Her Excellency Ambassador Maria Cristina Barrios Almazor

Born on May 26, 1946 in San Sebastian, Spain. In August 2010 she arrives in Miami, as Consul General of Spain in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. This is a prestigious appointment in the Spanish Foreign Service, because of the strong historic, cultural and economic ties between Spain and Florida. In February 2010 she was appointed as Ambassador-at-Large for the Reconstruction of Haiti. On March 16th of 2007 she was appointed as Ambassador-at-Large for Climate Change. On December 27th of 2002 she was appointed as the Ambassador of Spain in Mexico. In May 1998 she was posted as the Ambassador of Spain to the Kingdom of Sweden. Later, she was appointed as the Ambassador of Spain in Latvia. She was appointed in 1991 Ambassador General Director for Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid. Deputy Consul in Düsseldorf on April 20th, 1982. Admitted into the Diplomatic Career in 1979. She has a Master’s Degree in Philosophy, Literature and Arts and a Diploma on International Relations from the Diplomatic School of Spain.

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- Knight of the Royal and Most Distinguished Order of Carlos III (23/11/1982) - Distinguished Cross 1st class of the Order of S. Raimundo de Peñafort (09/07/1989).- Police Merit Cross with the White Emblem (09/12/1990) - Grand Cross (04/12/1992), Commander of number (06/23/1990), Commander (06/24/1985) and Lazo de Dama (05/01/1982) of the Order of Civil Merit. - Commander (06/24/1987) and Lazo de Dama (05/01/1982) of the Order of Isabel the Catholic. - Commander of the Order of Al-Istiqlal, Jordan. - Commander of the Order of the Aguila Azteca, Mexico. - Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau of the Netherlands. - Commander of the Order of the Liberator, Venezuela. - Officer of the Order of St. Olav, Norway. - Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. - Officer of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. - Officer of the Order of Mono, the Republic of Togo. - Officer of the National Order of Guinea Conakry. - Knight of the Legion of Honor, France. - Commander of the Order of Makarios III, the Republic of Cyprus. - Knight of the National Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Congo. - Order Gorka-Dakshina-Bahu, second class, in Nepal. - Order of the Crown, second class, in Thailand. - Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique, Portugal. - Commander of the National Order of Zaire. - Commander of the Royal Order of Victoria, the United Kingdom.

Decorations (partial list)- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. - Grand Officer of the Order of the Falcon, Iceland. - Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland. - Grand Officer of the Order of Uissam Alawite, Morocco. - Grand Officer of the Order of the Condor of the Andes in Bolivia. - Commander of the Order of Merit in May, Argentina. - Commander of the Order of Merit of Chile. - Commander of the Order of Merit of Paraguay. - Commander of the National Order of Merit of Ecuador. - Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile. - Grand Officer of the Order of the Republic of Tunisia. - Grand Officer of the Order of Cruzeiro do Sul, Brazil. - Order of the Silver Rose of Bulgaria. - Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold of Belgium.- Butterfly of the Order of the Precious Crown, Japan.- Grand Cross of Merit of Chile.- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Italy.- First Class Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Austria.- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Norway.- Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator of Argentina.- Band of the Order of Aguila Azteca, Mexico.- Order of Mabini, Dakilang Kamanong the Philippines.- Al-Istiqlal Order, First Class, Jordan.- Grand Cross of the Order of Antonio José de Irisarri, the Republic of Guatemala.- Grand Cross of the Order of San Carlos, Colombia.

Her Excellency Ambassador Maria Cristina Barrios Almazor