Marcos Alonso Alonso

Marcos Alonso Alonso (born in 1970) is a Spanish diplomat who currently serves as Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union since 2021.

Marcos Alonso Alonso
Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union
Incumbent
Assumed office July 21, 2021
Preceded by	Juan Pablo García-Berdoy
Ambassador of Spain to Albania
In office September 23, 2020 – July 21, 2021
Preceded by	Vicente Canelles Montero
Succeeded by	Álvaro Renedo Zalba
Director of the Department for European Affairs and G20
In office June 23, 2018 – January 28, 2020
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	María Aurora Mejía Errasquín
Personal details
Born	1970 (age 54–55) Gijón, Spain

Career

Alonso was born in Gijón, Asturias, in 1970. He graduated in law by the University of Oviedo and in Politics by the University of Toulouse.^[1] He also completed a NATO Defense College course for generals, officers and ambassadors.^[2] He joined the diplomatic career in 1999,^[3] and his first assignment was the Technical Cabinet of the Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs.^[4]

As a diplomat, Alonso has been posted in the Spanish missions to the European Union, NATO, Council of Europe and the United Nations. He has also served as consul in Havana and has been attached, as national expert, to the Secretariat of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs.^[5] At the central services of the Foreign Ministry, Alonso has served as Deputy Director-General for Foreign Relations and Trade Affairs of the European Union and as Assistant Deputy Director-General for Justice and Interior Affairs of the European Union.^[6]

In June 2018, prime minister Pedro Sánchez appointed him as advisor in his cabinet, responsible for the Department for European Affairs and G20.^[1] He served in that position until January 2020.

In September 2020, he was appointed as Ambassador of Spain to Albania^[7] and, in July 2021, he was assigned to the Spanish Representation to the European Union as Ambassador Permanent Representative (Head of Mission).^[8] During his term, he coordinated the works of the 2023 Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.^[9]