The Armed Forces Intelligence Center (, CIFAS) is a Spanish

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dependent of the Defense Staff (EMAD). It has the function of providing JEMAD, the Ministry of Defense and the

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with information on risk situations and crises from abroad. In his charge is a director with rank of

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. It is a unique and joint body of the

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in matters of

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, it controls the systems of intelligence and electronic warfare, maintaining the intelligence centers of the

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and

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, functional dependence on the CIFAS. Founded in 2004, it replaces the former Intelligence Division of the Defense Staff.

Functions

* Provide the Chiefs of Staff of the Armies with information for the development of their functions in peacetime missions. * Provide the Chief of Defense Staff (JEMAD) with the necessary military intelligence for the direction of operations and the design of the strategy. * Coordinate his task with the General Staff of Defense and its Headquarters. * To be a complementary military intelligence body of the National Intelligence Center, with whom it is coordinated through the ''Joint Military Intelligence Plan''. * Collaborate with the intelligence structures of the international organizations of which Spain is a part and with those of the Allied countries.

Directors

* Brigadier General Valentín Martínez Valero (2004–2008) (

) *

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Miguel Romero López (2008–2011) (

) *

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Juan Antonio Cuadrillero Pinilla (2011–2013) (

) * General of division Francisco José Gan Pampols (2013–2017) (Army) * General of division Francisco Rosaleny Pardo de Santayana (2017–2019) (Army) * General of division Antonio Romero Losada (2019–) (Army)

References

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