List of ambassadors of Spain to Switzerland

The ambassador of Spain to Switzerland is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Swiss Confederation. It is also accredited to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Spain and Switzerland have maintained diplomatic relations since 1513, when the viceroy of Naples, Ramón de Cardona, in the name of Ferdinand the Catholic, King of Aragon and Regent of Castile, sent Lope de Soria to negotatiate an alliance with the Old Swiss Confederacy in the context of the War of the League of Cambrai. With only a few interruptions, relations have been maintained for five centuries and, since 1957, the diplomatic representative has always held the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.^[1]

•  Switzerland: The Swiss Confederation is the main jurisdiction of the Embassy in Bern. Spain has three consulates-general in the country, headquartered in Bern, Geneva and Zurich.^[2]

The ambassador is also accredited to:

• Liechtenstein: Historically, the ambassador in Switzerland has been responsible for diplomatic and consular relations with Liechtenstein, either through the consulate general in Zurich or directly through the Embassy.

Also, in the 19th century, the ambassador also represented Spanish interests before several German states, such as the Grand Duchy of Baden (1863–1867 and 1868–1875), the Kingdom of Bavaria (1863–1867), the Free City of Frankfurt (1855–1862), the Grand Duchy of Hesse (1860–1862 and 1866), the Duchy of Nassau (1860–1862) and the Kingdom of Württemberg (1863–1867).

This list was compiled using the work "History of the Spanish Diplomacy" by the Spanish historian and diplomat Miguel Ángel Ochoa Brun.^[3] The work covers up to the year 2000, so the rest is based on appointments published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado.

• Spain–Switzerland relations