The ambassador of Spain to Kuwait is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the State of Kuwait. It is also accredited to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Bilateral contacts between Kuwait and Spain started in late 1961 and, in 1964, diplomatic relations were formally established with the appointment of ambassadors. In this case, in October that year Spain opened a non-resident embassy in Kuwait City and entrusted it to the ambassador in Beirut, Lebanon.

After the independence of several Middle East countries, Spain established diplomatic relations with them, granting in 1972 the resident status to the Embassy to Kuwait and dually accredited to Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Except Bahrain, the rest of the aforementioned countries were divided in the mid-1970s between the newly created resident embassies to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Jurisdiction

: The Spanish Embassy in Kuwait City provides diplomatic and consular services to the whole country. : Both countries established diplomatic relations after Bahrain's independence, in 1972. For consular affairs, Spain has an honorary consulate in Manama.

List of ambassadors AmbassadorTermNominated byAppointed byAccredited to128 April 1970()Fernando María CastiellaFrancisco FrancoAbdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah2José Luís Flórez-Estrada y Ayala27 May 1972()Gregorio López-BravoSabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah3Ramón Armengod López23 June 1976()4Andrés Drake Alvear16 April 1977()The Count of MotricoJuan Carlos I5Fernando Schwartz29 July 1981()The Marquess of Oreja6Emilio Barcia García-Villamil16 September 1987()José Pedro Pérez-LlorcaJaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah7Juan José Arbolí Desvalls2 August 1991()Francisco Fernández Ordóñez82 September 1996()9José Luis Roselló Serra11 November 2000()Abel Matutes10Álvaro Alabart Fernández-Cavada28 August 2004()Josep Piqué11Jesús Carlos Riosalido Gambotti11 September 2007()Miguel Ángel Moratinos12Manuel Gómez de Valenzuela5 February 2011()Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah137 June 2014()Trinidad Jiménez14Carlos Sáenz de Tejada Gorman14 July 2018()José Manuel García-Margallo15Álvaro Rodríguez Álvarez24 June 2020()Josep BorrellFelipe VI16Miguel José Moro Aguilar19 June 2024()Arancha González Laya17present()José Manuel AlbaresMishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

See also Kuwait–Spain relations

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