Camilo Barcia García-Villamil

Camilo Barcia García-Villamil
Ambassador of Spain to New Zealand
In office
April 22, 2006 – October 30, 2007
Preceded byJosé Ramón Barañano Fernández
Succeeded byMarcos Gómez Martínez
Ambassador of Spain to Sweden and Latvia
In office
July 27, 1994[a] – May 21, 1998
Preceded byAntonio Serrano de Haro
Succeeded byMaría Cristina Barrios y Almazor
Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Communities
In office
March 28, 1991 – July 27, 1994
Preceded byCarlos Westendorp
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Nerva
Other posts
Ambassador of Spain to Japan
In office
June 22, 1985 – May 12, 1990
Preceded byEduardo Ibáñez y García de Velasco
Succeeded byAntonio de Oyarzabal
Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Communities
In office
1979–1985
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Nerva
Ambassador of Spain to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar
In office
May 25, 1977[b] – July 11, 1979
Preceded byAndrés Drake Alvear
Succeeded byFausto Navarro Izquierdo
Personal details
Born(1937-10-28)October 28, 1937
Ribadeo, Spain
DiedDecember 7, 2018(2018-12-07) (aged 81)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationDiplomat

Camilo Barcia García-Villamil (28 October 1937 – 7 December 2018) was a Spanish diplomat and economist.

Family and education

Barcia was born in Ribadeo, Lugo in 1937.[1] He was the son of a well-known Spanish internationalist Camilo Barcia Trelles[2] and he was also the nephew of Augusto Barcia Trelles, a politician that served as minister of state during the Second Republic and, briefly, as acting prime minister.

He married María Carmela Bustelo, cousin of The Marquess of Ría de Ribadeo, prime minister from 1981 to 1982.[3]

Barcia attended to the University of Santiago de Compostela,[1] where he graduated in law with Bachelor's Degree Extraordinary Award.[4] Later, he studied a Bachelor of Economics at the University of Cambridge.[2]

Career

Like his brother Emilio had done a few years earlier, Camilo entered the diplomatic service in 1965.[4] His first post was as Secretary-General of the Spanish Negotiating Delegation with the European Communities, and he was also Secretary of the Interministerial Committee for Relations with the European Communities (1965–1970).[5] Later, he served as Secretary of the Embassy of Spain to the United Nations Office and International Organizations in Geneva and, briefly, he left the diplomatic career to chair over the Society for the Industrial Development of Galicia (SODIGA), a regional state-owned enterprise.[6]

Back in the diplomatic career, in 1977 he was assigned as head of mission to the United Arab Emirates,[7] with dual accreditation to Qatar,[8] until 1979. After this, he was sent to the Spanish Mission to the European Communities where, as deputy head of mission, he actively participated in the negotiations for Spain's accession to the Communities. For this reason, King Juan Carlos I named him Commander by Number the Order of Isabella the Catholic.[9]

After his successes in Brussels, he was appointed ambassador of Spain to Japan,[10] serving in the position for around five years until 1991, when he was ordered to return to the Mission of Spain to the European Communities, this time as ambassador permanent representative,[11] until 1994.

For the next thirteen years, he would be posted in Sweden (1994–1998),[12] with dual accreditation to Latvia (1994–1998),[13] and New Zealand (2006–2007).[14] He retired from the Foreign Service in late October 2007, at the age of 70.[15]

He died in Madrid, on December 7, 2018, at the age of 81.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "lingua castelá". centros.edu.xunta.es. Archived from the original on 2024-07-07. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  2. ^ a b C, Ribadeo / Vegadeo, T. (2018-12-12). "Fallece a los 80 años Camilo Barcia, diplomático con raíces en Vegadeo". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Siete de los hermanos Barcia Trelles, de Ribadeo y Vegadeo, marcharon a Argentina". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  4. ^ a b c Calvo-Sotelo Ibáñez Martín, Pedro (2019-09-11). "Vocación europeísta al servicio de España" [European vocation at the service of Spain]. abc (in Spanish). p. 61. Archived from the original on 2025-10-04. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  5. ^ "Barcia García-Villaamil, Camilo". Enciclopedia Galega Universal (in Galician).
  6. ^ Martin, Gerardo González (1977-04-01). "Sodiga, baza importante para el Partido Gallego Independiente". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  7. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (25 May 1977). "Real Decreto 1115/1977, de 20 de mayo, por el que se designa Embajador de España en los Emiratos Arabes Unidos a don Camilo Barcia García-Villamil" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  8. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (23 February 1978). "Real Decreto 214/1978, de 27 de enero, por el que se designa Embajador de España en Qatar a don Camilo Barcia García-Villamil, con residencia en Abu-Dhabi" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  9. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1 June 1985). "Orden de 30 de mayo de 1985 por la que se concede la Encomienda de Número de la Orden de Isabel la Católica a don Camilo Barcia García-Villamil, Jefe adjunto de la Misión ante las Comunidades Europeas" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  10. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (22 June 1985). "BOE-A-1985-11871 Real Decreto 922/1985, de 19 de junio, por el que se designa Embajador de España en Japón a don Camilo Barcia García-Villamil" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  11. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (28 March 1991). "Real Decreto 390/1991, de 22 de marzo, por el que se designa Embajador Representante Permanente de España ante las Comunidades Europeas a don Camilo Barcia García-Villamil" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  12. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (27 July 1994). "Real Decreto 1700/1994, de 22 de julio, por el que se designa a don Camilo Barcia y García-Villamil Embajador de España en el Reino de Suecia" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  13. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (27 October 1994). "Real Decreto 2048/1994, de 14 de octubre, por el que se designa a don Camilo Barcia García-Villamil Embajador de España en la República de Letonia" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  14. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (22 April 2006). "Real Decreto 480/2006, de 21 de abril, por el que se designa Embajador de España en Nueva Zelanda a don Camilo Barcia García-Villamil". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  15. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (30 October 2007). "Real Decreto 1414/2007, de 29 de octubre, por el que se dispone el cese de don Camilo Barcia García-Villamil como Embajador de España en Nueva Zelanda". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-10-04.

Notes

  1. ^ To Latvia since October 27, 1994
  2. ^ To Qatar since February 23, 1978
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