The Ambassador

April 27, 2026

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 Me​rit (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




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