List of ambassadors of Spain to Slovakia
| Ambassador of Spain to Slovakia | |
|---|---|
 | |
Incumbent since 18 June 2025Sofía Ruiz del Árbol | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for the European Union | |
| Style | The Most Excellent |
| Residence | Bratislava |
| Nominator | The Foreign Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch |
| Term length | At the government's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Roberto Bermúdez Ruiz |
| Formation | 1993 |
| Website | Mission of Spain to Slovakia |
The ambassador of Spain to Slovakia is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Slovak Republic.
When the First Slovak Republic, a Nazi Germany client state was established in 1939, the first government of Francisco Franco recognized it and established diplomatic relations with it. Decades later, when the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic was dissolved in 1992, Spain recognized the new states and the ambassador in Prague assumed the diplomatic representation before both nations. In 1997, Spain established an independent Embassy in Bratislava.[1]
Lists of ambassadors
This list was compiled using the work "History of the Spanish Diplomacy" by the Spanish historian and diplomat Miguel Ángel Ochoa Brun.[2] The work covers up to the year 2000, so the rest is based on appointments published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado.
List of ambassadors to the First Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
| Name | Rank | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Arco y Cuadra | Chargé d'affaires | 1939–1940 |
| Juan Manuel Caro y Trueba | Minister | 1940–1945 |
List of ambassadors to Slovakia (since 1993)
| Name | Rank | Term |
|---|---|---|
| The Ambassador to the Czech Republic | 1993–1997 | |
| Estanislao de Grandes | Ambassador | 1997–2002 |
| Alfonso Díez Torres[3] | Ambassador | 2002–2005 |
| Miguel Aguirre de Cárcer y García del Arenal[4] | Ambassador | 2005–2008 |
| José Ángel López Jorrin[5] | Ambassador | 2008–2012 |
| Félix Valdés y Valentín-Gamazo[6] | Ambassador | 2012–2017 |
| Luis Belzuz[7] | Ambassador | 2017–2021 |
| Lorea Arribalzaga Ceballos[8] | Ambassador | 2021–2025 |
| Sofía Ruiz del Árbol[9] | Ambassador | 2025–pres. |
See also
References
- ↑ Ministry for Public Administrations (September 27, 1997). "Real Decreto 1472/1997, de 19 de septiembre, por el que se crea la Misión Diplomática permanente de España en la República Eslovaca". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 30, 2026.
- ↑ Ochoa Brun, Miguel Ángel (2000). "History of the Spanish Diplomacy - DIPLOMATIC REPERTOIRE- CHRONOLOGICAL LISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES - From the Early Middle Ages to the year 2000" (PDF). www.exteriores.gob.es (in Spanish). p. 178. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (December 28, 2002). "Real Decreto 1451/2002, de 27 de diciembre, por el que se designa embajador de España en la República Eslovaca a don Alfonso Díez Torres". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 30, 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (April 2, 2005). "Real Decreto 349/2005, de 1 de abril, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Eslovaca a don Miguel Aguirre de Cárcer y García del Arenal". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 30, 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (October 4, 2008). "Real Decreto 1621/2008, de 3 de octubre, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Eslovaca a don José Ángel López Jorrín". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 30, 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (March 31, 2012). "Real Decreto 622/2012, de 30 de marzo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Eslovaca a don Félix Valdés y Valentín-Gamazo". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 30, 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (March 4, 2017). "Real Decreto 219/2017, de 3 de marzo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en la República Eslovaca a don Luis Belzuz de los Ríos". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 30, 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (August 4, 2021). "Real Decreto 709/2021, de 3 de agosto, por el que se designa Embajadora de España en la República Eslovaca a doña Lorea Arribalzaga Ceballos". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 30, 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (June 18, 2025). "Real Decreto 491/2025, de 17 de junio, por el que se designa Embajadora de España en la República Eslovaca a doña Sofía Ruiz del Árbol Moro". Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved March 30, 2026.