Antonio de Oyarzabal

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

Early life Antonio was born on 12 October 1935. 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. His family is of Basque origin,

Ambassadorships From 1981 to 1983, he served as the Ambassador of Spain to Ecuador in Quito. From 1990 to 1994, he was the Ambassador of Spain to Japan in Tokyo. From 1994 to 1996, he served as the Ambassador of Spain to Denmark in Copenhagen. In 2003, during a visit to the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado, he was quoted as saying "I think that to be a diplomat is a privilege, and I take it as such."

Later career He later served as the president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Foundation and vice president of the Elcano Royal Institute, Spain’s leading international relations think-tank. Beatrice, who attended Miss Hewitt's School in Manhattan, the Potomac School in Washington, and graduated from Marymount School of Barcelona (and studied at the University of Madrid) is the daughter of Italian born actress Francesca Braggiotti Lodge and John Davis Lodge, an actor who became the governor of Connecticut and the U.S. Ambassador to Spain, and the sister of Lily de Pourtales Lodge. She was presented to Queen Elizabeth II in April 1957. The Lodge's owned a home along the Costa del Sol in Marbella, Spain.