List of permanent representatives of Spain to the United Nations

This page lists the Permanent Representatives of Spain to the United Nations (UN) in New York , Geneva and Vienna . The Spanish Ambassador to Kenya is the permanent representative to the United Nations in Nairobi.

Headquarters of the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations in New York at One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza , 245 East 47th Street, New York, NY

Spain has been a member of the United Nations since December 14, 1955 . The tasks of the heads of the respective mission at the four UN locations include the coordination between the Spanish government and the respective organs of the United Nations.

Permanent representatives

Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York

1956–1963: José Félix de Lequerica y Erquiza
1964–1967: Manuel Aznar Zubigaray
1968–1972: Jaime de Piniés y Rubio
1972-1973: Jaime Alba y Delibes
1973–1985: Jaime de Piniés y Rubio
1986–1987: Fernando Morán López
1987–1991: Francisco Villar Ortíz de Urbina
1991-1996: Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo
1996-1997: Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza
1997-2004: Inocencio Arias
2004–2010: Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo
2010–2012: Juan Pablo de Laiglesia y González de Peredo
2012–2014: Fernando Arias González
2014 – today: Román Oyarzun Marchesi

Status: Jun. 2016

Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva

2012 – today: Ana María Menéndez Pérez

Status: Jun. 2016

Permanent representative at the United Nations in Vienna

1980-1987: Enrique Suárez de Puga
1987–1990: Eloy Ybáñez Bueno
1990-1993: Fernando Arias-Salgado
1993-1996: José Antonio de Yturriaga Barberán
1996-2000: Antonio Ortiz García
2000-2004: Antonio Núñez García-Saúco
2004–2006: Aurelio Pérez Giralda
2006–2010: José Luis Roselló Serra
2010–2014: Carmen Buján Freire
2014 – today: Gonzalo de Salazar Serantes

Status: Jun. 2016

Web links

Commons : Spanish diplomats - collection of images, videos and audio files

Misión Permanente de España ante las Naciones Unidas

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c España en la ONU / Historia ( Spanish ) United Nations. 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b Representación de España ante las Naciones Unidas, Viena ( Spanish ) Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
↑ Press Release BIO / 3022: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York July 17, 1996. Retrieved June 16, 2016
↑ Press Release BIO / 3090: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York August 6, 1997. Retrieved June 16, 2016
↑ Press Release BIO / 3571: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York May 21, 2004. Retrieved June 16, 2016
↑ Press Release BIO / 4256: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York December 10, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2016
↑ Press Release BIO / 4364: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York April 9, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2016
↑ Press Release BIO / 4558: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York January 9, 2014. Accessed June 16, 2016

[UNO_NYC-1] España en la ONU / Historia ( Spanish ) United Nations. 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.

[UNO_VIE-2] Representación de España ante las Naciones Unidas, Viena ( Spanish ) Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.

[3] Press Release BIO / 3022: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York July 17, 1996. Retrieved June 16, 2016

[4] Press Release BIO / 3090: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York August 6, 1997. Retrieved June 16, 2016

[5] Press Release BIO / 3571: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York May 21, 2004. Retrieved June 16, 2016

[6] Press Release BIO / 4256: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York December 10, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2016

[7] Press Release BIO / 4364: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York April 9, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2016

[8] Press Release BIO / 4558: New Permanent Representative of Spain presents credentials , United Nations, New York January 9, 2014. Accessed June 16, 2016


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