NATO Permanent Representative of Spain

Pablo Benavides Orgaz

2004 - 2008

Born in Madrid (Spain) on July 6, 1949.

1971	Law Degree, graduated in Business & Administration Studies (ICADE, Madrid).
1970-1973	Lecturer in Theory of the State and Constitutional Law, Faculty of Political Sciences (Madrid).
1976	Diplomatic School. Joins the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
1977-1979	Secretary, Embassy of Spain in Sweden.
1980-1981	Secretary, Embassy of Spain in Senegal.
1982	International Security and Disarmament Affairs, MFA.
1983	Deputy Director of the Private Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
1984	Deputy Chief of Mission, Spanish Delegation to the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (Stockholm).
1985-1986	Counsellor, Spanish Permanent Mission to the United Nations (New York).
1987-1989	Deputy Director General for European Political Co-operation, MFA.
1990	Deputy Political Director, MFA.
1991-1992	Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Libya.
1993-1995	Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Hungary.
1996	Advisor to the Undersecretary, MFA.
1997-2001	Spanish Deputy Permanent Representative, UNESCO.
2002-2004	Chairman of the Higher Council of Foreign Affairs, MFA.

Decorations

1987 Commander of the Order of Civil Merit.
1983 Officer of the Order of Isabel the Catholic.
1990 Commander of the Order of Isabel the Catholic.
Order of Trishakti-Patta of Nepal, Fourth Class.
Grand-Cross of the Order Francisco de Miranda, First Class, Republic of Venezuela.
Cross with the Star of the Order of Merit, Republic of Hungary.
Grand-Cross of the Order of Merit with Stars, Republic of Hungary.