| Post: | Ambassador of Spain to the United States |
| Insignia: | Escudo de España (mazonado).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of Spain |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Incumbent: | Ángeles Moreno Bau |
| Incumbentsince: | 01 February 2024 |
| Style: | Her Excellency |
| Residence: | Foxhall Road NW, Washington D.C |
| Nominator: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Appointer: | His Royal Majesty King Felipe VI |
| Deputy: | Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Spain to the United States |
| Website: | https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/washington/en/Paginas/index.aspx |
| First: | Diego de Gardoqui |
The Ambassador from Spain to the United States is Spain's foremost diplomatic representative in the United States, and in charge of the Spain's diplomatic mission in the United States.[1]
The ambassador is appointed to the Council of Ministers, they direct the work of all the offices that depend on the Embassy, based in Washington, D.C. Likewise, it informs the Spanish Government about the evolution of events in the United States, negotiates on behalf of Spain, can sign or ratify agreements, observes the development of bilateral relations in all fields and ensures the protection of Spanish interests and its citizens in the United States.
| align=center valign=bottom width="10%" | Mission Start | align=center valign=bottom width="10%" | Mission End | align=center valign=bottom width="15%" | Name | align=center valign=bottom width="25%" | Title | valign=bottom width="15%" | Appointed By | valign=bottom width="20%" | Accredited Before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charge d'Affaires ad interim | United States Congress | ||||||||||
| José Ignacio de Viar | Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim | George Washington | |||||||||
| José Ignacio de Viar José de Jáudenes y Nebot | Charges d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| José Ignacio de Viar | Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| Thomas Jefferson | |||||||||||
| James Madison | |||||||||||
| Mateo de la Serna | Charge d'Affaires ad interim | James Monroe | |||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| Francisco Hilario Rivas y Salmon | Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| Joaquín de Anduaga | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | ||||||||||
| Francisco Hilario Rivas y Salmon | Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| Francisco Tacon y Rosique | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Andrew Jackson | |||||||||
| Manuel Tacon | Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| Manuel Tacon | Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim | Martin Van Buren | |||||||||
| Pedro Aloantara Argaiz | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Regency of Baldomero Espartero | |||||||||
| Fidencio Beurman | Charge d'Affaires ad interim | John Tyler (until 1845) James K. Polk (1845–1849) Zachary Taylor (1849–1850) Millard Fillmore (1850–1853) | |||||||||
| Minister resident | |||||||||||
| Jose Maria Magallon | Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim | Franklin Pierce | |||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Luis José Sartorius | ||||||||||
| Alfonso Escalante | Baldomero Espartero | ||||||||||
| Jose Maria Magallon | Secretary of legation; acted as Charge d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | James Buchanan (until 1861) Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) Andrew Johnson (from 1865) | ||||||||||
| Facundo Geni | Ramon Maria Narvaez | ||||||||||
| Mauricio López Róberts | Ulysses S. Grant | ||||||||||
| Praxedes Mateo Sagasta | |||||||||||
| Luis de Potestad | Charge d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| Charge d'Affaires ad interim | Rutherford B. Hayes | ||||||||||
| Felipe Mendes de Vigo y Oserio | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Antonio Canovas del Castillo | |||||||||
| Charge d'Affaires ad interim | James A. Garfield | ||||||||||
| Francisco Barea del Corral | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Chester A. Arthur | |||||||||
| Charge d'Affaires ad interim | |||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | José Posada Herrera | ||||||||||
| Grover Cleveland | |||||||||||
| Antonio Canovas del Castillo | |||||||||||
| Charge d'Affaires ad interim | Benjamin Harrison | ||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| Grover Cleveland | |||||||||||
| Charge d'Affaires ad interim | |||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| Juan du Besu | First secretary; Charge d'Affaires ad interim | William McKinley | |||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| align=center colspan=6 | Rupture of relations due to the Spanish–American War from May 1898 to May 1899 | ||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | William McKinley | ||||||||||
| Charge d'Affaires ad interim | Theodore Roosevelt | ||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Praxedes Mateo Sagasta | ||||||||||
| Manuel Walls y Merino | Charge d'Affaires ad interim | Francisco Silvela | |||||||||
| Luis Pastor[2] | |||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| Ramón Piña y Millet | Antonio Aguilar y Correa | ||||||||||
| Luis Pastor | Charge d'Affaires ad interim | Antonio Maura William Howard Taft | |||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | William Howard Taft | ||||||||||
| Francisco de Zea Bermudes | Charge d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary | Jose Canalejas | ||||||||||
| align=center colspan=6 | Legation became an embassy on 1 December 1913 [3] [4] [5] [6] | ||||||||||
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921) Warren G. Harding (1921–1923) Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929) | ||||||||||
| Mariano de Amoedo y Galarmendi | Charge d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| Eduardo Garcia Comin | Consular of Embassy | ||||||||||
| Alejandro Padilla y Bell[7] | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Calvin Coolidge (until 1929) Herbert Hoover (1929–1933) | |||||||||
| Count de Montefuerte | Charge d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Niceto Alcalá-Zamora | ||||||||||
| Juan Francisco de Cárdenas | |||||||||||
| Luis Calderón y Martín | Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||||||||||
| Enrique de la Casa | Charge d'Affaires ad interim | ||||||||||
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | Manuel Azaña | ||||||||||
| align=center colspan=6 | The Embassy was closed in April 1939; the National (Franco) government was recognized on 1 April 1939,[8] and the embassy reopened in May 1939 | ||||||||||
| Charge d'Affaires ad interim | Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||||||||||
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| German Baraibar | Minister Plenipotentiary; Charge d'Affaires ad interim | Harry S. Truman | |||||||||
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | |||||||||||
| Mariano Yturralde y Orbegoso | |||||||||||
| John F. Kennedy | |||||||||||
| Lyndon B. Johnson | |||||||||||
| Santiago Argüelles Armada | Richard Nixon | ||||||||||
| Carlos Arias Navarro | |||||||||||
| Joaquin Cervino | Minister Counselor; Charge d'Affaires ad interim | Gerald Ford | |||||||||
| Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary | |||||||||||
| José Rovira y Sánchez-Herrero | Adolfo Suarez | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Carter | |||||||||||
| Ronald Reagan | |||||||||||
| Gabriel Mañueco de Lecea | |||||||||||
| Julián Santamaría Ossorio | |||||||||||
| George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) Bill Clinton (1993–2001) | |||||||||||
| José María Aznar | |||||||||||
| Bill Clinton (until 2001) George W. Bush (2001–2009) | |||||||||||
| José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero | |||||||||||
| Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo[9] | Barack Obama | ||||||||||
| Mariano Rajoy[10] | |||||||||||
| Pedro Morenés[11] | Donald Trump (until 2021) Joe Biden (2021–Present) | ||||||||||
| Incumbent |