José Núñez Iglesias

José Núñez Iglesias
Ambassador José Núñez Iglesias (left) presenting his diplomatic credentials to President Walter Hallstein
Councillor of State
In office
July 29, 1969 – April 17, 1972
Ambassador of Spain to Belgium
In office
November 21, 1964 – June 1967
Preceded byThe Count of Casa Miranda
Succeeded byJaime Alba Delibes
Ambassador-Head of the Permanent Mission of Spain to the OECE (later OECD)
In office
February 17, 1958 – November 21, 1964
Preceded byJaime Argüelles y Armada
(Head of the Spanish delegation to the OECE)
Succeeded byJosé Aragonés Vilá
Diplomatic posts
Ambassador of Spain to the European Communities
In office
November 21, 1964 – October 8, 1965
Preceded byThe Count of Casa Miranda
Succeeded byAlberto Ullastres
Ambassador of Spain to Luxembourg
In office
April 3, 1965 – June 1967
Preceded byThe Count of Casa Miranda
Succeeded byJaime Alba Delibes
Ambassador of Spain to Ireland
In office
August 20, 1954 – September 12, 1955
Preceded byThe Marquess of Miraflores
Succeeded byMariano de Yturralde y Orbegozo
Political posts
Under-Secretary for Foreign Economy
In office
September 12, 1955 – October 31, 1957
Preceded byJaime de Argüelles y Armada
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Director-General for Economic Policy
In office
July 13, 1950 – August 20, 1954
Preceded byMariano de Yturralde y Orbegozo
Succeeded byJuan Schwartz Díaz-Flores
Director-General for Trade and Tariff Policy
In office
June 15, 1948 – July 18, 1950
Preceded byLuciano Albo Candina
Succeeded byJosé Miguel Ruiz Morales
Personal details
Born(1897-03-19)March 19, 1897
DiedDecember 9, 1984(1984-12-09) (aged 87)
Madrid, Spain

José Núñez Iglesias (19 March 1897 – 9 December 1984) was a Spanish diplomat and trade official.

Biography

Núñez was born in 1897[1] and joined the diplomatic career in 1929,[1] being first assigned to the Consulate-General in Mexico City.[2] In October 1936, while still serving at the consulate, he was dismissed and expelled from the diplomatic corps by the Republican government,[3] but would be reinstated by the rebel faction, which two years later appointed him second-class commercial attaché.[4] In July 1939, reinstated in his position as second-class embassy secretary, he was appointed commercial attaché at the Embassy of Spain, Washington, D.C.[5] In 1942 he was promoted to first-class commercial attaché[6] and in 1945 he returned to Spain.

In Spain, he was appointed chief of staff to the Under-Secretary of Industry[7] and, after serving ad interim for a few months,[7] in June 1948 he was appointed as permanent director-general for Trade and Tariff Policy.[8]

At the same time, he continued to rise in the diplomatic career and in July 1950 he was appointed as director-general for Economic Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[9] At this time, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit.[10]

In mid-1954 he was granted his first head of mission, being appointed ambassador to the Republic of Ireland,[11] but was quickly called back to Spain to take over as Under-Secretary for Foreign Economy.[12] After leaving this post at the end of 1957, he was appointed head of the Permanent Mission of Spain to the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC),[13] and later to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), serving until 1964, when he was ordered to replace the Count of Casa Miranda as ambassador of Spain in Belgium —with concurrence in Luxembourg[14] — and to the European Communities.[15] In 1962 he had been rewarded with the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.[16]

He left his diplomatic roles in mid-1967, when he reached the age of 70. After this, he was rewarded with a position on the Council of State,[17] serving until 1972.[18]

He died in Madrid on December 9, 1984.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b Undersecretariat of Foreign Affairs (15 April 1951). "Diplomatic Career Ladder, formed on 2 April 1951" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  2. ^ General Secretariat for Foreign Affairs (12 September 1929). "Royal orders appointing third-class secretaries" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  3. ^ Ministry of State (29 October 1936). "Decrees ordering the termination of the positions currently held and the permanent separation from the services of this Ministry of the indicated officials" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  4. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (21 October 1938). "Decree appointing second-class commercial attachés on a temporary and provisional basis, to the officials mentioned therein" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  5. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (24 July 1939). "Orders appointing Mr. José Núñez Iglesias and Mr. Pablo de Palacios y Mateo as commercial attachés to the Spanish Embassies in Washington and Buenos Aires" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  6. ^ Ministry of Industry and Trade (16 February 1942). "Order appointing the above-mentioned gentlemen as First-Class Commercial Attachés" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  7. ^ a b Ministry of Industry and Trade (16 April 1948). "Order of March 31, 1948, which commands that Mr. José Núñez Iglesias to be in charge of the affairs of the Directorate-General for Trade" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  8. ^ Ministry of Industry and Trade (15 June 1948). "Decree of June 4, 1948, appointing Mr. José Nuñez Iglesias as Director-General for Trade and Tariff Policy" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  9. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (13 July 1950). "Decree of July 7, 1950, appointing Mr. José Núñez Iglesias, Third-Class Plenipotentiary Minister, as Director-General for Economic Policy" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  10. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (19 July 1950). "Decree of July 18, 1950, granting the Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit to Mr. José Núñez Iglesias" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  11. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (20 August 1954). "Decree of August 10, 1954, appointing Mr. José Núñez Iglesias as Ambassador of Spain to His Excellency the President of Ireland" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  12. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (12 September 1955). "Joint Decree of September 2, 1955, appointing Mr. José Núñez Iglesias as Under-Secretary for Foreign Economy" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  13. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (17 February 1958). "Decree of February 10, 1958 appointing Mr. José Núñez Iglesias, Second-Class Plenipotentiary Minister, to the position of Head of the Permanent Mission of Spain to the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  14. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (3 April 1965). "Decree 674/1965, of February 20, appointing Mr. José Núñez Iglesias as Ambassador of Spain to Luxembourg" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  15. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (21 November 1964). "Decree 3642/1964, of November 13, appointing Mr. José Núñez Iglesias as Ambassador of Spain in Brussels" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  16. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (3 August 1962). "Decree 1877/1962, of July 18, granting the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic to Don José Núñez Iglesias" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  17. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (29 July 1969). "Decree 1625/1969, of July 17, appointing Mr. José Núñez Iglesias as an Elective Councillor of the Council of State" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  18. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (17 April 1972). "Decree 901/1972, of April 13, which provides for the dismissal of Mr. José Núñez Iglesias as an Elective Councillor of the Council of State" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  19. ^ "ABC MADRID 12-12-1984 página 40 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
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