The ambassador of Spain to Brazil is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Federative Republic of Brazil.
| Ambassador of Spain to Brazil | |
|---|---|
 | |
_(Mar_Fernández-Palacios).jpg) Incumbent since 6 July 2022María del Mar Fernández-Palacios Carmona | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for Ibero-America | |
| Style | The Most Excellent |
| Residence | Brasília |
| Nominator | The Foreign Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch |
| Term length | At the government's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Vicente Sales Musoles |
| Formation | 1933 |
| Website | Mission of Spain to Brazil |
Spain recognized Brazil's independence in 1834 and immediately opened a legation in Rio de Janeiro,[1] which for a long time coordinated diplomatic relations for the entire region. In 1933, during the Second Spanish Republic, foreign minister Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz elevated the rank of the Spanish diplomatic mission in Rio to embassy.[2]
List of ambassadors to Brazil
editThis list was compiled using the work "History of the Spanish Diplomacy" by the Spanish historian and diplomat Miguel Ángel Ochoa Brun.[3] The work covers up to the year 2000, so the rest is based on appointments published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado.
| Name | Rank | Term |
|---|---|---|
| José Delavat y Rincón | Chargé d'affaires | 1834–1854 |
| Fabricio Potestad | Minister | 1855 |
| José Delavat y Rincón | Minister | 1855–1856 |
| Manuel Rancés y Villanueva | Minister | 1856–1859 |
| Mariano Potestad | Chargé d'affaires a.i. | 1859–1860 |
| Juan Blanco del Valle | Minister | 1860–1864 |
| Pedro Sorela y Maury | Minister | 1864–1865 |
| Juan Blanco del Valle | Minister | 1865–1866 |
| Diego Ramón de la Quadra | Minister | 1866–1869 |
| Dionisio Roberts y Prendergast | Chargé d'affaires | 1869–1874 |
| Manuel Llorente y Vázquez | Chargé d'affaires a.i. | 1874–1875 |
| Emilio Muruaga | Minister | 1875 |
| Francisco Gargollo | Chargé d'affaires a.i. | 1876 |
| Antonio González Estéfani | Chargé d'affaires a.i. | 1877 |
| Mariano Potestad | Minister | 1877–1883 |
| Luis del Castillo y Triguero | Minister | 1883–1888 |
| José Delavat y Arëas | Minister | 1888–1891 |
| Luis de Silva-Bazán y Fernández de Córdoba, Count of Pie de Concha | Minister | 1891–1892 |
| José Llavería y Hertzberg | Minister | 1896–1898 |
| Ricardo Larios y Segura | Minister | 1898–1900 |
| Manuel María de Aranguren y Bonet | Minister | 1902–1908 |
| Manuel Multedo y Cortina | Minister | 1908–1910 |
| Cristóbal Fernández-Vallín y Alfonso | Minister | 1910 |
| Manuel García y Jove | Minister | 1910–1917 |
| Diego Saavedra y Magdalena | Minister | 1917 |
| Antonio Benítez y Fernández | Minister | 1917–1929 |
| Alfredo Mariátegui y Carratalá | Minister | 1929 |
| Antonio Benítez y Fernández | Minister | 1930–1932 |
| Vicente Sales | Minister | 1933 |
| Ambassador | 1933–1936 | |
| Teodomiro de Aguilar Salas | Chargé d'affaires | 1936 |
| Luis Fernández Clérigo[a] | Minister | 1938 |
| Manuel García Miranda[a] | Minister | 1938–1939 |
| José Cárcel Lasance[b] | Representative | 1939 |
| Raimundo Fernández-Cuesta | Ambassador | 1939–1942 |
| Pedro García Conde y Menéndez | Ambassador | 1942–1946 |
| José Rojas Moreno, Count of Casa Rojas | Ambassador | 1946–1952 |
| Pedro de Prat y Soutzo, Marquess of Prat de Nantouillet | Ambassador | 1952–1954 |
| Tomás Suñer Ferrer | Ambassador | 1954–1960 |
| José Rojas Moreno, Count of Casa Rojas | Ambassador | 1960–1962 |
| Jaime Alba Delibes | Ambassador | 1963–1967 |
| José Antonio Giménez-Arnau | Ambassador | 1967–1969 |
| Emilio Pan de Soraluce y OlMinisters | Ambassador | 1969–1972 |
| José Pérez del Arco y Rodríguez | Ambassador | 1972–1978 |
| Francisco Javier Vallaure Fernández-Peña | Ambassador | 1978–1983 |
| Miguel Ignacio de Aldasoro Sandberg | Ambassador | 1983–1988 |
| José Luis Crespo de Vega | Ambassador | 1988–1992 |
| Carlos Blasco Villa | Ambassador | 1992–1996 |
| César Alba | Ambassador | 1996–2001 |
| José Coderch Planas[4] | Ambassador | 2001–2004 |
| Ricardo Peidró[5] | Ambassador | 2004–2008 |
| Carlos Alonso Zaldívar[6] | Ambassador | 2008–2012 |
| Manuel de la Cámara Hermoso[7] | Ambassador | 2012–2017 |
| Fernando Villalonga Campos[8] | Ambassador | 2017–2018 |
| Fernando García Casas[9] | Ambassador | 2018–2022 |
| Mar Fernández-Palacios[10] | Ambassador | 2022–pres. |
References
edit- ↑ Diplomatic Information Office (August 2025). "Country profile - Brazil" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish). p. 8. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of State (November 30, 1933). "Decreto elevando a Embajada la Legación de España en Río de Janeiro" [Decree elevating the Legation of Spain in Rio de Janeiro to an Embassy.] (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid (in Spanish). Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ↑ Ochoa Brun, Miguel Ángel (2000). "History of the Spanish Diplomacy - DIPLOMATIC REPERTOIRE- CHRONOLOGICAL LISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES - From the Early Middle Ages to the year 2000" (PDF). www.exteriores.gob.es (in Spanish). pp. 161–162. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Real Decreto 226/2001, de 2 de marzo, por el que se designa a don José Coderch Planas Embajador de España en la República Federativa de Brasil". www.boe.es. March 3, 2001. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Real Decreto 2362/2004, de 23 de diciembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Federativa de Brasil a don Ricardo Peidró Conde". www.boe.es. December 24, 2004. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Real Decreto 1807/2008, de 3 de noviembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Federativa de Brasil a don Carlos Alonso Zaldívar". www.boe.es. November 4, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Real Decreto 498/2012, de 9 de marzo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Federativa de Brasil a don Manuel de la Cámara Hermoso". www.boe.es. March 10, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Real Decreto 569/2017, de 2 de junio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Federativa de Brasil a don Fernando María Villalonga Campos". www.boe.es. June 3, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Real Decreto 1139/2018, de 7 de septiembre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Federativa de Brasil a don Fernando García Casas". www.boe.es. September 8, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Real Decreto 541/2022, de 5 de julio, por el que se designa Embajadora de España en la República Federativa de Brasil a doña María del Mar Fernández-Palacios Carmona". www.boe.es. July 6, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
Notes
edit- 1 2 Representing the Republican government.
- ↑ Representing the Rebel government.