Marcos Alonso Alonso
Marcos Alonso Alonso | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union | |
| Assumed office July 21, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Pablo García-Berdoy |
| Ambassador of Spain to Albania | |
| In office September 23, 2020 – July 21, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Vicente Canelles Montero |
| Succeeded by | Álvaro Renedo Zalba |
| Director of the Department for European Affairs and G20 | |
| In office June 23, 2018 – January 28, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | María Aurora Mejía Errasquín |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) Gijón, Spain |
Marcos Alonso Alonso (born in 1970) is a Spanish diplomat who currently serves as Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union since 2021.
Career
Alonso was born in Gijón, Asturias, in 1970. He graduated in law by the University of Oviedo and in Politics by the University of Toulouse.[1] He also completed a NATO Defense College course for generals, officers and ambassadors.[2] He joined the diplomatic career in 1999,[3] and his first assignment was the Technical Cabinet of the Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs.[4]
As a diplomat, Alonso has been posted in the Spanish missions to the European Union, NATO, Council of Europe and the United Nations. He has also served as consul in Havana and has been attached, as national expert, to the Secretariat of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs.[5] At the central services of the Foreign Ministry, Alonso has served as Deputy Director-General for Foreign Relations and Trade Affairs of the European Union and as Assistant Deputy Director-General for Justice and Interior Affairs of the European Union.[6]
In June 2018, prime minister Pedro Sánchez appointed him as advisor in his cabinet, responsible for the Department for European Affairs and G20.[1] He served in that position until January 2020.
In September 2020, he was appointed as Ambassador of Spain to Albania[7] and, in July 2021, he was assigned to the Spanish Representation to the European Union as Ambassador Permanent Representative (Head of Mission).[8] During his term, he coordinated the works of the 2023 Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.[9]
References
- ^ a b P, L. (2018-07-03). "El gijonés Marcos Alonso, nuevo director de Asuntos Europeos". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ^ "Marcos Alonso Alonso". Real Instituto Elcano (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ^ "Resolución de 25 de octubre de 1999, de la Subsecretaría, por la que se publica la relación de aspirantes que han aprobado la fase de oposición de las pruebas selectivas para ingreso en la Carrera Diplomática, convocadas por Orden de 29 de marzo de 1999". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ^ "Resolución de 9 de junio de 2000, de la Secretaría de Estado para la Administración Pública, por la que se nombran funcionarios de carrera de la Carrera Diplomática". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ^ tejedor, susana d (2021-07-22). "El gijonés Marcos Alonso, nuevo Embajador Permanente de España ante la UE". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ^ "Marcos Alonso Alonso". transparencia.gob.es. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ^ Press, Europa (2020-09-22). "Exteriores nombra a Marcos Alonso como embajador de España en Albania". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ^ Alarcón, Nacho (2021-07-21). "El nuevo ministro de Exteriores remodela el cuartel general de España en la UE de cara a 2023". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ^ Castaño, Pablo (2023-05-10). "El papel clave durante la presidencia española de la UE, confiado al gijonés Marcos Alonso". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-09-29.