Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup

General
Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup
General Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup
	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 [es] (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 Eastern Front;

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

References

^ ^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.

Military offices
Preceded by Ignacio Alfaro Arregui	President of the Board of Joint Chiefs of Staff 15 January 1982 – 9 January 1984	Succeeded by Ángel Liberal Lucini as Chief of the Defence Staff

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[abc-1] Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup. Madrid: ABC. 12 September 2004. p. 49.

[2] "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.

[3] "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.

[nyt1-4] 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.

[nyt2-5] John Darnton (24 January 1984). "IN SPAIN, THE COUP CLOUDS DRIFT AWAY". New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[diario16-6] El general Lacalle, economista y culto (in Spanish). Diario 16. 16 January 1982.

[7] "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.

[8] "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.

[9] "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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