Joaquín Gutiérrez Cano (1920–2009) was a Spanish diplomat and politician who was a member of the FET y de las JONS.
El Mundo regards him as one of ten closest persons to Francisco Franco.
[2] Following graduation he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served in different diplomatic posts.
[3] In 1957 he was appointed president of the National Union of Fruits and Horticultural Products and in February 1961 he simultaneously served as deputy secretary for Economic Planning and secretary general of the National Union Economic Council.
[2] In the post-Franco period he involved in business and was named the representative of Spain at the World Bank.