Antonio de Oyarzabal

Antonio de Oyarzabal y Marchesi (born 12 October 1935) is a Spanish diplomat and politician.

[1] Antonio's father, Ignacio de Oyarzabal, was a diplomat and his parents were killed during World War II when a train they were traveling in was hit by a German bomb.

He attended Institut Le Rosey in Rolle, Switzerland followed by the University of Madrid Law School.

From 1974 to 1976, he served in the cabinet of the José Maldonado González, the last president of the Spanish Republican government in Exile.

[1] On 28 August 1996, he was appointed Ambassador of Spain to the United States during the presidency of Bill Clinton, succeeding Jaime de Ojeda y Eiseley.