Juan Pablo García-Berdoy

Juan Pablo García-Berdoy (born 9 March 1961) is a Spanish diplomat and lawyer who currently serves as Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union. Previously he has served as ambassador of Spain to Romania, Moldova and Germany, as well as director-general in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Juan Pablo García-Berdoy

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Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union
Assumed office
3 December 2016
Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy (2016-2018)
Pedro Sánchez (2018-)
Preceded byAlfonso Dastis
Ambassador of Spain to Germany
In office
10 March 2012 – 3 December 2016
Preceded byRafael Dezcallar
Succeeded byMaría Victoria Morera
Ambassador of Spain to Romania
In office
15 January 2005 – 4 March 2009
Preceded byJesús Atienza Serna
Succeeded byEstanislao de Grandes Pascual
Ambassador of Spain to Moldova
In office
26 June 2005 – 4 March 2009
Preceded byJesús Atienza Serna
Succeeded byEstanislao de Grandes Pascual
Personal details
Born
Juan Pablo García-Berdoy y Cerezo

(1961-03-09) 9 March 1961
Madrid, Spain

Biography

García Berdoy was born in the City of Madrid in 1961. He has a degree in law and speak five languages: Spanish, English, French, German and Romanian. He is married and he has two children.[1]

He started his diplomatic career in May 1987 when he was appointed Technical Advisor to the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Fernández Ordóñez. In 1988 he was appointed Consul of Spain to Manila, being appointed Technical Advisor again in 1990. A few months later, he was appointed Technical Advisor for the Relations of Spain with the Central and Eastern European countries.

From December 1991 to January 1996, García-Berdoy was Advisor to the Ambassador of Spain to Germany being in charge of european affairs. During this period, he was also a relevant member of the Directorate for European Affairs of the German Foreign Ministry and member of the Presidency of the Reflection Group for the reform of the Maastricht Treaty. In 1996, he was appointed Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for the European Union and in 2000 he was appointed Chief of Staff to the President of the Congress of Deputies. Between 2002 and 2004, he served as Director-General for Foreign Policy for Europe in the Foreign Ministry.[2]

He assumed the office of ambassador for the first time in January 2005 when he was appointed Ambassador of Spain to Romania and in June he was appointed also Ambassador of Spain to Moldova. He left this positions in 2009[3] to found the Aspen Institute Spain.[2]

In March 2012, prime minister Mariano Rajoy appointed him Ambassador of Spain to Germany[4] and in December 2016 he was appointed Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union when Alfonso Dastis was appointed Foreign Minister.[5]

References
  1. "Juan Pablo García-Berdoy's Curriculum Vitae" (PDF).
  2. "Juan Pablo García-Berdoy Cerezo". transparencia.gob.es. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  3. "Estanislao de Grandes sustituye a García-Berdoy como embajador en Rumanía". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  4. Redacción. "El Gobierno nombra embajadores en Alemania y Brasil a Juan Pablo García-Berdoy y a Manuel de la Cámara Hermoso". España Exterior (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  5. "El Gobierno nombra al diplomático Jorge Toledo secretario de Estado para la UE". telecinco (in Spanish). 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
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