Deputy Representative of Spain to the United Nations
Bio
Deputy Ambassador María Bassols was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain to the UN, New York, in April 2017. Previously she held the position of Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (2014-2017) and of Ambassador of Spain to Malaysia and Brunei (2011 - 2014). She was Chief of Staff of the Secretary General for Migration and Consular Affairs and Deputy Director General for Migration (2008- 2011) and amongst her extensive diplomatic experience she was posted to the Embassy of Spain in Washington D.C. (1993-1998) and to the Spanish Embassy in Warsaw (1988-1991).