| Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 30 November 1714 as "First Secretariat of State" |
| Jurisdiction | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Escudo_de_Espa%C3%B1a_(mazonado).svg){kind=small} Government of Spain |
| Headquarters | Plaza del Marqués de Salamanca, 8 (Madrid) |
| Annual budget | € 2.2 billion, 2023[1] |
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| Website | exteriores.gob.es |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (MAEUEC) is a department of the Government of Spain in charge of planning, managing, carrying out and evaluating the country's foreign and international cooperation for development policies, paying special attention to the ones in relation to the European Union and Ibero-America, as well as coordinating and supervising all actions done in this areas by the other Ministries and Public Administrations. Likewise, it is responsible for promoting international economic, cultural and scientific relationships, taking part in the proposal and application of the migration policy, promoting cross-border and interterritorial cooperation, protecting Spaniards abroad and preparing, negotiating and processing the international treaties which Spain is part of.[2]
The Foreign Ministry is the nationwide department who oversees the Foreign Action of the Spanish regions and other administrations as well as overseeing the Foreign Action of the constitutional bodies. In this sense, from the Ministry depends the State Foreign Service, the set of individuals, bodies and institutions with competence in foreign matters. The Foreign Service is composed for more than 215 diplomatic missions around the world, including embassies, consulates, and other facilities.[3] Not including the 48 cooperation units of the AECID and the 87 Cervantes Institute centers.
The MAEUEC, created in 1714, is headed by the Foreign Minister, who is appointed by the Monarch at request of the Prime Minister. The minister is assisted by five main officials, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of State for the European Union, the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, the Secretary of State for Ibero-America and the Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs. The current Foreign Minister is Mr. José Manuel Albares, former Spanish ambassador to France.
As of 2019, Spain had 215 diplomatic posts worldwide.[4] Of these, 115 were embassies, 89 consulates and 11 other types of diplomatic representations, not counting the 48 cooperation units of the AECID or the 87 centers of the Cervantes Institute.[4]
- ^ "MFA Budget 2023" (PDF). www.boe.es. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Royal Decree 1271/2018, of October 11, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation is developed". boe.es. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Global Diplomacy Index – Country Rank". globaldiplomacyindex.lowyinstitute.org/. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Global Diplomacy Index – Country Rank". globaldiplomacyindex.lowyinstitute.org/. Retrieved 28 August 2022.