List of ambassadors of Spain to Poland
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The ambassador of Spain to Poland is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Republic of Poland.
| Ambassador of Spain to Poland | |
|---|---|
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Incumbent since 17 December 2025Victoria Ortega Gutiérrez | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for the European Union | |
| Style | The Most Excellent |
| Residence | Warsaw |
| Nominator | The Foreign Minister |
| Appointer | |
| Term length |
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| Inaugural holder | Maximiliano de Bergkcz |
| Formation | 1519 |
| Website | Mission of Spain to Poland |
Although there had been some sporadic contacts previously, Poland and Spain began to maintain regular relations during the reign of Charles I (V of the Holy Roman Empire). These relations broke down after the third and final partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which meant its dissolution. Diplomatic ties were once more established with the Second Polish Republic until 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded the country. Finally, current diplomatic relations exists since 1977, when Spain transitioned to democracy and re-established ties with numerous countries, including communist countries like the Polish People's Republic.[1]
List of ambassadors
This list was compiled using the work "History of the Spanish Diplomacy" by the Spanish historian and diplomat Miguel Ángel Ochoa Brun.[2] The work covers up to the year 2000, so the rest is based on appointments published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado.
| Name | Rank | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Maximiliano de Bergkcz | Ambassador | 1519 |
| Andrea del Burgo | Ambassador | 1519 |
| Wilhelm von Roggendorf | Co-ambassadors | 1520 |
| Sebastian Sprenz | ||
| Antonio de Conti | Ambassador | 1523 |
| Carlos Felipe de Borgoña | Ambassador | 1524 |
| Leonardo de Nogarolles | Ambassador | 1526 |
| Cornelis de Schepper | Ambassador | 1528 |
| John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin | Ambassador | 1543 |
| Adam Karolyi | Ambassador | 1543 |
| Juan Lange | Ambassador | 1545 |
| William of Waldburg | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1548 |
| Sigismund von Herberstein | Co-ambassadors | 1550 |
| Juan Lange | ||
| Juan de Ayala | Ambassador | 1555 |
| Pedro II Fajardo, Marquess of Los Vélez | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1573 |
| Guillén de San Clemente y de Centelles | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1578–1579 |
| Pedro Cornejo | Agent | 1583 |
| Guillén de San Clemente y de Centelles | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1587 |
| Vespasiano I Gonzaga | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1588 |
| Francisco de Mendoza, Admiral of Aragon | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1597 |
| Luis Enríquez de Cabrera y Mendoza, Duke of Medina de Rioseco |
Ambassador | 1597 |
| Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1600 |
| Girolamo Morone | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1611 |
| Abraham von Dohna | Ambassador | 1611–1612 |
| Jean de Croÿ, Count of Solre | Ambassador | 1626 |
| Charles de Bonnières, Baron of Auchy | Ambassador | 1626–1629 |
| Gabriel de Roy | Ambassador | 1627–1632 |
| Juan de Velasco, Count of Siruela | Ambassador | 1633 |
| Charles de Bonnières, Baron of Auchy | Ambassador | 1633–1635 |
| Jean de Croÿ, Count of Solre | Ambassador | 1635 |
| Alonso Vázquez de Miranda | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1635 |
| Ercole Visconti | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1635 |
| Agustín Navarro Burena | Envoy | 1639 |
| Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1644–1645 |
| Charles de Bonnières, Baron of Auchy | Ambassador | 1644; 1647 |
| Allegretto Allegretti | Agent | 1648–1650 |
| François-Paul de Lisola | Minister | 1648–1651 |
| Francisco de Moura Corte Real, Marquess of Castelo Rodrigo |
Minister | 1648–1651 |
| Juan María de Borja y Aragón | Minister | 1651–1652 |
| Gaspar de Teves y Tello de Guzmán, Marquess of La Fuente |
Minister | 1656–1661 |
| Fray Tommaso de Sarria | Co-ambassadors | 1660 |
| Hércules Visconti | ||
| Sebastián de Luciani | Chargé d'affaires | 1661 |
| Ferdinand Bonaventura I, Count Harrach | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1669 |
| Francisco Gutiérrez de los Ríos, Count of Fernán Núñez | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1670 |
| Pedro Ronquillo Briceño | Ambassador | 1674–1675 |
| Leopoldo de Montecúcoli | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1683 |
| Wilhelm Ludwig von Berlepsch, Baron of Berlepsch | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1694 |
| Father Francisco Arcelli | Agent and later Minister | 1731–1738 |
| Pedro Cebrián, 5th Count of Fuenclara | Ambassador | 1737–1738 |
| Cristóbal Gregorio Portocarrero, 5th Count of Montijo | Ambassador | 1742 |
| Jacinto Ferrero Fieschi y de Saboya, Counf of Bena | Minister | 1745–1749 |
| Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda | Extraordinary Ambassador | 1760–1762 |
| José de Onís | Chargé d'affaires | 1762 |
| Minister | 1774–1783 | |
| Francisco de Tutavilla y del Rufo, Duque de San Germán | Ambassador | 1763–1764 |
| Toribio Ventura de la Cruz Gasca de la Vega, Marquess of Revilla | Ambassador | 1763 |
| Pedro Normande y Merican | Minister | 1790–1791 |
| Miguel Cuber y Aniñón | Minister | 1791–1793 |
| Leonardo Gómez de Terán y Negrete | Chargé d'affaires | 1793–1794 |
| Domingo d'Yriarte | Minister | 1793–1794 |
| Dissolution of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | ||
| Fernando Gómez Contreras | Chargé d'affaires | 1919–1920 |
| Francisco Gutiérrez de Agüera y Bayo | Acting Minister | 1920–1926 |
| Alfredo de Mariátegui y Carratalá | Minister | 1926 |
| Silvio Fernández-Vallín y Alfonso | Minister | 1926–1931 |
| Francisco Serrat y Bonastre | Minister | 1931; 1933–1936 |
| José Gil Delgado y Olazábal | Minister | 1931–1932 |
| Mariano Ruiz-Funes | Chargé d'affaires[a] | 1937 |
| Manuel Martínez Aguilar y de Pedroso | Minister[a] | 1937–1938 |
| José Medina Echavarría | Chargé d'affaires[a] | 1938 |
| Juan Serrat y Valera | Chargé d'affaires[b] | 1937–1939 |
| Luis del Pedroso y Madam | Minister | 1939 |
| Nazi invasion of Poland | ||
| Emilio Beladíez Navarro | Head of Consular and Trade Relations |
1969–1974 |
| Jesús Millaruelo Cleméntez | Head of Consulate | 1975–1977 |
| Ambassador | 1977–1978 | |
| José Joaquín Zavala Alcíbar-Jáuregui | Ambassador | 1978–1982 |
| Jesús Villacieros Machimbarrena | Ambassador | 1982–1986 |
| Fernando Olivié González-Pumariega | Ambassador | 1986–1991 |
| José Antonio López Zatón | Ambassador | 1991–1993 |
| Fernando Riquelme Lidón | Ambassador | 1993–1998 |
| Juan Pablo de Laiglesia | Ambassador | 1998–2003 |
| Miguel Ángel Navarro Portera[3] | Ambassador | 2003–2004 |
| Rafael Mendívil Peydro[4] | Ambassador | 2004–2008 |
| Francisco Fernández Fábregas[5] | Ambassador | 2008–2012 |
| Agustín Núñez Martínez[6] | Ambassador | 2012–2017 |
| Francisco Javier Sanabria Valderrama[7] | Ambassador | 2017–2022 |
| Ramiro Fernández Bachiller[8] | Ambassador | 2022–2025 |
| Victoria Ortega Gutiérrez[9] | Ambassador | 2025–pres. |
See also
Notes
- Representing the Republican government.
- Representing the Junta Técnica del Estado (1937–1938) and the first government of Francisco Franco (1938–1939).