Ángel Liberal Lucini
Spanish military officer (1921–2006) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ángel Liberal Lucini (19 September 1921 – 2 October 2006) was a soldier and admiral in the Spanish Military who became the first Chief of the Defence Staff (JEMAD) during its creation, an office he held from January 1984 to October 1986.
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Ángel Liberal Lucini | |
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Chief of Defence | |
In office 11 January 1984 – 31 October 1986 | |
Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
Prime Minister | Felipe González |
Minister | Narcís Serra (as Defence minister) |
Succeeded by | Air Lieutenant General Gonzalo Puigcerver Romá |
Personal details | |
Born | (1921-09-19)19 September 1921 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Died | 2 October 2006(2006-10-02) (aged 85) Ruber Clinic, Madrid, Spain |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Spain |
Branch/service | Spanish Navy |
Years of service | 1938– 1986 |
Rank | Admiral General (1999) |
Unit | JEMAD |
Commands | Chief of Defence Staff |
Lucini was born 19 September 1921 in Barcelona. His father, an infantry commander and vice to the captain-general of Valladolid in 1936, was the first victim of Spanish Civil War.
Lucini enrolled in the Naval Academy Cádiz in 1938 at the age of 16-17 and graduated in 1942. He graduated very young and at the age of 23 commands his first ships Torpedo boat LT 25 in 1945, Arcila 1949 and the Alcalá Galiano in 1962. Angel Liberal has never participate in the civil war during his services in the Navy, he was onetime, in commands of 17 ships in the Bodyguard Command, a reports says he has never arrest anyone during his commands that was in 1976 as rear admiral.
Lucini earned a diploma in Naval warfare at Naval War College of which he also did served as the college deputy director, head of studies and instruction of the Military Naval School in 1961, he was naval attaché at the Embassy of Spain in United States.[1]