Jaime Alfonsín
Jaime Alfonsín | |
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| Private Secretary to the King | |
| In office 23 June 2014 – 19 February 2024 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Preceded by | Rafael Spottorno |
| Succeeded by | Camilo Villarino |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1956 Lugo, Spain |
| Spouse | Natalia Uranga |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Madrid |
| Profession | State lawyer, courtier |
Jaime Alfonsín Alfonso (born 18 August 1956) is a Spanish state lawyer. Alfonsín served King Felipe VI for 30 years, first as Private Secretary to the Prince of Asturias from 1995 to 2014 and later as Private Secretary to the King from 2014 to 2024.
Biography
[edit]Jaime Alfonsín Alfonso was born in Lugo in 1956.[1] He graduated in law by the Autonomous University of Madrid in 1978, with the extraordinary prize of his promotion.[2]
In 1980, he joined the State Lawyers Corps. He started to work in the provincial offices of the Spanish Treasury of Teruel and Cuenca, and later worked for the Ministry of the Presidency, the Supreme Court and in the Legal Service of the European Commission.[2]
On 10 September 1982, he was appointed Director-General for Cooperation with Regional Regimes by Luis Cosculluela, minister for Territorial Administration.[3] He was dismissed in late 1982, when Cosculluela left the ministerial office.[2]
From 1984 to 1992, he has secretary-general and chief of the legal service of Barclays and, from 1992 to 1995, he worked as a lawyer in the Uría Menéndez law firm.[2]
In December 1995, he joined the Royal Household and served as Private Secretary to the Prince of Asturias, Felipe.[2] During this time, he supervised José Manuel de Zuleta y Alejandro, 14th duke of Abrantes, who served, unofficially, as private secretary to Princess Letizia.
When Felipe ascended the throne in June 2014, Alfonsín and Zuleta were promoted to private secretaries of the monarchs. Alfonsín was appointed as Head of the Royal Household.[4]
Alfonsín has also been a professor of European Union Law at ICADE and was a professor of Tax Law at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
In January 2024, the Royal Household announced that Alfonsin would be replaced by diplomat Camilo Villarino as Head of the Royal Household and that he would be named private counselor of the King.[5] Later, he was awarded with the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III[6] and was appointed honorary member of the Board of Trustees of the Princess of Asturias Foundation.[7]
On 14 October 2024, he was elected a Academic of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. His candidacy was endorsed by academics Miguel Herrero y Rodríguez de Miñón —one of the fathers of the 1978 Spanish Constitution—, Santiago Muñoz Machado —director of the Royal Spanish Academy— and María Emilia Casas —president emeritus of the Constitutional Court—.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Alfonsín is married to Natalia Uranga, a lawyer that he met at the Uría Méndez law firm. They have two daughters.[1]
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Barrientos, Paloma (2021-08-21). "Jaime Alfonsín, el hombre de confianza de Felipe VI, a las puertas de la jubilación". vanitatis.elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ a b c d e "Inicio - Área de Prensa - D. Jaime". www.casareal.es. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ "Jaime Alfonsín, la discreta y fiel sombra de Don Felipe". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ Galaz, Mábel (2014-06-23). "Felipe VI nombra a Jaime Alfonsín nuevo jefe de la Casa del Rey". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ "Felipe VI elige a Camilo Villarino jefe de la Casa del Rey". EFE Noticias (in European Spanish). 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ "El Rey distingue a Jaime Alfonsín con la Gran Cruz de Carlos III". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ Confidencial, Monarquía (2024-03-13). "Jaime Alfonsín, miembro de honor del Patronato Princesa de Asturias". Monarquía Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ Martínez, Marta (2024-10-15). "Jaime Alfonsín, nuevo académico de Ciencias Morales y Políticas". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
- ^ Ministry of Defence (3 January 2004). "Real Decreto 1856/2003, de 26 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz del Mérito Naval, con distintivo blanco, a don Jaime Alfonsín Alfonso". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ^ "Acuerdo por el que se otorga la Condecoración de la Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca a veintiocho ciudadanos del Reino de España". www.dof.gob.mx. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2023.