Detail of Most Recent Appointments/Duties performed:   2006: Promoted to Lieutenant General. Commander NATO Land Component Command - Madrid 2004: Promoted to Major General. Commander of the 3rd General Sub-inspection of the Army (Barcelona).             2002: General Commander of the AAA ESP Command. 2000: Promoted to Brigadier General. Director, Logistics Army School (Madrid) Peace Support Operations Tour of Duty.   1995-2000: Peace Support Operations Branch (MoD).   Main Courses attended:   -          Army Command and General Staff (Madrid). -          Defense Joint Staff (Madrid). -          International Affairs, Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE). -          Intelligence affaires (CESID). -          Two other technical courses related to Missile and Artillery matters, both in Spain and in the United States.     Decorations:   Cross of Knight; “Placa”, Knight Commander and Cross of the Royal Order of San Hermenegildo. Order of the Aeronautic Merit (Great Cross and Cross). Order of the Military Merit (One Great Cross and Four Crosses). Order of the Naval Merit (Cross). Romanian Land Forces Staff Emblem of Honour     Other data of interest:               Lecturer: -          Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE). -          Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional  (CESEDEN).