Consuelo Femenía
María Consuelo Femenía Guardiola (Jávea, June 17, 1965) is a Spanish diplomat and ambassador. Currently she is posted as ambassador in the Netherlands.[1]
She has a master's degree in law from the University of Valencia. She entered the Spanish Diplomatic Service in 1992.
She was posted at the Spanish embassies in Russia, Nicaragua and the Netherlands. She was deputy representative of Spain before the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons[2] from 1999 to 2004. She worked as the Assistant Director for Cultural and Scientific Affairs[3] and Director for Development Aid in charge of all Spanish aid for Latin America and the Caribbean.[4] Afterwards she also worked as Ambassador-at-Large for the Arms Trade Treaty.[5] She was posted as Ambassador of Spain to Latvia from 2010 to 2014.[6] From 2015 to 2018 she was in charge of the development of the digital diplomacy network in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
Publications
[edit]- "En la era del diplomático anfibio" - The Diplomat, 24 octubre, 2016[7]
- "Digital diplomacy as a team work tester"[8]
- "La diplomacia española ante el reto digital"[9] - Reference book for Spanish MFA
Awards
[edit]- "Best Team Leader of the Year #2" - The State of Digital Diplomacy 2016[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain ('s-Gravenhage)". February 21, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons".
- ^ "BOE.es: Consultas. Documento". www.boe.es. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011.
- ^ "IV Seminario Unión Europea-América Latina". Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
- ^ "BOE.es: Consultas. Documento". www.boe.es. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011.
- ^ http://www.boe.es/aeboe/consultas/bases_datos/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2011-1166 [dead link]
- ^ Femenía Guardiola, Consuelo (October 23, 2016). "En la era del diplomático anfibio". The Diplomat in Spain (in Spanish). Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ Femenia Guardiola, Consuelo (May 31, 2016). "Digital diplomacy as a team work tester". Twiplomacy. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ Oficina de Información Diplomática España (2016). Femenía Guardiola, Consuelo; Manfredi Sánchez, Juan Luis (eds.). La diplomacia española ante el reto digital (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación. Centro de Publicaciones. ISBN 978-84-95265-72-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Ministers & Diplomats – Sodd16". Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2017.