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Admiral general ranks immediately above admiral and is equivalent to a General of the Army and a General of the Air. There is not equivalent in the Civil Guard or in the Spanish Navy Marines; in both cases the top rank is Lieutenant general. The rank was created in 1999 to adapt Spain's military ranks to better correspond with those of NATO. [1]
Admiral-General Luis Carrero Blanco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis kaˈreɾo ˈβlaŋko]; 4 March 1904 – 20 December 1973) was a Spanish Navy officer and politician.A long-time confidant and right-hand man of dictator Francisco Franco, Carrero served as Prime Minister of Spain.
Admiral general (Spain) Ignacio María de Álava; Alfonso Jofré Tenorio; Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquess of Valdueza; García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio; Ramón Auñón y Villalón; Antonio Azarola y Gresillón; Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas
Chief of the defense Staff: Admiral General Teodoro E. López Calderón. The Chiefs of Staff of the branches: Chief of Staff of the Army: Army General Amador Fernando Enseñat y Berea. Chief of Staff of the Navy: Admiral General Antonio Martorell Lacave. Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force: Air and Space General Francisco Braco Carbó.
Spanish Navy Headquarters. The Chief of Staff of the Navy or Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy (AJEMA) is the highest-ranking military officer of the Spanish Navy that, under the authority of the Defence Minister, exercises command over the naval branch and, as such, is the principal military advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Minister of Defence, the Secretary of State for ...
On June 9, 1810 is constituted for the first time in Spain the Body of General Staff, separated completely from the other Armies branches, following their top officials different military careers. General Blake was its first Chief. Once the War of Independence was over, by Royal Order of June 27, 1814, Ferdinand VII suppressed the General Staff ...
At the head of the Navy is an Almirante general (a four-star rank reserved for the Chief of the Spanish Navy and the Chief of the Spanish Armed Forces, when the latter position is held by a naval officer), denominated AJEMA or Admiral Chief of the General Staff of the Navy (Almirante Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada).
The killing was not condemned and was, in some cases, even welcomed by the Spanish opposition in exile. According to Laura Desfor Edles, professor of sociology at California State University, Northridge, some analysts consider the assassination of Carrero Blanco to be the only thing the ETA have ever done to "further the cause of Spanish democracy". [5]