Born on 2nd May 1965, Juan José Sanz Aparicio joined the Spanish Diplomatic Corps in 1995, initially serving as Head of the Ceremonial Service at the General Directorate of Protocol, Chancery and Orders and legal advisor in the International Legal Department of the Spanish MFA from October 1995, before becoming Technical Advisor to the MFA’s International Legal Department in January 1996.
His first foreign postings were as Deputy Head of Mission at the Spanish Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe (from April 1998) and (from October 2002) Consul of Spain in Agadir, Morocco. After serving as Cultural and Cooperation Counsellor at the Spanish Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, he was appointed Deputy Director General of Justice and Internal Affairs in November 2007 and Deputy Director General of the Gibraltar Affairs Office in October 2008.
Following postings as Consul General of Spain in Frankfurt, Germany, and Deputy Head of Mission at the Spanish Embassy in Prague, Czechia, he was appointed Head of Area for Balkan Countries in August 2020… Ambassador Sanz Aparicio is married and, in addition to his native Spanish, speaks French, English and German.
