Juan Antonio Martínez Varela (Minister of Defense of El Salvador)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Varela.
General of Aviation
Juan Antonio Martínez Varela
Juan Antonio Martínez Várela meets with Donald Rumsfeld in the Pentagon on March 30, 2001.jpg
Martínez Varela (left) and Donald Rumsfeld (right).
Minister of National Defense
In office
1 January 1999 – 1 January 2004
PresidentFrancisco Flores Pérez
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
BornEl Salvador
NationalitySalvadoran
Political partyIndependent
Alma materCaptain General Gerardo Barrios Military School
ProfessionMilitary
Signature
Military service
Allegiance El Salvador
Branch/serviceSalvadoran Air Force
Years of service1975–2004
RankDivisional General El Salvador General of Aviation[1]
Battles/warsSalvadoran Civil War

Juan Antonio Martínez Varela is a retired Salvadoran military officer who served as Minister of National Defense from 1999 until 2004.

Military career[]

Martínez Varela (right) and Donald Rumsfeld (left), 30 March 2001.

Juan Antonio Martínez Varela graduated from the Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School in December 2004 with the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Salvadoran Air Force.[2][3][4] He was trained to be a pilot and a flight instructor in Texas, United States, and in Israel.[2]

He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Salvadoran Air Force from June 1993 to June 1998.[2] He also served as the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces from June 1998 until June 1999.[2] On 1 June 1999, he was appointed as Minister of National Defense of El Salvador by President Francisco Flores Pérez and he served until 1 June 2004.[2][5]

Personal life[]

His father was Colonel who was the Director of the Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School from 1969 to 1971, served as Minister of the Interior of El Salvador during the presidency of Alfredo Cristiani, and signed the Chapultepec Peace Accords in 1992.[3][4][6]

Commands held[]

  • Commander of the Combat Wing[2]
  • Chief of Operations of the Air General Staff[2]
  • Commander of the Aeronautical Military Training Center[2]
  • Commander of the Second Air Brigade[2]

Awards and decorations[]

 El Salvador

  • Medal to the Combatant[2]

 Guatemala

References[]

  1. ^ Martínez Varela, Juan Antonio (31 December 2003), No. 078 (in Spanish), Ministry of National Defense
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "General Juan Antonio Martínez Varela". fas.gob.sv (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Fallece el Coronel Juan Antonio Martínez Varela, Exfuncionario de Gobierno y firmante de los Acuerdos de Paz" [Colonel Juan Antonio Martínez Varela, Former Government Official and Signatory of the Peace Accords, Dies]. ElSalvador.com (in Spanish). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Fallece Coronel Juan Antonio Martínez Varela, firmante de los Acuerdos de Paz" [Colonel Juan Antonio Martínez Varela, Signatory of the Peace Accords, Dies]. ContraPunto.com (in Spanish). 24 February 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Galeria Ex-directores" [Gallery of Ex-Directors]. Escuela Militar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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