List of ambassadors of Spain to Canada

The ambassador of Spain to Canada is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to Canada.

Canada and Spain signed their first trade agreements in the 1930s, although diplomatic relations were not formally established until 1953. In March 1953, Spain established an Embassy in Ottawa.

List of ambassadors AmbassadorTermNominated byAppointed byAccredited to1Mariano de Yturralde y Orbegoso9 November 1955()Alberto Martín-ArtajoFrancisco FrancoVincent Massey2Eduardo Propper de Callejón4 January 1958()3Juan de las Bárcenas y de la Huerta6 April 1962()Fernando María Castiella4Félix de Iturriaga y Codes,25 April 1964()Georges Vanier524 June 1969()6Juan José Rovira y Sánchez Herrero12 May 1973()Roland Michener717 July 1975()Gregorio López-Bravo8Enrique Domínguez Passier11 July 1979()Pedro Cortina MauriJules Léger9Antonio Elías Martinena30 January 1985()The Marquess of OrejaJuan Carlos IEdward Schreyer10Francisco Javier Oyarzun Iñarra9 February 1987()Fernando MoránJeanne Sauvé11Antonio José Fournier Bermejo21 May 1991()Francisco Fernández Ordóñez1218 February 1992()Ray Hnatyshyn1324 February 1996()14Fernando Martín Valenzuela Marzo13 March 1999()Carlos WestendorpRoméo LeBlanc15José Cuenca Anaya17 May 2003()Abel Matutes16José Ignacio Carbajal Gárate28 June 2005()Ana PalacioAdrienne Clarkson17Mariano Alonso-Burón Aberasturi31 January 2009()Miguel Ángel Moratinos1826 May 2012()Michaëlle Jean1911 March 2017()José Manuel García-MargalloDavid Johnston20Enrique Ruiz Molero29 September 2021()Alfonso DastisFelipe VI21present()José Manuel AlbaresMary Simon

See also Canada–Spain relations

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