The Diplomat
The new US ambassador to Spain, Julissa Reynoso, will take up her post in mid-January, after the Senate confirmed her in the post on 17 January.
Julissa Reynoso, who was nominated by Joe Biden at the end of July, had to go through the process of appearing before the Senate in October, where some Republican senators expressed their reservations about her, considering her too benevolent towards the Cuban regime.
Now, after her ratification, she will have to take up her appointment at the US Secretary of State’s office and prepare for her and her family’s arrival in Madrid, which is not expected to take place until after the Christmas holidays.
For almost a year now, following the departure of the previous ambassador, Richard Duke Buchan, at the beginning of January, the embassy has been headed by the Minister Counsellor, Conrad Tribble, as Chargé d’Affaires.
Once she arrives in Spain, Reynoso will have to present her Style Copies to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will allow her to carry out activities in our country, while waiting to be summoned to present her Letters of Credence to the King, in order to be fully accredited as Ambassador of the United States.
Julisa Reynoso, 46, emigrated from the Dominican Republic to the United States at the age of 7, and was educated at Harvard, Cambridge (UK) and Columbia. At 37, she became the youngest US ambassador in the history of the United States and is the first woman to head the US embassy in Spain.
