Miguel Fuertes Suárez Explained

Miguel Fuertes Suárez (born 2 November 1951)^[1] is a Spanish diplomat. He was the ambassador to Greece (2008–2012) and to Serbia (2015–2019).

Biography

Fuertes Suárez was born in Oviedo, Asturias. His mother Eloína Suárez (1922–2024) was the city's first female mayor in 1978, while his father Alfonso Fuertes (died 1959) was a professor of law.^{[2] [3]}

After graduating in law, Fuertes Suárez entered the diplomatic profession in 1978.^[1] He was named the ambassador to Greece in 2008.^[4] In July 2011, when Greece blocked a Spanish non-governmental organisation's flotilla of aid to the Gaza Strip, members of the group Rumbo a Gaza criticised Fuertes Suárez's alleged indifference to the situation and organised an occupation of the embassy in Athens.^[5]

From 2012, Fuertes Suárez was the consul general in Naples, Italy. In March 2015, he was named ambassador to Serbia.^[6] He shared the official Spanish position of non-recognition of the declaration of independence of Kosovo. Fuertes Suárez supported the accession of Serbia to the European Union.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Jorge Manuel Domecq, director general de Naciones Unidas en España. Jorgue Manuel Domecq, director general of the United Nations in Spain . 8 May 2024 . La Voz de Cádiz . 2 August 2008 . Spanish.
2. News: Blanco . Lucas . Fallece a los 101 años Eloína Suárez, única alcaldesa de la historia de Oviedo y mujer "muy luchadora y trabajadora". Eloína Suárez, only female mayor in the history of Oviedo and a "very hard-working and fighting" woman dies at 101 . 7 May 2024 . . 2 May 2024 . Spanish.
3. News: Pérez . Marta . A Eloína Suárez le "tocó" ser alcaldesa. Being mayor was "given" to Eloína Suárez. 7 May 2024 . La Nueva España. 7 June 2015 . Spanish.
4. News: El asturiano Miguel Fuertes, nuevo embajador de España en Grecia. Asturian Miguel Fuertes, new ambassador of Spain in Greece . 8 May 2024 . La Nueva España . 2 August 2008 . Spanish.
5. News: Los activistas de Rumbo a Gaza pasan la noche en la embajada de España en Atenas. Rumbo a Gaza activists spend the night in the Spanish Embassy in Athens . 8 May 2024 . . 5 July 2011 . Spanish.
6. News: El ovetense Miguel Fuertes, nuevo embajador de España en Serbia. Oviedo-born Miguel Fuertes, new ambassador of Spain in Serbia. 8 May 2024 . El Comercio . 21 March 2015.
7. News: Interview: H.E. Miguel Fuertes Suárez, Ambassador Of The Kingdom Of Spain To SerbiaSpain [''sic''] Should be More Present in Serbia ]. 8 May 2024 . Belgrade Initiative for Digital Diplomacy . 4 May 2016.