The Diplomat
The new president of Argentina, Javier Milei, has chosen the diplomat Roberto Bosch, as the new ambassador of that country in Spain, to fill the vacancy left by Ricardo Alfonsín, who resigned after being replaced at the Casa Rosada, as The Diplomat learned.
Roberto Bosch is, since Alfonsín’s departure, chargé d’affaires at the Embassy, a responsibility that he has assumed as Minister Counselor in the diplomatic representation, where he has been ‘number two’ since April 2022.
In the Argentine media, it has attracted attention that Milei has chosen a diplomat to take charge of the Embassy to a very important country in relations with Argentina, such as Spain, and to which previous presidents sent ‘political’ ambassadors, that is, not belonging to the Diplomatic Career. Thus, the last three ambassadors were Carlos Bettini, Ramón Puerta and the aforementioned Ricardo Alfonsín, none of them diplomats.
In any case, Bosch is considered a man far from the Peronist approaches that have governed Argentina in recent years. He was chief of Staff of Mauricio Macri’s former Foreign Minister, Jorge Faurie, and has also been ambassador to the Philippines.
Likewise, during his career he has been stationed several times in Brazil, and also in Geneva, and was director of Economic and Commercial Affairs of Mercosur at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Graduated in Political Science and Specialized in Social Doctrine of the Church at the Argentine Catholic University, Roberto Bosch will have before him the task of promoting bilateral relations between the two countries, something that may have its difficulties, given the coldness with which the Government of Pedro Sánchez received Milei’s victory in the presidential elections.
However, the fact that he has been in Madrid for almost two years is a positive element, since it provides him with knowledge about the Spanish Government, which can be very useful in his work. One of the first tasks will be the preparation of a possible visit by Milei to Spain, for which there is no date, but which, sooner or later, will have to occur, given the economic and historical ties that exist between the two countries.
