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Fernando Alejandre Martínez
Fernando Alejandre Martínez (born 1956) is a Spanish Army retired officer. A General of the Army (Spain), General of the Army, he served as the 10th Chief of the Defence Staff (Spain), Chief of the Defence Staff from 24 March 2017 to 15 January 2020, being succeeded by air general Miguel Ángel Villarroya. Career Alejandre Martínez was born in 1956 in Madrid. He obtained the rank of lieutenant of engineers in 1979. On 24 March 2017 he was promoted to General of the Army (Spain), General of the Army. He began his military career by serving in the Mixed Battalion of Parachute Engineers of the Army. He was at the head of the Company of Paratroopers. In 1991, he was among the liaison officers deployed to Incirlik's Turkish base to organize the deployment of a Spanish contingent who provided humanitarian aid in northern Iraq during the Gulf War. He returned to the Parachute Brigade, before moving to the Army War School (at that time School of General Staff) to teach tactics. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
