Chief of the Joint Defence Staff

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Chief of the Joint Defence Staff
Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa
Coat of Arms of the Spanish Defence Staff-EMAD.svg
Coat of Arms of the Defence Staff
Incumbent
Lieutenant general
Fernando García González-Valerio
since 5 August 2020
Ministry of Defence
Spanish Defence Staff
Style The Most Excellent
StatusHighest-ranking military officer for the assistance and support to the JEMAD
AbbreviationJEMACON
Member of Defence Staff
Joint Defence Staff
Reports to Chief of the Defence Staff
Seat Vitruvio Street, Madrid
Nominator Minister of Defence
After being discussed in the Council of Ministers
Appointer Monarch
Countersigned by the Minister of Defence
Term length No fixed term
Constituting instrumentBasic Criteria of National Defence and Military Organization Act of 1984
FormationJanuary 11, 1984
First holder Divisional general Miguel Iñiguez del Moral

The Chief of the Joint Defence Staff (JEMACON) is a high-ranking military officer. The JEMACON is the closest assistant and advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff and it is appointed by the Monarch at the request of the Minister of Defence.

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To carry out its duties of assistance and advise, the JEMACON leads the Joint Defence Staff (EMACON), a military body integrated in the Defence Staff and formed by all the military personnel necessary to support the JEMAD in its duties. [1]

The office of Chief of the Joint Defence Staff was created in 1984 along with the Chief of the Defence Staff position. [2] Since 5 August 2020, the current and 18th JEMACON is Lieutenant general Fernando García González-Valerio. [3]

Joint Defence Staff

The JEMACON leads the Joint Defence Staff, the main advisory and assistance body to the Chief of the Defence Staff. The EMACON is integrated by: [4]

List of Chiefs

No.RankNameStartEndBranchRefs.
1º Divisional General Miguel Iñiguez del Moral28 January 198411 April 1985 Emblem of the Spanish Army.svg [5]
2ºDivisional GeneralJosé Pardo de Santayana y Coloma11 April 198525 November 1986 Emblem of the Spanish Army.svg [6]
3º Vice admiral Gonzalo Rodríguez Martín-Granizo 25 November 198629 December 1987 Emblem of the Spanish Navy.svg [7]
4ºVice admiralPedro Regalado Aznar29 December 19875 June 1990 Emblem of the Spanish Navy.svg [8]
5ºDivisional GeneralJosé Antonio Romero Alés5 June 19903 July 1992 Emblem of the Spanish Army.svg [9]
6ºDivisional GeneralJavier Pardo de Santayana y Coloma3 July 199224 February 1993 Emblem of the Spanish Army.svg [10] [11]
7ºDivisional GeneralSantiago Valderas Cañestro24 February 199315 July 1994 Rokiski.svg [12]
8ºDivisional GeneralEnrique Richard Marín15 July 199427 December 1995 Emblem of the Spanish Army.svg [13]
9ºVice admiralAntonio Moreno Barberá27 December 19953 July 1997 Emblem of the Spanish Navy.svg [14]
10ºDivisional GeneralJuan Narro Romero3 July 199724 November 1998 Emblem of the Spanish Army.svg [15]
11ºVice admiralRafael Lorenzo Montero24 November 199817 February 2001 Emblem of the Spanish Navy.svg [16]
12ºDivisional GeneralJuan Luis Ibarreta Manella17 February 200114 January 2004 Rokiski.svg [17]
13ºDivisional GeneralJoaquín Tamarit Navas14 January 200431 July 2004 Emblem of the Spanish Army.svg [18]
14ºVice admiralJosé María Terán Elices31 July 200418 October 2008 Emblem of the Spanish Navy.svg [19]
15º Lieutenant general José Luis López Rose 18 October 200823 June 2012 Emblem of the Spanish Army.svg [20]
16ºDivisional GeneralJuan Antonio Carrasco Juan23 June 201224 June 2017 Rokiski.svg [21] [22]
17º Admiral Francisco Javier González-Huix Fernández 24 June 20175 August 2020 Emblem of the Spanish Navy.svg [23]
18ºLieutenant general Fernando García González-Valerio 5 August 2020Incumbent Emblem of the Spanish Army.svg [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Royal Decree 872/2014, of October 10, which establishes the basic organization of the Armed Forces". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  2. ↑ "Royal Decree 135/1984, of January 25, which restructures the Ministry of Defence". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  3. 1 2 "Real Decreto 763/2020, de 4 de agosto, por el que se nombra Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa al Teniente General del Cuerpo General del Ejército de Tierra don Fernando García González-Valerio". boe.es. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Order of the Defence Minister 166/2015, of January 21, which develops the basic organization of the Armed Forces". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  5. ↑ "Real Decreto 112/1984, de 25 de enero, por el que se nombra Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa al General de División del Ejército don Miguel Iñiguez del Moral". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Real Decreto 473/1985, de 9 de abril, por el que se nombra Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa al General de División del Ejército don José Pardo de Santayana y Coloma". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Orden de 21 November 1986 por la que se nombra Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa al Vicealmirante don Gonzalo Rodríguez Martín-Granizo". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Orden de 28 December 1987 por la que se nombra Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa al Vicealmirante don Pedro Regalado Aznar". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Orden de 4 June 1990 por la que se dispone el nombramiento del General de División del Ejército de Tierra don José Antonio Romero Alés como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Orden de 30 June 1992 por la que se dispone el nombramiento del General de División del Cuerpo General de las Armas del Ejército de Tierra don Javier Pardo de Santayana y Coloma, como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Orden de 19 February 1993 por la que se dispone el cese del General de División del Cuerpo General de las Armas del Ejército de Tierra don Javier Pardo de Santayana y Coloma como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Orden de 19 February 1993 por la que se dispone el nombramiento del General de División del Cuerpo General del Ejército del Aire don Santiago Valderas Cañestro como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Orden de 5 July 1994 por la que se dispone el nombramiento del General de División del Cuerpo General del Ejército del Aire don Enrique Richard Marín como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Orden 430/39273/1995, de 26 de diciembre, por la que se dispone el nombramiento del Vicealmirante del Cuerpo General de la Armada don Antonio Moreno barbera como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Orden 430/38753/1997, de 30 de junio, por la que se dispone el nombramiento del General de División del Cuerpo General de las Armas del Ejército de Tierra don Juan Narro Romero como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "Orden 430/38976/1998, de 23 de noviembre, por la que se nombra Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa al Vicealmirante del Cuerpo General de la Armada don Rafael Lorenzo Montero". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Orden 430/38047/2001, de 13 de febrero, por la que se dispone el nombramiento del General de División del Cuerpo General del Ejército del Aire don Juan Luis Ibarreta Manella como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "Orden DEF/8/2004, de 13 de enero, por la que se dispone el nombramiento del General de División del Cuerpo General de las Armas del Ejército de Tierra don Joaquín Tamarit Navas como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  19. ↑ "Orden DEF/2581/2004, de 30 de julio, por la que se dispone el nombramiento del Vicealmirante del Cuerpo General de la Armada don José María Terán Elices como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  20. ↑ "Chacón cambia a los jefes del Estado Mayor y el espionaje militar". El País (in Spanish). 18 October 2008. ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  21. ↑ "Real Decreto 967/2012, de 22 de junio, por el que se nombra Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa al General de División del Cuerpo General del Ejército del Aire don Juan Antonio Carrasco Juan". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  22. ↑ "Real Decreto 672/2017, de 23 de junio, por el que se dispone el cese del Teniente General del Cuerpo General del Ejército del Aire don Juan Antonio Carrasco Juan como Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de la Defensa". boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  23. ↑ Infodefensa.com (2017-06-26). "El almirante González-Huix es nombrado jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto - Noticias Infodefensa España". Infodefensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-31.
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