Post: | Ambassador |
Body: | the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Spain Sugo ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Kaharian ng Espanya Embajador de la República de Filipinas en Reino de España |
Insignia: | Seal of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines.svg |
Insigniasize: | 120px |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines |
Department: | Department of Foreign Affairs Embassy of the Philippines, Madrid |
Reports To: | Department of Foreign Affairs |
Incumbent: | Philippe J. Lhuillier[1] |
Style: | His Excellency |
Seat: | C. Eresma, 2, 28002 Madrid, Spain |
Nominator: | Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
Termlength: | No fixed term |
Inaugural: | Manuel Escudero |
Website: | Philippine Embassy, Madrid |
The ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Spain (Filipino; Pilipino: Sugo ng Republika ng Pilipinas sa Kaharian ng Espanya, Spanish; Castilian: Embajador de la República de Filipinas en Reino de España) is the Republic of the Philippines' foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of Spain. As head of the Philippines' diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and the government of the Philippines to the monarch and government of Spain. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is based at the embassy located in the capital of Spain, Madrid.
Head of mission | Spanish head of State | Spanish prime minister | Philippine president | Tenure | Note(s) | |
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Manuel Escudero | Francisco Franco | March 6, 1948 – 1951 | First and only Minister Plenipotentiary. | |||
Manuel Moran[2] | March 20, 1951 – 1953 | First ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. Previously served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.[3] Presentation of credentials on April 12, 1951.[4] | ||||
August 31, 1954 – 1955 | Presentation of credentials on November 4, 1954.[5] He would later serve as Senator from 1956 to 1962. | |||||
Manuel Nieto Sr.[6] | Ramon Magsaysay Carlos P. Garcia | January 23, 1956 – 1960 | First term. Presentation of credentials on June 28, 1956.[7] | |||
Pedro C. Hernaez | Carlos P. Garcia | September 15, 1960 – March 31, 1962 | Presentation of credentials on October 6, 1960.[8] | |||
April 13, 1962 – June 12, 1966 | Previously served as ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1954 to 1962. Presentation of credentials on May 3, 1962.[9] | |||||
Luis T. Gonzalez | Ferdinand Marcos | June 14, 1966 – December 13, 1971 | Presentation of credentials on July 14, 1966.[10] | |||
Francisco Franco Juan Carlos I (as King of Spain) | December 19, 1972 – April 7, 1977 | He would later serve as ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1977 to 1982. Permanently settled in Spain after retiring from the foreign service in 1983.[11] | ||||
Manuel Nieto Sr. | Juan Carlos I | 1977 – 1980 | Second term. | |||
Manuel Nieto Jr. | Adolfo Suárez Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo Felipe González | Ferdinand Marcos Corazon C. Aquino | November 5, 1980 – 1986 | |||
Juan Jose Rocha | Felipe González José María Aznar | May 9, 1986 – October 31, 1992 | ||||
Isabel Caro Wilson | Fidel V. Ramos Joseph Estrada | May 21, 1993 – November 30, 1998 | ||||
Jose Zarate Oledan | José María Aznar José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero | March 1, 1999 – March 19, 2001 | ||||
Joseph Delano M. Bernardo | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | January 11, 2002 – July 16, 2008 | Presentation of credentials on February 21, 2002.[12] | |||
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Mariano Rajoy | August 23, 2008 – July 15, 2009 | Presentation of credentials on September 24, 2008.[13] | ||||
Ana Ines de Sequera-Ugarte | July 23, 2009 – July 20, 2010 | Presentation of credentials on September 28, 2009.[14] | ||||
Carlos C. Salinas | Juan Carlos I Felipe VI | Benigno Aquino III | February 8, 2011 – June 30, 2016 | Presentation of credentials on May 17, 2011.[15] | ||
Felipe VI | Mariano Rajoy Pedro Sánchez | April 7, 2017 – present | Previously served as ambassador to Italy from 1999 to 2010, and as ambassador to Portugal from 2011 to 2016. Presentation of credentials on June 15, 2017.[16] |