José Héctor Vázquez

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José Héctor Vázquez
Birth nameJosé Héctor Vázquez
Born(1903-07-02)July 2, 1903
Seville
DiedJune 11, 1977(1977-06-11) (aged 73)
Madrid
Allegiance Nationalist Spain
Service/branchSpanish Army
Years of service1919–1973
RankLieutenant general
Commands heldCanary Islands
Battles/warsRif War
Spanish Civil War
Ifni War
AwardsMedalla Militar Individual.PNG Military Medal
Other workGovernor-General of Spanish Sahara (1958)

José Héctor Vázquez (Seville, 2 July 1903 – Madrid, 11 June 1977) was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator, governor-general of Spanish Sahara.

Biography[]

In 1919 he entered the  [es], and in 1922 he was assigned as an ensign to the Hunters Regiment "Alfonso XIII". In 1923 he was promoted to lieutenant and took part in the Rif War, assigned to the Hunters Regiment "Alcántara" Nº 14 in Melilla; the unit was rebuilt after the Disaster of Annual. From there he joined the Mehal·la Khalifiana and in 1925 distinguished himself in the occupation of , for which he was awarded the Military Medal. Promoted to captain, he was appointed riding teacher and in 1927 assigned to Seville.

He was part of the Spanish Olympic equestrian team. The Spanish coup of July 1936 surprised him in Berlin, as he was going to take part in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He returned to Spain and joined the Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War, placing himself under the command of  [es] in Pamplona. At the end of the Civil War he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed professor at the  [es]. In 1949 he was promoted to colonel and in 1953 to brigadier general, when he was entrusted with the command of the Mixed Cavalry Brigade of Morocco.[1]

In 1958, recently promoted to major general, he was assigned to the Ifni War, where he was appointed Governor-General of Spanish Sahara. In this capacity he was responsible for the agreement with the French general  [fr] that allowed the expulsion of the rebels from the Moroccan Army of Liberation.[2][3]

In January 1962 he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed Captain General of the Canary Islands, a position he held until July 1969. In 1973 he moved to the reserve. He died in Madrid in 1977.

References[]

  1. ^ Canales Torres & del Rey Vicente 2010, pp. 269–270.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) La caballería llega al Sáhara, Diario de Avisos
  3. ^ (in Spanish) REGIMIENTO DE CAZADORES DE ALCÁNTARA 14º DE CABALLERÍA

Bibliography[]

  • Canales Torres, Carlos; del Rey Vicente, Miguel (2010). Breve Historia de la guerra de Ifni-Sahara (in Spanish). Ediciones Nowtilus S.L. p. 288. ISBN 978-8497639729.
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