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Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup | |
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.jpg) Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup in 1982 | |
| President of the Board of Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| In office 15 January 1982 – 9 January 1984 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Preceded by | Ignacio Alfaro Arregui |
| Succeeded by | Ángel Liberal Lucini (as Chief of the Defence Staff) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup 29 October 1918 Haro, Logroño (now La Rioja), Kingdom of Spain |
| Died | 1 September 2004 (aged 85) Madrid, Spain |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nationalist Spain Nazi Germany |
| Branch/service |  Spanish Army German Army (Wehrmacht) |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Battles/wars | Spanish Civil War World War II |
Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup (29 October 1918 – 1 September 2004) was a Spanish military officer who served as President of the Board of Joint Chiefs of Staff (Junta de Jefes de Estado Mayor, JUJEM) between 1982 and 1984, i.e., chief of staff of the Spanish Armed Forces at the time.[1][2][3][4][5]
During the Spanish Civil War, Lacalle was a Carlist Requeté combatant for the Nationalist faction. During World War II, he was one of the volunteers of the so-called Blue Division (Spanish: División Azul, German: Blaue Division), or the 250th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht; the division was sent to the Eastern Front by the Francoist regime to fight alongside Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union.[6][4]
Awards[edit]
- Grand Cross (with White Decoration) of Naval Merit (1962)[7]
- Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild (1975)[8]
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1984)[9]
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of St. Gregory the Great (1984)[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup. Madrid: ABC. 12 September 2004. p. 49.
- ^ "Real Decreto 49/1982, de 15 de enero, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Junta de Jefes de Estado Mayor al Teniente General del Ejército de Tierra don Alvaro de Lacalle Leloup" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (14). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 1014. 16 January 1982. ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ "Real Decreto 39/1984, de 9 de enero, por el que se dispone el cese como Presidente de la Junta de Jefes de Estado Mayor del Teniente General del Ejército don Alvaro de Lacalle Leloup" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (8). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 577. 10 January 1984. ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ a b Milt Freudenheim and William C. Rhoden (17 January 1982). "The World in Summary; Spain Pulls Off Military Shakeup". New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ John Darnton (24 January 1984). "IN SPAIN, THE COUP CLOUDS DRIFT AWAY". New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ El general Lacalle, economista y culto (in Spanish). Diario 16. 16 January 1982.
- ^ "Decreto 2396/1962, de 1 de octubre, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz del Mérito Naval, con distintivo blanco, a don Alvaro de Lacalle Leloup" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (235). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 13818. 1 October 1962. ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ "Decreto 2143/1975, de 6 de agosto, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo al General de Brigada de Artillería don Alvaro de Lacalle Leloup" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (217). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 19196–19197. 10 September 1975. ISSN 0212-033X.
- ^ "Real Decreto 70/1984, de 11 de enero, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica a don Alvaro de Lacalle Leloup" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (13). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 1114. 16 January 1984. ISSN 0212-033X.
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