Board of Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
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Junta de Jefes de Estado Mayor | |
Active | 1977–2005 |
Country | Spain |
Branch | Armed forces |
Type | Military staff |
Part of | Spanish Armed Forces |
Headquarters | Madrid |
Commanders | |
First President | Lieutenant General Carlos Fernández Vallespín |
Last President | Lieutenant General Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup |
Insignia | |
Abbreviation | JUJEM |
The Board of Joint Chiefs of Staff (Spanish: Junta de Jefes de Estado Mayor, JUJEM) was the highest joint military command body of the Spanish Armed Forces that operated between 1977 and 2005. The Board, subject to the political dependence of the Prime Minister, constituted the highest collegiate body of the chain of military command of Army, the Navy and the Air Force. The Board consisted of a president, selected from among lieutenant generals or admirals of the three branches of the Armed Forces, their chiefs of staff (Army, Navy and the Air Force) and a secretary. The president had to belong to the Group of Arms Command or Group "A" and was also chief of the Defence High Command, until the dissolution of this body in 1980. [1] The Board also had a General Headquarters, created in 1980 as a result of the dissolution of the Defence High Command, where the organs of aid to the command were integrated. Of the General Headquarters of the JUJEM they depended:
After its dissolution, the functions of the Board were assumed by the current Defence Staff.
The most important functions entrusted to the Board of Joint Chiefs of Staff were the following:
After 1984, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was the Chief of the Defence Staff.
† denotes people who died in office.
No. | Portrait | President of the JUJEM | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Commander-in-Chief | Ref. |
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1 | Carlos Fernández Vallespín (1913–1977) [lower-alpha 1] | Lieutenant General2 February 1977 | 28 April 1977 † | 85 days | Army | Juan Carlos I | [2] [3] | |
2 | Felipe Galarza Sánchez (1913–1994) [lower-alpha 1] | Lieutenant General23 July 1977 | 12 September 1978 | 1 year, 51 days | Air Force | Juan Carlos I | [4] [5] | |
3 | Ignacio Alfaro Arregui (1918–2000) [lower-alpha 2] | Lieutenant General12 September 1978 | 15 January 1982 | 3 years, 125 days | Air Force | Juan Carlos I | [6] [7] | |
4 | Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup (1918–2004) | Lieutenant General15 January 1982 | 9 January 1984 | 1 year, 359 days | Army | Juan Carlos I | [8] |
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