List of ambassadors of Spain to Cuba

The ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the Republic of Cuba is the official representative of the Spanish government to the government of Cuba.

History

After the Spanish–American War of 1898–1903, Cuba, the last Spanish colonial territory in America, achieved its independence. Spain decided to maintain its diplomatic relations uninterruptedly with the island since 1902 (with the appointment of a Charge d'Affaires in Havana), which were consolidated in the year 1903. Therefore, the first bilateral relations between Spain and Cuba were maintained by mutual interest, which will be determined by the long and intense stage of colonization, as by Cuba's peculiar dependence on the United States. These relations were immersed in a delicate political-economic context in Cuba, marked by the North American interventions and changes of the Spanish diplomatic representative. Hence, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1909, Pablo Soler Guardiola, considered that the plaza in Havana was the most difficult and important of all the Spanish diplomatic representation of the time abroad. One of the results is that the old Consulate was elevated to the rank of Legation in the year 1904, and this in turn to the Embassy in 1927, thus intensifying trade relations, opening of consulates, and the signing of treaties and agreements in mainly commercial, financial, tourism and communication areas. In the course of the years 1958 to 1960, in the words of Juan Pablo de Lojendio, Ambassador of Spain in Cuba, the political situation was complicated by the defeat of General Batista and the recognition of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba by Spain. During this stage the Francoist administration in Spain maintained its concern about the outcome of the political situation in Cuba, notorious ideological differences between the two governments but without ruling out the principle of historical-cultural relationship between the two countries.

Royal decree elevating to Embassy the Legation of Spain in Cuba, published in the Madrid Gazette no. 166, of .

Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations Head of government in Spain Head of government in Cuba Term endRamón Gaytán de Ayala y BrunetenvoyAlfonso XIII of SpainTomás Estrada PalmaPablo Soler y GuardiolaAlfonso XIII of SpainJosé Miguel GómezJulián María Arroyo y Moret deAlfonso XIII of SpainJosé Miguel GómezCristóbal Fernández-Vallín y AlfonsoAlfonso XIII of SpainJosé Miguel GómezJulián María de Arroyo y MoretAlfonso XIII of SpainJosé Miguel GómezAlfredo Mariátegui y CarrataláAlfonso XIII of SpainMario García MenocalAmbassadorAlfonso XIII of SpainGerardo MachadoAlfonso XIII of SpainGerardo MachadoNiceto Alcalá ZamoraGerardo MachadoLuciano López FerrerNiceto Alcalá ZamoraRamón Grau San MartínDomingo Barnés y SalinasManuel AzañaMiguel Mariano GómezCarlos Montilla y EscuderoChargé d'affairesFrancisco FrancoFederico Laredo Bruambassador commissed by the Second Spanish Republic with residence in Mexico CityFrancisco FrancoFederico Laredo BruMiguel Espeliús y PedrosoChargé d'affaires Conde de MoralesFrancisco FrancoFederico Laredo BruPelayo García-Olay y ÁlvarezChargé d'affairesFrancisco FrancoFulgencio BatistaMiguel Espeliús y PedrosoChargé d'affaires Conde de MoralesFrancisco FrancoRamón Grau San MartínÁlvaro Seminario y MartínezChargé d'affairesFrancisco FrancoRamón Grau San MartínManuel Galán y Pacheco de PadillaChargé d'affairesFrancisco FrancoCarlos Prío SocarrásGermán Baráibar y UsandizagaChargé d'affairesFrancisco FrancoCarlos Prío SocarrásChargé d'affairesFrancisco FrancoFulgencio BatistaChargé d'affaires conde de Superunda (* January 30, 1890 † February 26, 1970 ) Francisco FrancoOsvaldo Dorticós TorradoJorge Taberna LatasaChargé d'affairesFrancisco FrancoOsvaldo Dorticós TorradoRomán Oyarzun IñarraChargé d'affairesFrancisco FrancoOsvaldo Dorticós TorradoJuan Torroba y Gómez-AceboChargé d'affairesFrancisco FrancoOsvaldo Dorticós TorradoFrancisco Javier Oyarzun IñarraChargé d'affairesFrancisco FrancoOsvaldo Dorticós TorradoEnrique Suárez de Puga y VillegasCarlos Arias NavarroOsvaldo Dorticós TorradoAdolfo SuárezFidel Castro RuzLeopoldo Calvo-SoteloFidel Castro RuzFelipe GonzálezFidel Castro RuzFelipe GonzálezFidel Castro RuzFelipe GonzálezFidel Castro RuzFelipe GonzálezFidel Castro Ruzthe government of Cuba denied the placet to be ambassadorJosé María AznarFidel Castro RuzJosé María AznarFidel Castro RuzJosé María AznarFidel Castro RuzJosé Luis Rodríguez ZapateroFidel Castro RuzJosé Luis Rodríguez ZapateroRaúl CastroJuan Francisco Montalbán CarrascoJuan Francisco Montalbán CarrascoMariano RajoyRaúl CastroJuan José Buitrago de BenitoJuan José Buitrago de BenitoMariano RajoyRaúl CastroJuan Fernández TrigoBorn in 1958, in Terrassa (Barcelona), he graduated in Law and entered the Diplomatic Career in 1986. He has been stationed in the diplomatic representations of Spain in Morocco, Vietnam, Cuba, European Communities, in Brussels, and before the UN, in New York. He has also been Deputy Director General of International Multilateral Economic Relations and of Air, Maritime and Terrestrial Cooperation and Ambassador of Spain in Haiti and in Paraguay.Pedro SánchezMiguel Díaz-Canel

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