List of ambassadors of Spain to Pakistan

The ambassador of Spain to Pakistan is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Ambassador of Spain to Pakistan
Coat of arms of Spain
Incumbent José Antonio de Ory Peral since 15 June 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs
Style	The Most Excellent
Residence	Islamabad
Nominator	The Foreign Minister
Appointer	The Monarch
Term length	At the government's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Fermín Sanz-Orrio
Formation	1951
Website	Mission of Spain to Pakistan

Both countries have mantained diplomatic relations since 1951.^[1] In September that year, Spain established a resident embassy in Karachi^[2] and was later moved to Islamabad. The Embassy's Consular Section provides consular protection throughout the country, supported by honorary consulates in Karachi and Lahore.^[3]

In the past, the ambassador to Pakistan has been also responsible for Afghanistan (1979–2005^[a]) and Sri Lanka (1955–1958). Since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in 2021, the Embassy of Spain in Islamabad is responsible for visas and consular affairs related to Afghanistan.^[4]

List of ambassadors

Name		Term	Nominated by	Appointed by	Accredited to
1	Fermín Sanz-Orrio	26 January 1952[5] – 5 May 1954 (2 years, 99 days)	Alberto Martín-Artajo	Francisco Franco	Malik Ghulam Muhammad
2	Francisco de Amat y Torres	1 June 1954[6] – 22 June 1955 (1 year, 21 days)
3	Manuel Galán Pacheco de Padilla [es][b]	25 June 1955[7] – 15 January 1958 (2 years, 204 days)			Iskander Mirza
4	Fernando Canthal y Girón [es]	15 January 1958[8] – 25 August 1958 (222 days)	Fernando María Castiella		Iskander Mirza
5	Pedro Seoane y Diana Marquess of Orellana la Vieja	25 August 1958[9] – 6 March 1967 (8 years, 193 days)
6	Eduardo Gasset y Díez de Ulzurrun Count of Peñarrubias	20 March 1967[10] – 4 April 1970 (3 years, 15 days)			Ayub Khan
7	Manuel de la Calzada Herranz Marquess of Santa Cruz de Inguanzo	27 June 1970[11] – 18 March 1972 (1 year, 265 days)	Gregorio López-Bravo		Yahya Khan
8	Marcelino Fernández Díez	18 March 1972[12] – 25 March 1976 (4 years, 7 days)			Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
9	Ignacio de Casso García	20 May 1976[13] – 29 July 1981 (5 years, 70 days)	The Count of Motrico	Juan Carlos I	Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
10	Víctor Sánchez-Mesas y Juste	29 July 1981[14] – 8 October 1984 (3 years, 71 days)	José Pedro Pérez-Llorca		Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
11	José María Campoamor Elías	8 October 1984[15] – 28 July 1986 (1 year, 293 days)	Fernando Morán
12	José García Bañón [es]	28 July 1986[16] – 22 June 1991 (4 years, 329 days)	Francisco Fernández Ordóñez
13	José María Ullrich Rojas [es]	4 September 1991[17] – 12 March 1994 (5 years, 219 days)			Ghulam Ishaq Khan
14	Lorenzo González Alonso	26 March 1994[18] – 26 February 1998 (3 years, 337 days)	Javier Solana		Farooq Leghari
15	Aurora Bernáldez [es]	26 February 1998[19] – 3 January 2002 (3 years, 311 days)	Abel Matutes		Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
16	Antonio Segura Morís[c]	3 January 2002[20] – 1 February 2005 (3 years, 1 day)	Josep Piqué		Pervez Musharraf
17	José María Robles Fraga	1 February 2005[21] – 23 December 2008 (3 years, 326 days)	Miguel Ángel Moratinos
18	Gonzalo María Quintero [es]	23 December 2008[22] – 26 May 2012[23] (3 years, 155 days)			Asif Ali Zardari
19	Javier María Carbajosa Sánchez [es]	26 May 2012[24] – 13 June 2015 (3 years, 18 days)	José Manuel García-Margallo
20	Carlos César Morales Sánchez	13 June 2015[25] – 12 October 2018 (3 years, 121 days)		Felipe VI	Mamnoon Hussain
21	Manuel Durán Giménez-Rico [es]	12 October 2018[26] – 15 June 2022 (3 years, 246 days)	Josep Borrell		Arif Alvi
22	José Antonio de Ory Peral [es]	15 June 2022[27] – present (3 years, 150 days)	José Manuel Albares

See also

• Pakistan–Spain relations

Notes

1. The ambassador to Pakistan acted as de facto ambassador to Afghanistan from 1979 to 2002. In 2002 this situation was confirmed with an appointment with double accreditation until 2005, when the Embassy in Kabul was reopened.
2. Accredited to Sri Lanka.
3. Accredited to Afghanistan.