María Victoria González Román joined the Spanish Diplomatic Service in 1991. She has held diplomatic posts at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, mainly in multilateral and European affairs. Abroad, she has been posted to the Spanish Embassies in Libreville, La Paz, Brussels and Prague.
She has served as Ambassador for the Alliance of Civilizations, Minister-Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations in New York, and Vice-Chair of the First Committee of the United Nations (International Security and Disarmament).
She has also served as Spain’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Director General for Western Europe, Central Europe and South-Eastern Europe, and Ambassador of Spain to the Kingdom of Denmark.