Máximo Cajal López
Máximo Cajal López (February 17, 1935 – April 3, 2014) was a Spanish diplomat and ambassador.
López was born in Madrid. He was the Spanish ambassador to Guatemala in 1980 and was one of the two survivors of the burning of the Spanish Embassy (the other being Guatemalan lawyer Mario Aguirre Godoy).[1] He was also ambassador to Sweden and France as well as Permanent Representative of Spain to NATO.[2]
He was also the special representative of the Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, in the Alliance of Civilizations.
He died on April 3, 2014, in Madrid.[3]
Works
- Cajal, Máximo (1999). ¡Saber quién puso fuego allí!. Masacre en la embajada de España en Guatemala. SidiHarth Metha.
- Cajal, Máximo (2003). ¡Ceuta y Melilla, Olivenza y Gibraltar. ¿Dónde acaba España?. Siglo XXI. ISBN 84-323-1138-3.
References
- ^ "GUATEMALA: Outright Murder". Time. 11 February 1980. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008.
- ^ "Máximo Cajal presents his book "Sueños y pesadillas. Memorias de un diplomático"". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain). 2010-09-14. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ Fallece el diplomático Máximo Cajal (in Spanish)
External links
- Short biography at the FRIDE site
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