About the Ambassador

Belén Martínez Carbonell is the EU Ambassador designate to Mexico and takes up duties on 1 November 2026.

Prior to this posting she was the Secretary-General of the European Union’s External Action Service (EEAS) since February 2025.

Before she held several positions in the EEAS:  Managing Director in the EEAS, responsible for Global Agenda and Multilateral Relations September 2021- January 2025; Director for Human Resources of the EEAS from April 2018 until August 2021. Earlier on she was the Head of Policy Coordination Division in the EEAS in charge of preparations of Foreign Affairs Councils for the HRVP among other tasks. 

Belén Martínez Carbonell had also worked in various functions related to external relations at the EEAS and the European Commission, including as Head of Division for Andean Countries, Member of Cabinet of the Trade Commissioner, Member of Cabinet of the Commissioner for External Relations, Political Counsellor at the EU Delegation to the US.

Belén Martínez Carbonell holds an MA in International Relations of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and an MA in European Studies from the College of Europe. She is originally from Spain.