Jaime Alfonsín

The Most Excellent
Jaime Alfonsín
The Most Excellent Jaime Alfonsín
Private Secretary to the King
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 June 2014
Monarch	Felipe VI
Preceded by	Rafael Spottorno
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 who currently serves as Private Secretary to the King since 2014, when Felipe VI ascended the throne. Before this, he served as Private Secretary to the Prince of Asturias from 1995 to 2014.

Biography

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.

Personal life

Alfonsín is married to Natalia Uranga, a lawyer that he met at the Uría Méndez law firm. They have two daughters.[1]

Honours

Grand Cross of Naval Merit (2004).[5]
Sash of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (2015).[6]

References

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.
"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.
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.

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[:0-1] 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.

[:1-2] "Inicio - Área de Prensa - D. Jaime". www.casareal.es. Retrieved 2023-08-27.

[3] "Jaime Alfonsín, la discreta y fiel sombra de Don Felipe". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2023-08-27.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] "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.