Consuelo Femenía
María Consuelo Femenía Guardiola (Jávea, June 17, 1965) is a Spanish diplomat. Currently, she is posted as ambassador to Brazil.
She has a master's degree in law from the University of Valencia. She entered the Spanish Diplomatic Service in 1992.
She was posted at the Spanish embassies in Russia, Nicaragua and the Netherlands. She was deputy representative of Spain before the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons[1] from 1999 to 2004. She worked as the Assistant Director for Cultural and Scientific Affairs[2] and Director for Development Aid in charge of all Spanish aid for Latin America and the Caribbean.[3] Afterwards she also worked as Ambassador-at-Large for the Arms Trade Treaty.[4] She was posted as Ambassador of Spain to Latvia from 2010 to 2014.[5] From 2015 to 2018 she was in charge of the development of the digital diplomacy network in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
From 2018 to 2021, she served as ambassador to Malta and from 2021 to 2026, to the Netherlands. In June 2026, she was appointed ambassador to Brazil.[6]
Publications
Awards
- "Best Team Leader of the Year #2" - The State of Digital Diplomacy 2016[10]
References
- ↑ "Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons".
- ↑ "BOE.es: Consultas. Documento". www.boe.es. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011.
- ↑ "IV Seminario Unión Europea-América Latina". Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
- ↑ "BOE.es: Consultas. Documento". www.boe.es. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.boe.es/aeboe/consultas/bases_datos/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2011-1166
- ↑ Gutiérrez, Macarena (June 30, 2026). "Albares nombra a la mujer de Pedro Duque embajadora por tercera vez consecutiva". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved June 30, 2026.
- ↑ Femenía Guardiola, Consuelo (October 23, 2016). "En la era del diplomático anfibio". The Diplomat in Spain (in Spanish). Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ↑ Femenia Guardiola, Consuelo (May 31, 2016). "Digital diplomacy as a team work tester". Twiplomacy. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ↑ Oficina de Información Diplomática España (2016). Femenía Guardiola, Consuelo; Manfredi Sánchez, Juan Luis (eds.). La diplomacia española ante el reto digital (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación. Centro de Publicaciones. ISBN 978-84-95265-72-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ↑ "Ministers & Diplomats – Sodd16". Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
