Consuelo Femenía Explained

María Consuelo Femenía Guardiola (Jávea, June 17, 1965) is a Spanish diplomat and ambassador. Currently she is posted as ambassador in the Netherlands.[1]

She has a master's degree in law from the University of Valencia. She entered the Spanish Diplomatic Service in 1992.

She was posted at the Spanish embassies in Russia, Nicaragua and the Netherlands. She was deputy representative of Spain before the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons[2] from 1999 to 2004. She worked as the Assistant Director for Cultural and Scientific Affairs[3] and Director for Development Aid in charge of all Spanish aid for Latin America and the Caribbean.[4] Afterwards she also worked as Ambassador-at-Large for the Arms Trade Treaty.[5] She was posted as Ambassador of Spain to Latvia from 2010 to 2014.[6] From 2015 to 2018 she was in charge of the development of the digital diplomacy network in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain ('s-Gravenhage) . 2023-08-25.
  2. Web site: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
  3. Web site: BOE.es: Consultas. Documento . www.boe.es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609190903/http://www.boe.es/aeboe/consultas/bases_datos/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2006-15644 . 2011-06-09.
  4. Web site: IV Seminario Unión Europea-América Latina . June 21, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100921132556/http://eu08.euroamerica.org/foto32.html . September 21, 2010 . dead .
  5. Web site: BOE.es: Consultas. Documento . www.boe.es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110609190819/http://www.boe.es/aeboe/consultas/bases_datos/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2010-387 . 2011-06-09.
  6. http://www.boe.es/aeboe/consultas/bases_datos/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2011-1166
  7. Web site: Femenía Guardiola. Consuelo. En la era del diplomático anfibio. The Diplomat in Spain. October 23, 2016. 4 April 2017. spanish.
  8. Web site: Femenia Guardiola. Consuelo. Digital diplomacy as a team work tester. Twiplomacy. 4 April 2017. english. 31 May 2016. January 11, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111114349/https://twiplomacy.com/blog/digital-diplomacy-as-a-team-work-tester/. dead.
  9. Book: Oficina de Información Diplomática España. Femenía Guardiola. Consuelo. Manfredi Sánchez. Juan Luis. La diplomacia española ante el reto digital. 2016. Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación. Centro de Publicaciones. spanish. 978-84-95265-72-2. 4 April 2017. May 15, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180515104344/http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/es/SalaDePrensa/Multimedia/Documents/2016_FEBRERO_LIBRO%20DIPLOMACIA%20DIGITAL%20version%20web.pdf. dead.
  10. Web site: Ministers & Diplomats – Sodd16. April 4, 2017. August 13, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180813043626/http://www.sodd16.com/ministers-diplomats/. dead.