About: Álvaro de Maldonado y de Liñán

Álvaro de Maldonado Liñán, 2nd Count of Galiana (1890–1963) was a Spanish diplomat known for being the Spanish minister in China from 1941 to 1943. He served as the consul general in Shanghai (the holder of that office also doubled as Spain's minister plenipotentiary to China) accredited to the Reorganized National Government of China under Wang Jingwei, a Japanese puppet state. He replaced , the consul until 1940, as the latter was more pro-Chiang Kai-shek and Maldonado was considered to be more aligned with Axis policies. However, he himself got into some conflict with some businessmen so he was replaced in 1943 with , the former commercial consul in Beijing who had been accredited to Manchukuo. Maldonado retired in 1960.