List of ambassadors of Spain to Australia

The ambassador of Spain to Australia is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Commonwealth of Australia. It is also accredited to the Republic of Nauru, the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and the Republic of Vanuatu.

Australia and Spain established diplomatic relations on 26 October 1967 and, the following year, Spain established an embassy in Canberra.

Jurisdiction : The ambassador manages Australia–Spain relations and the embassy's consular section provides services to the Australian Capital Territory and Queanbeyan. For the rest of the country, Spain has consulates-general in Sydney and Melbourne. It has also honorary consulates in Adelaide, Ayr, Brisbane, Darwin and Perth.

Also, the ambassador to Australia is accredited to:

: Nauru and Spain has diplomatic relations since 27 September 1995. The Consulate-General of Spain in Sydney is responsible for consular assistance. : Since 28 August 1978, Spain and Papua New Guinea has maintained diplomatic relations and Spain has an honorary consulate in Gordon. : Spain established diplomatic relations with the Solomon Islands on 8 August 1980. Consular affairs are managed by the Consulate-General of Spain in Sydney. : Diplomatic relations were established in 1992. Consular issues are responsibility of the Consulate-General of Spain in Sydney. : Spain has maintained diplomatic relations with Vanuatu since 30 April 1981. Spain has an honorary consulate in the island. In the past, the Spanish ambassador to Australia was also responsible for diplomatic and consular relations with the Cook Islands (1999–2005), Fiji (1977–2005), New Zealand (1969–2006), Samoa (1992–2005) and Tonga (1981–2005). Following the establishment of a resident embassy in Wellington in 2006, all these States came under its jurisdiction.

List of ambassadors AmbassadorTermNominated byAppointed byAccredited to1Juan Ramón Parellada Soteras3 January 1974()Fernando María CastiellaFrancisco FrancoThe Lord Casey2Alberto Pascual Villar5 May 1977()Laureano López RodóPaul Hasluck3Carlos Manuel Fernández-Shaw Baldasano9 April 1983()The Marquess of OrejaJuan Carlos IJohn Kerr4Francisco Utray Sardá13 February 1987()Fernando MoránNinian Stephen518 February 1992()Francisco Fernández Ordóñez630 May 1996()Bill Hayden7Emilio Fernández-Castaño y Díaz-Caneja13 January 2001()Abel MatutesWilliam Deane81 August 2005()Josep Piqué95 June 2008()Miguel Ángel MoratinosMichael Jeffery1030 July 2011()1113 June 2015()Trinidad JiménezQuentin Bryce1216 September 2020()José Manuel García-MargalloFelipe VIPeter Cosgrove1331 July 2024()Arancha González LayaDavid Hurley14present()José Manuel AlbaresSam Mostyn

See also Australia–Spain relations Foreign relations of Spain List of ambassadors of Australia to Spain

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