From 1599 to 1603,
Baltasar de Zúñiga was ambassador of
Philip III of Spain to the court of
Isabella Clara Eugenia and
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria at the
Palace of Coudenberg (today
Brussels Park). Until the
referendum on Spain's membership in NATO, the ambassador in Brussels represented the Spanish Government before the
North Atlantic Council and President of the Spanish mission before the
European Atomic Energy Community. On 28 October 1965,
José Núñez Iglesias was replaced by
Alberto Ullastres Calvo as President of the Spanish mission to the
European Common Market. The ambassador is appointed to the
Council of Ministers, they direct the work of all the offices that depend on the embassy, based in
Brussels. Likewise, it informs the Spanish Government about the evolution of events in Belgium, negotiates on behalf of Spain, can sign or ratify agreements, observes the development of bilateral relations in all fields and ensures the protection of Spanish interests and its citizens in Belgium. The current ambassador is
Alberto Antón Cortés, who was appointed by
Pedro Sánchez's government on 27 September 2022. ==List of ambassadors==