José Joaquín Puig de la Bellacasa explained

José Joaquín Puig de la Bellacasa
Office:Secretary General of the Spanish Royal Household
Term Start:19 January 1990
Term End:27 February 1991
Predecessor:Sabino Fernández Campo
Successor:Joel Casino Gimeno
Office2:Member of the Spanish Council of State
Term Start2:1997
Term End2:2005
Birth Name:Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner Rodríguez
Birth Date:5 June 1931
Birth Place:Bilbao, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Alma Mater:Complutense University of Madrid

José Joaquín Puig de la Bellacasa y Urdampilleta (5 June 1931 – 20 April 2021[1]) was a Spanish diplomat and civil servant.

Early life and education

Bellacasa attended the Complutense University of Madrid.

Career

He served as the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs from 1978 to 1980. Between 1980 and 1983, he was the Spanish Ambassador to the Holy See and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, from 1983 and 1990 to the United Kingdom and from 1991 to 1995 to Portugal.

He was named Secretary-General of the Spanish Royal Household, office he held until 1991.

Death

He died from COVID-19 on 20 April 2021, at the age of 89.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cacho. Jesús. 21 April 2021. La segunda muerte de José Joaquín Puig de la Bellacasa. es. Vozpópuli. 21 April 2021. 21 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210421052340/https://www.vozpopuli.com/opinion/segunda-muerte-jose-joaquin-puig-bellacasa.html. live.
  2. Web site: 2021-04-20. Fallece el diplomático Puig de la Bellacasa, ex secretario general de la Casa del Rey. 2021-04-21. abc. es. 2021-04-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210420122148/https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-fallece-diplomatico-puig-bellacasa-secretario-general-casa-202104201159_noticia.html. live.