Ambassador of Spain to the Netherlands
Spaanse ambassadeur 's-Gravenhage
Coat of Arms of Spain
Incumbent
Fernando Arias González
since February 3, 2014
StyleHis Excellency
Inaugural holderAlfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar
FormationJanuary 1, 1622
Websitehttp://www.exteriores.gob.es/embajadas/lahaya/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx

The Spanish Ambassador to the Netherlands is the Ambassador of the Spanish government to the government of the Netherlands.

He is regularly coaccredited to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.[1]

History

The Netherlands were part of the Spanish Monarchy until 1581, during the Dutch Revolt, when a number of provinces issued the Act of Abjuration repudiating Philip II of Spain. In 1609, on concluding the Twelve Years' Truce, Philip III of Spain agreed to deal with the Dutch Republic "as though" it were sovereign. Full mutual recognition and the accreditation of ordinary ambassadors came after the Peace of Münster, during the reign of Philip IV of Spain.

Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations Head of government in Spain Head of government in the Netherlands Term end


January 1, 1649 Antoine Brun d'Aspremont In 1649 he became the king's first resident ambassador in the newly recognised Dutch Republic. He took up residence in The Hague in mid 1649, his first official despatch as ambassador being dated 29 June 1649. In 1650 he concluded a naval treaty with the Dutch on behalf of the king. Philip IV of Spain William II, Prince of Orange 1654
January 1655 Esteban de Gamarra y Contreras [2] Philip IV of Spain William III of England June 1671
January 1, 1665 Antonio de Tovar y Paz Charles II of Spain William III of England
January 1, 1671 Emmanuel Françisco de Lyra Spanish Ambassador to The Hague.[2] Charles II of Spain William III of England 1678
1678 Baltasar de Fuenmayor, Marquess of Castel-Moncayo Spanish Ambassador to The Hague.[2] Charles II of Spain William III of England 1685
May 5, 1687 Manuel Coloma, marqués de Canales [2] Charles II of Spain William III of England 1691
1691 Francisco Bernardo de Quirós [2] Charles II of Spain William III of England 1700
May 8, 1716 Beretti Landi [3] Philip V of Spain William IV, Prince of Orange January 8, 1721
January 8, 1721 Isidro Casado de Acevedo y Rosales [4] Philip V of Spain William IV, Prince of Orange January 1, 1724
January 1, 1724 Vicente Bacallar y Sanna Louis I of Spain William IV, Prince of Orange June 11, 1726
January 1, 1762 Jerónimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi Charles III of Spain William V, Prince of Orange January 1, 1762
1815 José María Pando y Remírez de Laredo Chargé d'affaires Ferdinand VII of Spain William I of the Netherlands 1818
1815 Miguel Ricardo de Álava Ambassador Ferdinand VII of Spain William I of the Netherlands 1822
December 11, 1917 Santiago Méndez de Vigo y Méndez de Vigo Alfonso XIII of Spain Pieter Cort van der Linden April 30, 1925
January 1, 1938 José María Semprún Gurrea Last ambassador of the Second Spanish Republic Juan Negrín Hendrikus Colijn January 1, 1938
April 16, 1985 Fernando Schwartz Felipe González Ruud Lubbers July 24, 1988
February 5, 1988 Manuel María Sassot Cañadas [5] Felipe González Ruud Lubbers
May 21, 1991 Antonio José Fournier Bermejo [6] Felipe González Ruud Lubbers
May 6, 1994 Rafael Pastor Ridruejo Felipe González Wim Kok August 5, 1995
August 5, 1995 Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal [7] Felipe González Wim Kok February 2, 2001
February 2, 2001 Carlos Manuel de Benavides y Salas (*January 15, 1939)[8] José María Aznar Wim Kok June 26, 2004
June 26, 2004 Alfonso Dastis [9] José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Jan Peter Balkenende August 31, 2007
August 31, 2007 Juan Prat Y Coll [10] José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Jan Peter Balkenende January 7, 2011
July 7, 2011 Francisco Javier Vallaure de Acha [11] José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Mark Rutte
February 3, 2014 Fernando Arias González [12] Mariano Rajoy Mark Rutte


52°05′01″N 4°18′47″E / 52.083702°N 4.313139°E / 52.083702; 4.313139 [13]

References

  1. ↑ Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons,
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 La diplomacia española a través de los embajadores en La Haya (1665-1700)
  3. ↑ Real Academia de la Historia
  4. ↑ Real Academia de la Historia
  5. ↑ Manuel María Sassot Cañadas
  6. ↑ Antonio José Fournier Bermejo
  7. ↑ El Gobiemo acuerda nombrar embajador en el Reino de Dinamarca a José María Pons Irazazábal. Carlos Manuel de Benavides Salas es nombrado embajador en Holanda. Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal
  8. ↑ Carlos Manuel de Benavides y Salas
  9. ↑ "Alfonso Dastis". Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  10. ↑ Juan Prat Y Coll
  11. ↑ Francisco Javier Vallaure de Acha
  12. ↑ Fernando Arias González
  13. ↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado, (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain)),
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