José de Carvajal
Permanent Representative – Spain
2012
| Birth date | 3 June 1945 |
| Birth place | Madrid (Spain) |
| Marital status | Married to Soledad Cebrián, 4 children |
Career |
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1967 |
Law degree at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid |
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1969-1970 |
Diploma of International Studies, Diplomatic School, Madrid |
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September 1971 |
Joined the Spanish Foreign Service. Second Secretary, Embassy of Spain in Tokio (Japan) |
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March 1972 |
First Secretary, Embassy of Spain in Manila (Philippines) |
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March 1974 |
Consul, Consulate of Spain in Geneva (Switzerland) |
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July 1979 |
Head of Administration unit, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid |
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March 1981 |
Head of the Budget Office, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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November 1982 |
Consul General of Spain in Cape Town (South Africa) |
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May 1986 |
Deputy Permanent Representative, Delegation of Spain in NATO, Brussels (Belgium) |
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April 1991 |
Director General for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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May 1996 |
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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July 2000 |
Ambassador of Spain to Italy, Rome (also accredited to Malta, Albania, S. Marino, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and the World Food Programme) |
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January 2005 |
Ambassador of Spain to Ireland, Dublin |
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July 2008 |
Consul General of Spain in Tangier (Morocco) |
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March 2012 |
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Spain in the North Atlantic Council, Brussels |
Spanish decorations i.a.
- Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica
- Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Militar
- Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito Naval
Foreign decorations i.a.
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Commander of the Order of Merit of Federal Republic of Germany
- Commander of the Légion d’honneur of France
- Grand Officer of the Order Infante Dom Enrique of Portugal