List of ambassadors of Spain to Cuba

The Spanish Ambassador in Havanna is the Ambassador of the Spanish government to the government of Cuba.

Ambassador of Spain to Cuba
Coat of Arms of Spain
Spanish embassy in La Habana
since October 1, 2018
StyleHis Excellency
Inaugural holderRamón Gaytán de Ayala y Brunet
Formation1904

History

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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 June 15, 1926.

Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations Head of government in Spain Head of government in Cuba Term end
1904 Ramón Gaytán de Ayala y Brunet envoy Alfonso XIII of Spain Tomás Estrada Palma 1909
1909 Pablo Soler y Guardiola Alfonso XIII of Spain José Miguel Gómez 1910
1910 Julián María Arroyo y Moret de Alfonso XIII of Spain José Miguel Gómez
1910 Cristóbal Fernández-Vallín y Alfonso Alfonso XIII of Spain José Miguel Gómez 1912
1912 Julián María de Arroyo y Moret Alfonso XIII of Spain José Miguel Gómez 1913
1913 Alfredo Mariátegui y Carratalá Alfonso XIII of Spain Mario García Menocal 1926
August 20, 1926 Francisco Gutiérrez de Agüera y Bayo [es] Ambassador Alfonso XIII of Spain Gerardo Machado December 21, 1928
December 21, 1928 Santiago Méndez de Vigo y Méndez de Vigo [es] Alfonso XIII of Spain Gerardo Machado June 2, 1931
July 31, 1931 Francisco Serrat y Bonastre [es] Niceto Alcalá Zamora Gerardo Machado 1933
1933 Luciano López Ferrer Niceto Alcalá Zamora Ramón Grau San Martín 1936
1936 Domingo Barnés y Salinas Manuel Azaña Miguel Mariano Gómez 1937
1938 Carlos Montilla y Escudero Chargé d'affaires Francisco Franco Federico Laredo Bru
1938 Félix Gordón Ordás [es] ambassador commissed by the Second Spanish Republic with residence in Mexico City Francisco Franco Federico Laredo Bru
1939 Miguel Espeliús y Pedroso Chargé d'affaires Conde de Morales Francisco Franco Federico Laredo Bru 1942
1942 Pelayo García-Olay y Álvarez Chargé d'affaires Francisco Franco Fulgencio Batista 1945
1945 Miguel Espeliús y Pedroso Chargé d'affaires Conde de Morales Francisco Franco Ramón Grau San Martín 1946
1946 Álvaro Seminario y Martínez Chargé d'affaires Francisco Franco Ramón Grau San Martín 1949
1948 Manuel Galán y Pacheco de Padilla Chargé d'affaires Francisco Franco Carlos Prío Socarrás 1949
1949 Germán Baráibar y Usandizaga Chargé d'affaires Francisco Franco Carlos Prío Socarrás 1952
1952 Juan Pablo de Lojendio e Irure [es] Chargé d'affaires Francisco Franco Fulgencio Batista January 21, 1960
January 21, 1960 Eduardo Groizard y Paternina [es] Chargé d'affaires conde de Superunda (* January 30, 1890 † February 26, 1970 ) Francisco Franco Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado 1961
1961 Jorge Taberna Latasa Chargé d'affaires Francisco Franco Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado 1964
1964 Román Oyarzun Iñarra Chargé d'affaires Francisco Franco Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado 1963
1969 Juan Torroba y Gómez-Acebo Chargé d'affaires Francisco Franco Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado 1972
1972 Francisco Javier Oyarzun Iñarra Chargé d'affaires Francisco Franco Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado 1975
1975 Enrique Suárez de Puga y Villegas Carlos Arias Navarro Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado 1979
May 19, 1979 Manuel Ortiz Sánchez [es] Adolfo Suárez Fidel Castro Ruz 1981
August 3, 1981 Enrique Larroque de la Cruz [es] Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Fidel Castro Ruz 1985
April 30, 1985 Antonio Serrano de Haro Medialdea [es] Felipe González Fidel Castro Ruz 1990
August 31, 1990 Gumersindo Rico Rodríguez [es] Felipe González Fidel Castro Ruz 1993
May 5, 1993 José Antonio San Gil Augustín [es] Felipe González Fidel Castro Ruz 1994
April 8, 1995 Eudaldo Mirapeix [es] Felipe González Fidel Castro Ruz 1996
October 19, 1996 José Coderch [es] the government of Cuba denied the placet to be ambassador José María Aznar Fidel Castro Ruz
April 2, 1998 Eduardo Junco Bonet [es] José María Aznar Fidel Castro Ruz
April 6, 2001 Jesús Manuel Gracia Aldaz [es] José María Aznar Fidel Castro Ruz
July 9, 2004 Carlos Alonso Zaldívar [es] José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Fidel Castro Ruz
October 17, 2008 Manuel Cacho Quesada [es] José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Raúl Castro
May 11, 2012 Juan Francisco Montalbán Carrasco [1] Mariano Rajoy Raúl Castro
May 17, 2017 Juan José Buitrago de Benito [2] Mariano Rajoy Raúl Castro
October 1, 2018 Juan Fernández Trigo Born 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 Sánchez Miguel Díaz-Canel


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