Máximo Cajal López

Máximo Cajal López (Madrid, February 17, 1935 - Ibid, April 3, 2014) was a Spanish lawyer, writer and diplomat.

Biography

Son of Mercedes López Pader and Máximo Cajal Sarasa. He graduated in law, entered the diplomatic career in 1963 and left in 1965 as secretary of Embassy. During his 35 years of career he held numerous positions. In 1978 he was appointed General Director of the Diplomatic Information Office (OID). He was subsequently ambassador to Guatemala, and survived the slaughter in the Spanish Legation, which had been occupied by a group of Quichés indigenous people, accompanied by students members of the Robin García Student Front of the guerrilla army of the poor and subsequently burned during the occupation (January 31, 1980). The sentence issued by the Guatemalan Court in January 2015 was responsible for the Matanza of the Embassy to the security forces of the dictatorship of Lucas García, " that there is no living " They were the orders given by Pedro García Arredondo, Lieutenant Colonel and head of the Six Command declared by a court of greatest risk. In such an event 39 people died, including occupants, former officials who were in the mission at the invitation of the ambassador himself, employees of the Embassy and Managers of the Guatemalan Institute of Hispanic Culture.

Between 1991 and 1994 he was undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain.

After his return, he was an ambassador of Spain in NATO, in Sweden, and in France (1994-1996) and, Consul General of Spain in New York (1981-1983), and Lisbon, in addition to occupying various positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the governments of Felipe González. As Secretary General of Foreign Policy was the Chief Negotiator in the renegotiation of the 1988 Hispanic-American Agreement by which the American Torrejón base was closed.

PSOE militant, in 2010 he was appointed ambassador of Spain in France, although he was a personal representative of the president of the Government of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, for the Alliance of Civilizations.

His figure was controversial. Upon his return from Guatemala, he was accused of the Guatemalan dictatorship of Communist and having organized the occupation of the Spanish Legation. To such campaign Spanish conservative media joined.

After the publication of his book Ceuta and Melilla, Olivenza and Gibraltar. Where does Spain end? So much that a twenty -year transitory regime would be introduced for Melilla and the possible assignment of Ceuta would be frozen until the return of Gibraltar by Great Britain), the authorities of the autonomous cities, conservative and politician media of the Popular Party criticized him hard < Supp> [ required appointment ]

. Before such criticisms, PSOE sources declared that Máximo Cajal, who was participating in the elaboration of the Socialist Electoral Program, had been " section " of the party.

Works

• 1999 Know who set fire there! Massacre at the Embassy of Spain in Guatemala. Editorial SidiHarth Metha.
• 2003, Ceuta and Melilla, Olivenza and Gibraltar. Where does Spain end?(Editorial Century)XXI). ISBN 84-323-1138-3