José Luís Herrero Ansola

Ambassador José Luís Herrero Ansola has long experience in the areas of political affairs, civil affairs, human rights and media, including with the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, the UN Spokesman’s Office in Geneva, the UN Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda, the UN Civilian Mission in Haiti and Amnesty International’s Secretariat in London. He has also served as Director General of FRIDE, an independent Madrid-based research institute focusing on peace and security, democratization, development and human rights. Ambassador Herrero holds a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Master’s of Arts in political science and sociology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.