King Philip VI of Spain signed Decree No. 72/2022, according to which the Spanish Ambassador to Russia Marcos Gomez Martinez was appointed simultaneously as the Spanish Ambassador to Turkmenistan, the Spanish State Newspaper BOE reports.

Fernando Valderrama Pareja held this position previously.

Experienced Spanish diplomat Marcos Gomez Martinez headed the Embassy of the Kingdom in Russia in November 2021.

Marcos Gomez Martinez also served as the Spanish Ambassador to Colombia (2020-2021).

The diplomat speaks Russian and is a certified translator from the Russian language.