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{{Short description|Spanish politician, engineer and ambassador}}
{{Expand Spanish|José María de Areilza|topic=gov|date=March 2009}}
{{family name hatnote|de Areilza|Martínez-Rodas|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    =  [[The Most Excellent]]
| name         = The Count of Motrico
| image        = José María de Areilza (1976).jpg
| caption      = de Areilza in 1976
| birth_date   = {{birth date|df=y|1909|8|3}}
| birth_place  = [[Portugalete]], Spain
| death_date   = {{death date and age|df=y|1998|2|22|1909|8|3}}
| death_place  = [[Madrid]], Spain
| nationality  = [[Spanish people|Spanish]]
| office1      = President of the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]]
| term_start1  = 1981
| term_end1    = 1983
| predecessor1 = [[Hans de Koster]]
| successor1   = [[Karl Ahrens]]
| office2      = [[Congress of Deputies|Deputy of the General Courts]]<br/>For [[Madrid]]
| term_start2  = 1979
| term_end2    = 1982
| office3      = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
| term_start3  = 11 December 1975
| term_end3    = 7 July 1976
| predecessor3 = [[Pedro Cortina Mauri]]
| successor3   = [[Marcelino Oreja]]
| office4      = Ambassador of Spain in [[France]]
| term_start4  = 1960
| term_end4    = 1964
| predecessor4 = [[José Rojas Moreno]]
| successor4   = [[Carlos Miranda y Quartín]]
| office5      = Ambassador of Spain in the [[United States]]
| term_start5  = 1954
| term_end5    = 1960
| predecessor5 = [[José Félix de Lequerica y Erquiza]]
| successor5   = [[Mariano de Yturralde y Orbegoso]]
| office6      = Ambassador of Spain in the [[Argentine Republic]]
| term_start6  = 1947
| term_end6    = 1950
| predecessor6 = [[José Muñoz de Vargas]]
| successor6   = [[Manuel Aznar Zubigaray]]
| office7      = Major of [[Bilbao]]
| term_start7  = June 1937
| term_end7    = February 1938
| predecessor7 = [[Ernesto Ercoera]]
| successor7   = [[José María González de Careaga y Urquijo]]
| office8      = Seat ''G'' of the [[Real Academia Española]]
| term_start8  = 10 December 1987
| term_end8    = 22 February 1998
| predecessor8   = [[Manuel Díez-Alegría]]
| successor8     = [[José Hierro]]{{efn|Hierro was elected for the position in 1999 but never took the seat}}
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| occupation   = [[Politician]]
| profession   = [[Lawyer]]
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'''José María de Areilza y Martínez-Rodas''', '''Count of Motrico''' (3 August 1909, in [[Portugalete]], [[Biscay|Vizcaya]] – 22 February 1998, in [[Madrid]]) was a Spanish [[politician]], engineer and ambassador.
During the Spanish civil war he became Mayor of the city of [[Bilbao]] in 1938. Between 1947 and 1964 he served as Spanish Ambassador to [[Buenos Aires]], [[Washington DC]] and [[Paris]]. In 1964 he resigned from his office and was asked by the King in exile to lead the monarchist opposition to general Franco, as Secretary General of his Private Council. Between 1975 and 1976 he was the first Foreign Affairs Minister of the new King [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]. In 1976, along with [[Pío Cabanillas Gallas|Pío Cabanillas]] he founded the short-lived [[People's Party (Spain, 1976)|People's Party]], which later became part of the [[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD]], although he left after disagreements with [[Adolfo Suárez González|Adolfo Suárez]]. In 1979 he was elected to the [[Congress of Deputies]] for [[Madrid (Spanish Congress Electoral District)|Madrid district]] for the [[Coalición Democrática]]. In 1981 he became President of the Assembly of the Council of Europe and in 1997 he was elected member of the Spanish Royal Academy. He wrote over 3000 newspaper articles and 12 books. His wife died in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=José María de Areilza - letra G|url=https://www.rae.es/academico/jose-maria-de-areilza|website=[[Real Academia Española]]|access-date=27 May 2023|language=es}}</ref>
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[[Category:Mayors of Bilbao]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Spain to Argentina]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Spain to France]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Spain to the United States]]
[[Category:Politicians from the Basque Country (autonomous community)]]
[[Category:Members of the Royal Spanish Academy]]
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