The ambassador of Spain to Poland is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Republic of Poland.
Although there had been some sporadic contacts previously, Poland and Spain began to maintain regular relations during the reign of Charles I (V of the Holy Roman Empire). These relations broke down after the third and final partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which meant its dissolution. Diplomatic ties were once more established with the Second Polish Republic until 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded the country. Finally, current diplomatic relations exists since 1977, when Spain transitioned to democracy and re-established ties with numerous countries, including communist countries like the Polish People's Republic.
List of ambassadors This list was compiled using the work "History of the Spanish Diplomacy" by the Spanish historian and diplomat Miguel Ángel Ochoa Brun. The work covers up to the year 2000, so the rest is based on appointments published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado.
Name Rank Term Maximiliano de Bergkcz Ambassador 1519 Andrea del Burgo Ambassador 1519Wilhelm von RoggendorfCo-ambassadors1520 Antonio de Conti Ambassador 1523 Carlos Felipe de Borgoña Ambassador 1524 Leonardo de Nogarolles Ambassador 1526 Cornelis de Schepper Ambassador 1528 John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin Ambassador 1543 Adam Karolyi Ambassador 1543 Juan Lange Ambassador 1545 William of Waldburg Extraordinary Ambassador 1548 Sigismund von Herberstein Co-ambassadors 1550Juan Lange Juan de Ayala Ambassador 1555 Pedro II Fajardo, Marquess of Los Vélez Extraordinary Ambassador 1573 Extraordinary Ambassador 1578–1579 Pedro Cornejo Agent 1583Extraordinary Ambassador1587 Vespasiano I Gonzaga Extraordinary Ambassador 1588 Francisco de Mendoza, Admiral of Aragon Extraordinary Ambassador 1597 ,Duke of Medina de Rioseco Ambassador 1597 Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne Extraordinary Ambassador 1600 Girolamo Morone Extraordinary Ambassador 1611 Ambassador 1611–1612 Jean de Croÿ, Count of Solre Ambassador 1626 Charles de Bonnières, Baron of Auchy Ambassador 1626–1629 Gabriel de Roy Ambassador 1627–1632 Juan de Velasco, Count of Siruela Ambassador 1633 Charles de Bonnières, Baron of Auchy Ambassador 1633–1635 Jean de Croÿ, Count of Solre Ambassador 1635 Alonso Vázquez de Miranda Extraordinary Ambassador 1635 Ercole Visconti Extraordinary Ambassador 1635 Agustín Navarro Burena Envoy 1639 Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein Extraordinary Ambassador 1644–1645 Charles de Bonnières, Baron of Auchy Ambassador 1644; 1647 Allegretto Allegretti Agent 1648–1650 François-Paul de Lisola Minister 1648–1651 Francisco de Moura Corte Real,Marquess of Castelo Rodrigo Minister 1648–1651 Juan María de Borja y Aragón Minister 1651–1652 ,Marquess of La Fuente Minister 1656–1661 Fray Tommaso de Sarria Co-ambassadors 1660Hércules Visconti Sebastián de Luciani Chargé d'affaires 1661 Ferdinand Bonaventura I, Count Harrach Extraordinary Ambassador 1669 Francisco Gutiérrez de los Ríos, Count of Fernán Núñez Extraordinary Ambassador 1670 Ambassador 1674–1675 Leopoldo de Montecúcoli Extraordinary Ambassador 1683 Wilhelm Ludwig von Berlepsch, Baron of Berlepsch Extraordinary Ambassador 1694 Father Francisco Arcelli Agent and later Minister 1731–1738 Pedro Cebrián, 5th Count of Fuenclara Ambassador 1737–1738 Cristóbal Gregorio Portocarrero, 5th Count of Montijo Ambassador 1742 Jacinto Ferrero Fieschi y de Saboya, Counf of Bena Minister 1745–1749 Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda Extraordinary Ambassador 1760–1762Chargé d'affaires1762 Minister 1774–1783 Francisco de Tutavilla y del Rufo, Duque de San Germán Ambassador 1763–1764 Toribio Ventura de la Cruz Gasca de la Vega, Marquess of Revilla Ambassador 1763 Pedro Normande y Merican Minister 1790–1791 Miguel Cuber y Aniñón Minister 1791–1793 Leonardo Gómez de Terán y Negrete Chargé d'affaires 1793–1794 Domingo d'Yriarte Minister 1793–1794Dissolution of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Fernando Gómez Contreras Chargé d'affaires 1919–1920 Acting Minister 1920–1926 Alfredo de Mariátegui y Carratalá Minister 1926 Silvio Fernández-Vallín y Alfonso Minister 1926–1931 Minister 1931; 1933–1936 José Gil Delgado y Olazábal Minister 1931–1932 Chargé d'affaires 1937 Manuel Martínez Aguilar y de Pedroso Minister 1937–1938 Chargé d'affaires 1938 Juan Serrat y Valera Chargé d'affaires 1937–1939 Luis del Pedroso y Madam Minister 1939Nazi invasion of Poland Emilio Beladíez Navarro Head of Consular andTrade Relations 1969–1974 Jesús Millaruelo Cleméntez Head of Consulate 1975–1977Ambassador1977–1978 José Joaquín Zavala Alcíbar-Jáuregui Ambassador 1978–1982 Jesús Villacieros Machimbarrena Ambassador 1982–1986 Fernando Olivié González-Pumariega Ambassador 1986–1991 José Antonio López Zatón Ambassador 1991–1993 Ambassador 1993–1998 Juan Pablo de Laiglesia Ambassador 1998–2003Ambassador2003–2004Ambassador2004–2008Ambassador2008–2012Agustín Núñez MartínezAmbassador2012–2017Ambassador2017–2022Ambassador2022–2025Victoria Ortega GutiérrezAmbassador2025–pres.
See also Poland–Spain relations
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