana (1890–1963) was a Spanish diplomat known for being the Spanish minister in

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from 1941 to 1943. He served as the consul general in Shanghai (the holder of that office also doubled as Spain's minister plenipotentiary to China) accredited to the Reorganized National Government of China under Wang Jingwei, a Japanese puppet state. He replaced Pedro de Igual y Martinez-Daban, the consul until 1940, as the latter was more pro-

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and Maldonado was considered to be more aligned with Axis policies. However, he himself got into some conflict with some businessmen so he was replaced in 1943 with

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, the former commercial consul in Beijing who had been accredited to

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. Maldonado retired in 1960.Decreto 2312/1960, de 1 de diciembre, por el que se declara jubilado al Ministro Plenipotenciario de segunda clase don Alvaro de Maldonado y Liñán, Conde de Galiana.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maldonado y de Linan, Alvaro de 1890 births 1963 deaths Ambassadors of Spain to China Counts of Spain Spanish expatriates in China