Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup

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]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lacalle and the second or maternal family name is 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
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Preceded byIgnacio Alfaro Arregui
Succeeded byÁngel Liberal Lucini (as Chief of the Defence Staff)
Personal details
Born
Álvaro de Lacalle Leloup

(1918-10-29)29 October 1918
Haro, Logroño (now La Rioja), Kingdom of Spain
Died1 September 2004(2004-09-01) (aged 85)
Madrid, Spain
Military service
Allegiance Nationalist Spain
 Nazi Germany
Branch/service Spanish Army
 German Army (Wehrmacht)
RankLieutenant general
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War
World War II

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
  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). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (14): 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). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (8): 577. 10 January 1984. ISSN 0212-033X.
  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.
  5. John Darnton (24 January 1984). "IN SPAIN, THE COUP CLOUDS DRIFT AWAY". New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  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). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (235): 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). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (217): 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). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (13): 1114. 16 January 1984. ISSN 0212-033X.


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