Miguel Fuertes Suárez
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Miguel Fuertes Suárez (born 2 November 1951)[1] is a Spanish diplomat. He was the ambassador to Greece (2008–2012) and to Serbia (2015–2019).
Biography
[edit]Fuertes Suárez was born in Oviedo, Asturias. His mother Eloína Suárez (1922–2024) was the city's first female mayor in 1978, while his father Alfonso Fuertes (died 1959) was a professor of law.[2][3]
After graduating in law, Fuertes Suárez entered the diplomatic profession in 1978.[1] He was named the ambassador to Greece in 2008.[4] In July 2011, when Greece blocked a Spanish non-governmental organisation's flotilla of aid to the Gaza Strip, members of the group Rumbo a Gaza criticised Fuertes Suárez's alleged indifference to the situation and organised an occupation of the embassy in Athens.[5]
From 2012, Fuertes Suárez was the consul general in Naples, Italy. In March 2015, he was named ambassador to Serbia.[6] He shared the official Spanish position of non-recognition of the declaration of independence of Kosovo. Fuertes Suárez supported the accession of Serbia to the European Union.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Jorge Manuel Domecq, director general de Naciones Unidas en España" [Jorgue Manuel Domecq, director general of the United Nations in Spain]. La Voz de Cádiz (in Spanish). 2 August 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Blanco, Lucas (2 May 2024). "Fallece a los 101 años Eloína Suárez, única alcaldesa de la historia de Oviedo y mujer "muy luchadora y trabajadora"" [Eloína Suárez, only female mayor in the history of Oviedo and a "very hard-working and fighting" woman dies at 101]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Pérez, Marta (7 June 2015). "A Eloína Suárez le "tocó" ser alcaldesa" [Being mayor was "given" to Eloína Suárez]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "El asturiano Miguel Fuertes, nuevo embajador de España en Grecia" [Asturian Miguel Fuertes, new ambassador of Spain in Greece]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 2 August 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Los activistas de Rumbo a Gaza pasan la noche en la embajada de España en Atenas" [Rumbo a Gaza activists spend the night in the Spanish Embassy in Athens]. El País (in Spanish). 5 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "El ovetense Miguel Fuertes, nuevo embajador de España en Serbia" [Oviedo-born Miguel Fuertes, new ambassador of Spain in Serbia]. El Comercio. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Interview: H.E. Miguel Fuertes Suárez, Ambassador Of The Kingdom Of Spain To SerbiaSpain [sic] Should be More Present in Serbia". Belgrade Initiative for Digital Diplomacy. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2024.