The ambassador of Spain to Austria is the Kingdom of Spain's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Austria.
History The ambassador is appointed to the Council of Ministers, they direct the work of all the offices that depend on the embassy, based in Vienna. Likewise, it informs the Spanish Government about the evolution of events in Austria, 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 Republic of Belgium.
The current ambassador is María Aurora Mejía Errasquín, who was appointed by Pedro Sánchez's government on 13 March 2024. The headquarters of the embassy is the former Adolf Ritter von Schenk palace, built between 1888 and 1890 and located at the confluence of Theresianumgasse and Argentinierstrasse streets. It was acquired by the Spanish State in 1927.
List of ambassadors Mission Start Mission End Name Notes 1492 1509 Gutierre Gómez de Fuensalida Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire (House of Habsburg) 1564 1570 Thomas Perrenot de Granvelle Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire 1570 1578 Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire 1578 1581 Juan de Borja y Castro Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire 1581 1608 Guillem de Santcliment Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire 1608 1617 Baltasar de Zúñiga y Velasco Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire 1617 1624 Íñigo Vélez de Guevara Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire 1622 1622 Diego Sarmiento de Acuña Special Envoy 1624 1629 Francisco de Moncada 3rd Marquis of Aitona 1629 1631 Lope Díez de Armendáriz 1st Marquess of Cadreita 1632 1640 Sancho de Monroy y Zúñiga 1st Marquis of Castañeda 1640 1640 Francisco de Melo - 1642 1644 Manuel de Moura y Corte-Real 1st Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo 1644 1648 Diego de Aragón Tagliavia 4th Duke of Terranova 1648 1656 Francisco de Moura y Corte-Real 3rd Marquis of Castelo Rodrigo 1656 1661 Gaspar de Teves y Tello de Guzmán 1st Marquis of La Fuente de Torno 1661 1662 Antonio Sebastián Álvarez de Toledo 2nd Marquis of Mancera 1662 1666 Vacant Managed by Secretary Diego de Prado 1666 1672 Baltasar de la Cueva 7th Count of Castellar 1670 1676 Paolo Spinola 3rd Marquis of Los Balbases 1681 1695 Carlo Emmanuel d'Este 4th Marquis of Borgomanero 1696 1700 Juan Alfonso Valerià y Aloza Bishop of Solsona 1700 1700 Francisco Moles 2nd Duke of Parete 1700 1725 Vacant Interruption of diplomatic relations between Austria and Spain due to the War of Spanish Succession 1725 1725 Juan Guillermo Ripperdá 1st Duke of Ripperdá; Treaty of Vienna 1727 1728 Baluard de Bournonville - 1728 1731 José de Viana y Eguiluz - 1731 1733 James Fitz-James Stuart 2nd Duke of Berwick 1734 1737 Vacant Interruption of diplomatic relations between Austria and Spain due to the War of Polish Succession 1737 1738 Pedro de Cebrián y Agustín 5th Count of Fuenclara 1738 1741 José Carpintero - 1741 1748 Vacant Interruption of diplomatic relations between Austria and Spain due to the Austrian War of Succession 1750 1754 Antonio de Azlor y Marimón - 1755 1760 Alonso Verdugo y Castilla 3rd Count of Torrepalma 1760 1777 Demetrius O'Mahony - 1777 1779 Domingo de Iriarte Secretary 1779 1785 Vicente Manrique de Zúñiga 13th Count of Aguilar de Inestrillas 1786 1794 José Agustín Llano y de la Quadra 1st Marquess of Llano 1795 1801 Manuel Negrete de la Torre 2nd Count of Campo de Alange 1802 1807 Pablo de Sangro y Merode Prince of Castelfranco 1808 1814 Vacant Peninsular War 1814 1815 Pedro Gómez Labrador Marquess of Labrador; Spanish representative at the Congress of Vienna 1815 1816 José Miguel de Carvajal-Vargas 2nd Duke of San Carlos 1816 1820 Pedro Cevallos - 1824 1825 José Antonio Flores Count of Casa Flores 1825 1828 Joaquín de Acosta y Montealegre - 1829 1834 Joaquín de Campuzano - 1833 1842 Antonio de Saavedra y Frígola Count of Alcudia 1848 1848 Antonio Remón Zarco del Valle - 1848 1850 Mauricio Álvarez Bohórquez Duke of Gor 1850 1851 Salvador de Zea Bermúdez Count of Colombi 1851 1856 Luis López de la Torre Ayllón y Kirsmacker - 1856 1857 Manuel Bermúdez de Castro - 1857 1858 Leopoldo Augusto de Cueto 1st Marquis of Valmar 1858 1868 Luis López de la Torre Ayllón y Kirsmacker 2nd term 1868 1869 Manuel Rancés y Villanueva - 1870 1875 Cipriano del Mazo - 1871 1874 Mariano Asquerino - 1875 1878 Carlos O’Donnell y Vargas 2nd Duke of Tetuán 1879 1879 Eduardo de Carondelet y Dato 3rd Duke of Bailén 1878 1885 Augusto Conte Lerdo de Tejada - 1886 1892 Rafael Carlos Merry del Val - 1893 1895 Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano - 1895 1898 Isidoro de Hoyos y de la Torre 2nd Marquis of Hoyos 1898 1902 José Gutiérrez de Agüera - 1902 1906 Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia 1st Marquis of Villa-Urrutia 1905 1907 Manuel María González de Castejón y Elío 4th Duke of Bailén 1907 1909 Julio de Arellano y Arróspide - 1909 1913 Juan Bustamante y Campuzano 2nd Marquis of Herrera 1913 1918 Antonio de Castro y Casaléiz 1918 1919 Eugenio Ferraz y Alcalá-Galiano 2nd Marquis of Amposta 1919 1924 Manuel Alonso de Ávila y Bernabeu 1924 1926 Antonio de Zayas 4th Duke of Amalfi 1926 1931 Francisco de Asís Serrat y Bonastre 1931 1934 Manuel Alonso de Ávila y Bernabeu 2nd term 1936 1938 Eduardo García Comín - 1936 1938 Juan Schwartz Díaz-Flores - 1938 1956 No relations Austria part of Nazi-Germany until 1945, then occupied by the Allies 1956 Luis de Urquijo y Landecho 2nd Marquess of Bolarque 1956 1964 José Sebastián de Erice y O'Shea - 1964 1965 Segismundo Royo Villanova y Fernández-Cavada - 1965 1967 Antonio de Luna García - 1967 1970 Joaquín Buxó-Dulce de Abaigar Marquess of Castellflorite 1970 1974 Miguel María de Lojendio Irure - 1974 1976 Laureano López Rodó - 1976 1981 Juan Manuel Castro-Rial y Canosa - 1981 1985 Juan Luis Pan de Soraluce y Olmos Count of San Román 1985 1991 Jesús Núñez Hernández - 1991 1996 Miguel Ángel Ochoa Brun - 1996 2000 Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner Rodríguez - 2000 2004 Raimundo Pérez-Hernández y Torra - 2004 2008 Juan Manuel de Barandica y Luxán - 2008 2010 Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal - 2010 2013 Yago Pico de Coaña y de Valicourt - 2013 2017 Alberto Carnero Fernández Evo Morales grounding incident 2017 2020 Juan Sunyé Mendía - 2020 2024 Cristina Fraile Jiménez de Muñana 2024 Incumbent María Aurora Mejía Errasquín
See also Foreign relations of Spain
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