The Inter-American Defense College (IADC) is the educational entity of the Inter-American Defense Board, an independent entity of the

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. The College states that faculty, staff and student body are international, and that broad international participation provides an exceptional opportunity for the free exchange of ideas and forms a foundation for better inter-American understanding. The IADC holds a permanent license from the District of Columbia Higher Education Licensing Commission (DC-HELC) and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Alumni

*General

Otto Pérez Molina Otto Fernando Pérez Molina (born December 1, 1950) is a Guatemalan politician and retired general who served as the 48th president of Guatemala from 2012 to 2015. Standing as the Patriotic Party (''Partido Patriota'') candidate, he lost the ...

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(Ret), Former President of Guatemala *

Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2014 to 2018, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency. She was re-elected in December ...

, who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 2018-2022. She is a former

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, Minister of National Defense, Minister of Health of Chile, and head of

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Lucio Gutiérrez Lucio Edwin Gutiérrez Borbúa (born 23 March 1957) is an Ecuadorian politician and former military officer who served as the 43rd president of Ecuador from 2003 until his impeachment in 2005. In 2023, he was elected to the National Assembly. ...

, former

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, former Mayor of Quito and General of the

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during the Alto Cenepa War, current congressman * Daniel Delgado Diamante, former Minister of Government and Justice of Panama *Almirante

Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza (20 September 1942 – 4 November 2020) was an admiral in the Mexican Navy. Career Born in Veracruz, Veracruz, Saynez enrolled in the Navy on 22 January 1959 and graduated as a cadet of the Heroic Naval Acade ...

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, Secretary of the Navy (Mexico) *General Jorge Daniel Castro Castro, Director, Colombian National Police *General de División Ronaldo Cecilio Leiva, Minister of Defense of Guatemala *Major General William A. Navas, Jr.,

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(Ret), former

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and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs *Major General Alfred Valenzuela,

(Ret), Author of "No Greater Love: The Life and Times of Hispanic Soldiers" *Major General Antonio J. Vicens,

, Adjutant General of the Puerto Rico National Guard *Brigadier General Antonio J. Ramos,

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(Ret) *Major General Efrain Vasquez Velazco. Venezuelan Army. (Ret), former Commander of the Venezuelan Army *Major General William J. Walker, current (38th) Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives and former Commanding General of the

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References

Military academies Organization of American States Universities and colleges established in 1962 1962 establishments in Washington, D.C. {{Mil-stub