Foreign Ministry won’t expand or reduce its 1,086 attachés and counsellors in Embassies and Consulates

The Diplomat The Embassies, Consulates General and Permanent Representations of Spain abroad currently have 1,086 attachés and counsellors of the different ministerial departments and there are no plans to expand or reduce them in the coming years. This was announced on 28 November by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to a written question formulated on 23 October by the People’s Parliamentary Group in Congress in which the Government was asked to provide an updated list of the attachés and counsellors of the different ministerial departments present in Embassies, Consulates General and Permanent Representations of Spain abroad, “indicating the country in which they are located from 2018 to 2024”. The People’s Party also asked the Foreign Ministry “what plans does the Government have to review, increase or reduce the number of attachés and advisors in the Embassies, Consulates General and Permanent Representations of Spain in the coming years”. In its response, the Ministry states that “there is no unified Government planning planned at this time to review, increase or reduce this number in the coming years”. “Each Ministry manages those that are under its area of competence”, it concludes.

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