This new legislature will be headed by the same minister of Spanish diplomacy, José Manuel Albares, but with a different team at the top of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Four current foreign ministers resignthree to Spanish embassies abroad and the fourth to a new Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Current Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Global Affairs Ángeles Moreno Bau will be Spain’s new ambassador to the United States, according to The Diplomat. At the same time, Juan Fernández Trigo, Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible for Latin America, the Caribbean and Spaniards in the World, will be in charge of the Spanish Embassy in Portugal. Pascual Navarro According to El Confidencial, the European Union Minister of Foreign Affairs will be the head of the mission in Berlin.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to approve the new appointments to this newspaper and they were referred to the Cabinet next Tuesday.
Minister of Foreign Affairs so far international cooperation, Pilar Cancela, is currently Secretary of State for Immigration. Replaced with: Eva Maria GranadosAfter passing through the Parliament of Catalonia, he was until now the spokesperson of the socialist group in the Senate.
New team for Gibraltar
There has also been a change in the Spanish negotiating team regarding Gibraltar. Diplomat Javier Benosa was removed from his post as head of the Gibraltar Affairs Office after publishing an article criticizing the government’s planned amnesty for Catalan independenceists. He was replaced by Jorge Notivoli, who until now was an advisor to the International team of the Presidency.