List of ambassadors of Spain to Kuwait

The ambassador of Spain to Kuwait is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the State of Kuwait. It is also accredited to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Ambassador of Spain to Kuwait
Coat of arms of Spain
Incumbent Manuel Hernández Gamallo since 19 June 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs
Style	The Most Excellent
Residence	Kuwait City
Nominator	The Foreign Minister
Appointer	The Monarch
Term length	At the government's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Manuel Valdés Larrañaga
Formation	1964
Website	Mission of Spain to Kuwait

Bilateral contacts between Kuwait and Spain started in late 1961^[1] and, in 1964, diplomatic relations were formally established with the appointment of ambassadors. In this case, in October that year Spain opened a non-resident embassy in Kuwait City^[2] and entrusted it to the ambassador in Beirut, Lebanon.

After the independence of several Middle East countries, Spain established diplomatic relations with them, granting in 1972 the resident status to the Embassy to Kuwait and dually accredited to Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Except Bahrain, the rest of the aforementioned countries were divided in the mid-1970s between the newly created resident embassies to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Jurisdiction

• Kuwait: The Spanish Embassy in Kuwait City provides diplomatic and consular services to the whole country.^[3]
• Bahrain: Both countries established diplomatic relations after Bahrain's independence, in 1972.^[4] For consular affairs, Spain has an honorary consulate in Manama.^[3]

List of ambassadors

Ambassador		Term	Nominated by	Appointed by	Accredited to
1	Manuel Valdés Larrañaga [es][a] Marquess consort of Avella	10 November 1964[2] – 28 April 1970 (5 years, 159 days)	Fernando María Castiella	Francisco Franco	Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
2	José Luís Flórez-Estrada y Ayala[b]	22 August 1970[5] – 27 May 1972 (1 year, 279 days)	Gregorio López-Bravo		Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
3	Ramón Armengod López[c]	27 May 1972[6] – 23 June 1976 (4 years, 27 days)
4	Andrés Drake Alvear[d]	23 June 1976[7] – 16 April 1977 (297 days)	The Count of Motrico	Juan Carlos I
5	Fernando Schwartz[e]	16 April 1977[8] – 29 July 1981 (4 years, 104 days)	The Marquess of Oreja
6	Emilio Barcia García-Villamil[e]	29 July 1981[9] – 16 September 1987 (6 years, 49 days)	José Pedro Pérez-Llorca		Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
7	Juan José Arbolí Desvalls[e]	18 January 1988[10] – 2 August 1991 (3 years, 196 days)	Francisco Fernández Ordóñez
8	César Alba [es][e]	2 August 1991[11] – 2 September 1996 (5 years, 31 days)
9	José Luis Roselló Serra[e]	13 September 1996[12] – 11 November 2000 (4 years, 70 days)	Abel Matutes
10	Álvaro Alabart Fernández-Cavada[e]	11 November 2000[13] – 28 August 2004 (3 years, 291 days)	Josep Piqué
11	Jesús Carlos Riosalido Gambotti[e]	28 August 2004[14] – 11 September 2007 (3 years, 14 days)	Miguel Ángel Moratinos
12	Manuel Gómez de Valenzuela[e]	22 September 2007[15] – 5 February 2011 (3 years, 136 days)			Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
13	Ángel Losada Fernández [es][e]	5 February 2011[16] – 7 June 2014 (3 years, 122 days)	Trinidad Jiménez
14	Carlos Sáenz de Tejada Gorman[e]	7 June 2014[17] – 14 July 2018 (4 years, 37 days)	José Manuel García-Margallo
15	Álvaro Rodríguez Álvarez[e]	14 July 2018[18] – 24 June 2020 (1 year, 345 days)	Josep Borrell	Felipe VI
16	Miguel José Moro Aguilar​[e]	24 June 2020[19] – 19 June 2024 (3 years, 361 days)	Arancha González Laya
17	Manuel Hernández Gamallo [es][e]	19 June 2024[20] – present (1 year, 114 days)	José Manuel Albares		Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

See also

• Kuwait–Spain relations

Notes

1. Resident in Beirut, Lebanon, and also accredited to Cyprus.
2. Resident in Beirut, Lebanon.
3. Accredited to Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
4. Accredited to Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
5. Accredited to Bahrain.