Consul General
Belén Alfaro Hernández is a career diplomat in the Spanish Foreign Office since 1991. She holds a law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid.
In recent years she has served as Ambassador of Spain to the State of Qatar from 2018 to 2022, Ambassador in Special Mission for the Alliance of Civilizations and for Interreligious Dialogue from 2011 to 2018, Counsellor and Minister Counselor at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the United Nations in New York from 2006 to 2011, and Deputy Chief of Mission in Pakistan and Afghanistan from 2002 to 2004. She has also been a Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union in Brussels from 1997 to 2002.
While serving in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, she has held various positions of responsibility such as Adviser for Mediterranean Affairs in the Directorate-General for Foreign Policy for the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa from 2004 to 2006; Senior Adviser in the Cabinet of the Secretariat of State for the European Union, Head of Service at the Office of Human Rights, and Deputy Chief of Coordination at the Department of State Protocol at the Presidency of the Government.
Most recently, from 2022 to 2025, she served as Senior Advisor for Preventive Diplomacy and Mediation in the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Global Affairs.
Currently, since August 1, 2025, Belén Alfaro serves as the Consul General of Spain in Miami for the states of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.