Juan Manuel Montero Vázquez

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Juan Manuel Montero Vázquez
Born(1947-12-29)29 December 1947
Palencia, Spain
Died21 May 2012(2012-05-21) (aged 64)
Tel Aviv, Israel
AllegianceSpain
Service/branchSpanish Army
Years of service1972–2012
RankGeneral de División Médico
Commands heldSpanish medical corps

Juan Manuel Montero Vázquez (29 December 1947 – 21 May 2012) was a Spanish military who held the rank of a General de División Médico and served as the surgeon general of the Spanish armed medical service, called the Inspector General de Sanidad de la Defensa.

Montero was born in Palencia. He joined the army in the rank of a Teniente (MC) in 1972 and held several assignments at the Gómez Ulla Military Hospital.[1]

He was president of the Asociación Española de Endoscopia Digestiva.[2]

In May 2012, while participating a special NATO medical officials conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Montero Vázquez died suddenly of heart failure.[3] He was 64.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Referencia del Consejo de Ministros Archived 2009-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish).
  2. ^ "'In memorian' del general Juan Manuel Montero - Ministerio de Defensa de España". Spain. Ministry of Defense (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  3. ^ "Fallece el inspector general de Sanidad de la Defensa durante un viaje en Israel". El Mundo. Retrieved 21 May 2012.