Curriculum Vitae
PARDO CUERDO, Mr. José Luis
Date of birth: August 22, 1967, in Segovia
Date of starting service at Ministry of Foreign Affairs: December 7, 1993
Current rank: Third-Class Minister Plenipotentiary
Academic qualifications: Law Degree, University of Salamanca
CAREER POSTS
- 01/01/1994 – Head of Service, Directorate-General for Community Institutional Legal Coordination
- 06/03/1995 – Head of Service, Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Europe
- 01/05/1995 – Technical Advisor, Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Europe
- 20/04/1996 – Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Spain in Tripoli
- 16/04/1999 – Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Spain in Amman
- 10/04/2002 – Counsellor, Embassy of Spain in Berlin
- 21/07/2005 – Advisory Member, Sub-Directorate General for General Affairs of the European Union
- 28/02/2006 – Advisory Member, Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for Asia and the Pacific
- 02/07/2007 – Deputy Director-General for General Affairs, Directorate-General for Integration and Coordination of General and Economic Affairs of the European Union
- 01/11/2012 – Deputy Director-General for External Relations and Trade Affairs of the European Union
- 10/01/2014 – Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Niger
- 22/07/2017 – Ambassador-Special Mission- for Migration Affairs
- 03/08/2022 – Ambassador of Spain to Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam
AWARDS
Spanish:
- Commander of the Order of Civil Merit (December 6, 2011)
- Knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (June 24, 1998)
- Officer of the Order of Civil Merit (June 23, 2001)
Foreign:
- Commander of the Order of Merit of Niger
OTHER
- Degree in Art History (UNED)
- Diploma of Advanced European Studies, College of Europe (Bruges)
- Doctoral studies in International Law, Complutense University