The Embassy of Mexico in Spain, located in Madrid, is the primary diplomatic mission of the United Mexican States in the Kingdom of Spain. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1836, 15 years after the Mexican War of Independence, but were severed in 1940 due to Mexico's support for the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War. Relations were re-established in 1977 upon Spain's return to democracy following the death of Francisco Franco.
The head of the mission also represents Mexico at the World Tourism Organization.
Location The chancery building of the embassy, as well as the Consular Section, is located at 46 Carrera de San Jerónimo in the Cortes Ward of the Centro District.
Mexico also maintains a consulate in Barcelona. It is located at Paseo de la Bonanova, 55.
Ambassadors The Ambassador of Mexico to the Spain is the highest ranking diplomatic representative of the United Mexican States to the Kingdom of Spain and subsequently holds the rank of "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary." The following is a list of Mexican ambassadors since the presidency of Felipe Calderón:
Under President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (2006 – 2012) 2006 – 2007: Enrique Gabriel Jiménez Remus 2007 – 2011: Jorge Zermeño Infante Under President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012 – 2018) 2012 – 2013: Francisco Javier Ramírez Acuña 2013 – 2018: Roberta Lajous Vargas Under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018 – Present) 2018 – 2022: Roberta Lajous Vargas 2022 – Present: Quirino Ordaz Coppel
Embassy sections The embassy exercises a number of functions in its representation to the Government of the Spain, including political, administrative, economic, public diplomacy, and consular affairs, that are managed by officials from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. Some of the different sections of the embassy are as follow:
Office of the Ambassador Office of the chief of the chancellery Office of the consular section Office for cooperation with the Ibero-American Summit Office for internal policy and cooperation Office for press and media Office for foreign policy and multilateral affairs Office for community affairs Office of the director of the Mexican Cultural Institute
Honorary consulates
In addition to the Consular Section in Madrid and the consulate in Barcelona, the embassy also maintains honorary consulates throughout Spain. They are located in the following cities:Alicante y México Estrechan Lazos con la Reapertura del Consulado Honorario en la Ciudad (in Spanish)Inauguración del Consulado Honorario de México en Andalucía Oriental (in Spanish)
Alicante Attends: Valencian Community Málaga Attends: Eastern Andalusia Murcia Attends: Murcia and Province of Albacete Ourense Attends: Galicia Palma de Mallorca Attends: Balearic Islands Santa Cruz de Tenerife Attends: Canary Islands Seville Attends: Western Andalusia Valencia Attends: Valencian Community Valladolid Attends: Castile and León Zaragoza Attends: Aragon
See also Mexico–Spain relations Foreign relations of Mexico List of diplomatic missions of Mexico
References
External links Official website (in Spanish) Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish)