Embassy of Mexico, Madrid

Embassy of Mexico in Spain
Embajada de México en España
Incumbent Roberta Lajous Vargas since 14 January 2014
Style	Excellency
Type	Diplomatic mission
Status	Active
Reports to	Secretariat of Foreign Affairs President of Mexico
Seat	46 Carrera de San Jerónimo Madrid, Spain
Appointer	President of Mexico with Senate advice and consent
Term length	No set term length
Formation	1835 or 1836
First holder	Miguel de Santa María
Website	embamex.sre.gob.mx/espana

The Embassy of Mexico in France, based out of Madrid, is the primary diplomatic mission from the United Mexican States to 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 when Spain returned to a democracy following the death of Francisco Franco.

The head of the mission also represents Mexico before 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 general 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:

The current Ambassador, Roberta Lajous Vargas

Official residence of the Mexican Ambassador in Spain, located at 13 Calle del Pinar

• 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 – Present: Roberta Lajous Vargas

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 General in Barcelona, the Embassy also maintains honorary consulates throughout Spain. They are located in the following cities:

• Bilbao
  • Attends: Cantabria, Navarre, La Rioja and the Basque Country
• Gijón
  • Attends: Asturias and Province of León
• Murcia
  • Attends: Murcia and Province of Albacete
• Palma de Mallorca
  • Attends: Balearic Islands
• Santa Cruz de Tenerife
  • Attends: Canary Islands
• Seville
  • Attends: Andalusia
• Valencia
  • Attends: Province of Castellón and Province of Valencia
• Zaragoza
  • Attends: Aragon

See also

• Mexico–Spain relations
• Foreign relations of Mexico
• List of diplomatic missions of Mexico

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (in Spanish)