The ambassador of Spain to Guatemala is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the Republic of Guatemala. It is also accredited to Belize.
Spain sent is first diplomatic representatives to Central America in the 1850s, with a unique ambassador to the whole region. The ambassador to Central America was responsible for establishing diplomatic relations with the newly formed republics of the region. In the case of Guatemala, the two countries signed a treaty of peace, friendship, and recognition in 1863. The Legation to Central America was located to Guatemala City. Over time, this position gradually lost its responsibilities to new ambassadors and, since 1936, has been exclusively responsible for the Republic of Guatemala.
After the Guatemalan Revolution, both countries broke relations due to the support of the Guatemalan governments to the Spanish Republican government in exile. These were re-established after the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, with the first ambassadorial-rank appointment.
Due to the 1980 Spanish embassy burning in Guatemala City, Spain broke relations with Guatemala on February 1980, and were re-established in September 1984, after the public apology from President ÃÂscar Humberto MejÃÂa VÃÂctores and the acknowledgment by the Guatemalan government that the events constituted "a violation of Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations".
The ambassador is also accredited to:
In the past, before 1936, this position served as ambassador to Central America, representing Spain to the republics of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
This list was compiled using the work "History of the Spanish Diplomacy" by the Spanish historian and diplomat Miguel ÃÂngel Ochoa Brun. The work covers up to the year 2000, so the rest is based on appointments published in the BoletÃÂn Oficial del Estado.