Álvaro de Maldonado y de Liñán

Spanish diplomat and 2nd Count of Galiana (1890–1963)

Álvaro de Maldonado Liñán, 2nd Count of Galiana (1890–1963)[1][2] was a Spanish diplomat known for being the Spanish minister in China from 1941 to 1943. He served as the consul general in Shanghai (the holder of that office also doubled as Spain's minister plenipotentiary to China) accredited to the Reorganized National Government of China under Wang Jingwei, a Japanese puppet state. He replaced Pedro de Igual y Martinez-Daban, the consul until 1940, as the latter was more pro-Chiang Kai-shek and Maldonado was considered to be more aligned with Axis policies. However, he himself got into some conflict with some businessmen so he was replaced in 1943 with José González de Gregorio, the former commercial consul in Beijing who had been accredited to Manchukuo.[3][4] Maldonado retired in 1960.[5]

References

  1. ^ Granden und titulierter Adel von Spanien (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ MALDONADO Y FERNÁNDEZ DEL TORCO, José (1912-1991) (in Spanish). Carlos III University, Madrid.
  3. ^ Ruis-Castillo, Carlos Garcia (25 February 2009). Los fondos de las representaciones diplomáticas y consulares de España en China conservados en el Archivo General de la Administración: su contexto (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ New Spanish Consul-General and his wife The North China Herald, 19 March 1941
  5. ^ Decreto 2312/1960, de 1 de diciembre, por el que se declara jubilado al Ministro Plenipotenciario de segunda clase don Alvaro de Maldonado y Liñán, Conde de Galiana. (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Pedro de Igual y Martinez-Daban
 Spanish Minister Plenipotentiary to China
(Nanjing regime)
1941–1943 		Succeeded by
José González de Gregorio
(chargé d'affaires)