List of ambassadors of Spain to the Netherlands

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{{Ill|Fernando Arias González|es}}

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The Spanish Ambassador to the Netherlands is the Ambassador of the Spanish government to the government of the Netherlands.

He is regularly coaccredited to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, [https://www.opcw.org/news/article/he-mr-fernando-arias-gonzalez-spain/]

History

The Netherlands were part of the Spanish Monarchy until 1581, during the Dutch Revolt, when a number of provinces issued the Act of Abjuration repudiating Philip II of Spain. In 1609, on concluding the Twelve Years' Truce, Philip III of Spain agreed to deal with the Dutch Republic "as though" it were sovereign. Full mutual recognition and the accreditation of ordinary ambassadors came after the Peace of Münster, during the reign of Philip IV of Spain.

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!| Diplomatic accreditation

!| Observations

!| Head of government in Spain

!| Head of government in the Netherlands

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{{dts|1649|01|01}}

|Antoine Brun d'Aspremont

|In 1649 he became the king's first resident ambassador in the newly recognised Dutch Republic. He took up residence in The Hague in mid 1649, his first official despatch as ambassador being dated 29 June 1649. In 1650 he concluded a naval treaty with the Dutch on behalf of the king.

|Philip IV of Spain

|William II, Prince of Orange

|{{dts|1654}}

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|Esteban de Gamarra y Contreras

|[https://www.persee.fr/doc/hispa_0007-4640_1988_num_90_3_4648 La diplomacia española a través de los embajadores en La Haya (1665-1700)]

|Philip IV of Spain

|William III of England

|{{dts|1671|06|}}

|-

|{{dts|1665|01|01}}

|Antonio de Tovar y Paz

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|Charles II of Spain

|William III of England

|

|-

|{{dts|1671|01|01}}

|Emmanuel Françisco de Lyra

|Spanish Ambassador to The Hague.

|Charles II of Spain

|William III of England

|1678

|-

|1678

|Baltasar de Fuenmayor, Marquess of Castel-Moncayo

|Spanish Ambassador to The Hague.

|Charles II of Spain

|William III of England

|1685

|-

|{{dts|1687|05|05}}

|Manuel Coloma, marqués de Canales

|

|Charles II of Spain

|William III of England

|1691

|-

|1691

|Francisco Bernardo de Quirós

|

|Charles II of Spain

|William III of England

|1700

|-

|{{dts|1716|05|08}}

|Beretti Landi

|[https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/31467/lorenzo-verzuso-beretti-landi Real Academia de la Historia]

|Philip V of Spain

|William IV, Prince of Orange

|{{dts|1721|01|08}}

|-

|{{dts|1721|01|08}}

|{{Ill|Isidro Casado de Acevedo y Rosales|es}}

|[https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/52142/isidro-casado-de-acevedo-y-rosales Real Academia de la Historia]

|Philip V of Spain

|William IV, Prince of Orange

|{{dts|1724|01|01}}

|-

|{{dts|1724|01|01}}

|Vicente Bacallar y Sanna

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|Louis I of Spain

|William IV, Prince of Orange

|{{dts|1726|06|11}}

|-

|{{dts|1762|01|01}}

|Jerónimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi

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|Charles III of Spain

|William V, Prince of Orange

|{{dts|1762|01|01}}

|-

|1815

|{{Ill|José María Pando y Remírez de Laredo|es|José María Pando}}

|Chargé d'affaires

|Ferdinand VII of Spain

|William I of the Netherlands

|1818

|-

|1815

|Miguel Ricardo de Álava

|Ambassador

|Ferdinand VII of Spain

|William I of the Netherlands

|1822

|-

|{{dts|1917|12|11}}

|{{Ill|Santiago Méndez de Vigo y Méndez de Vigo|es}}

|

|Alfonso XIII of Spain

|Pieter Cort van der Linden

|{{dts|1925|04|30}}

|-

|{{dts|1938|01|01}}

|{{Ill|José María Semprún Gurrea|es}}

|Last ambassador of the Second Spanish Republic

|Hendrikus Colijn

|{{dts|1938|01|01}}

|-

|{{dts|1985|04|16}}

|Fernando Schwartz

|

|Felipe González

|{{dts|1988|07|24}}

|-

|{{dts|1988|02|05}}

|Manuel María Sassot Cañadas

|[https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1988/02/06/indice_departamentos.php?d=32&e=MINISTERIO+DE+ASUNTOS+EXTERIORES Manuel María Sassot Cañadas]

|Felipe González

|

|-

|{{dts|1991|05|21}}

|Antonio José Fournier Bermejo

|[http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1991/05/21/indice_departamentos.php?d=121&e=MINISTERIO+DE+ASUNTOS+EXTERIORES&lang=eu Antonio José Fournier Bermejo]

|Felipe González

|

|-

|{{dts|1994|05|06}}

|Rafael Pastor Ridruejo

|

|Felipe González

|{{dts|1995|08|05}}

|-

|{{dts|1995|08|05}}

|Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal

|El Gobiemo acuerda nombrar embajador en el Reino de Dinamarca a José María Pons Irazazábal. Carlos Manuel de Benavides Salas es nombrado embajador en Holanda. [http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/es/SalaDePrensa/Nombramientos/Paginas/Articulos/20140610_NOMBRAMIENTO2.aspx Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal]

|Felipe González

|{{dts|2001|02|02}}

|-

|{{dts|2001|02|02}}

|Carlos Manuel de Benavides y Salas

|(*{{dts|1939|01|15}})[https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2004/06/26/pdfs/A23546-23546.pdf Carlos Manuel de Benavides y Salas]

|José María Aznar

|{{dts|2004|06|26}}

|-

|{{dts|2004|06|26}}

|Alfonso Dastis

|{{Cite web |url=http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/en/Ministerio/Ministro/Paginas/Biografia.aspx |title=Alfonso Dastis |access-date=2018-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317233548/http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/en/Ministerio/Ministro/Paginas/Biografia.aspx |archive-date=2018-03-17 |url-status=dead }}

|José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

|Jan Peter Balkenende

|{{dts|2007|08|31}}

|-

|{{dts|2007|08|31}}

|Juan Prat Y Coll

|[https://archives.eui.eu/en/isaar/569 Juan Prat Y Coll]

|José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

|Jan Peter Balkenende

|{{dts|2011|01|07}}

|-

|{{dts|2011|07|07}}

|Francisco Javier Vallaure de Acha

|[https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2011-419 Francisco Javier Vallaure de Acha]

|José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

|

|-

|{{dts|2014|02|03}}

|{{Ill|Fernando Arias González|es}}

|[http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/es/SalaDePrensa/Nombramientos/Paginas/Articulos/20140203_NOMBRAMIENTO.aspx Fernando Arias González]

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Boletín Oficial del Estado, (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain)), [https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2014-1058][https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/ambassades-consulaten-en-overige-vertegenwoordigingen/overzicht-landen-en-gebieden/spanje/ambassade-van-het-koninkrijk-spanje-s-gravenhage]

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