<h6><strong>Eduardo González</strong></h6> <h4><strong>The current Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations in Vienna, Jorge Skinner-Klée Arenales, will present his Credentials to King Felipe VI this Friday, September 12, as his country's new ambassador to Spain, the first since May 2023.</strong></h4> Born in 1957 in Guatemala City, married with five children, Jorge Skinner-Klée Arenales has served as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (2019-2023), Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York (2016-2019), Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and Head of Mission to the European Union (2012-2016), Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (2008-2012), Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York (2004-2008), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2004), ambassador to Honduras (2003-2004), ambassador to Belize (2000-2003), ambassador to Canada (1998-2000), and ambassador to Germany (1993-1998). Skinner-Klée holds a bachelor's degree in law and social studies from the Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala, a master's degree from Columbia University in New York, and a diploma in international relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. He speaks English, German, and Spanish. Jorge Skinner-Klée Arenales will fill a position that had been vacant since May 2023, when Mónica Bolaños left the post to be appointed ambassador to Ecuador. Bolaños is Guatemala's current Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under President Bernardo Arévalo de León, having held the position since January 2024. He also served as Guatemala's ambassador to Spain between 1995 and 1996. Since then, Minister-Counselor Marlene Reynoso had served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, pending the post being filled. Bernardo Arévalo made an official visit to Spain in February 2024, during which he met with the King and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
