Honorific Prefix: | General |
Felipe Galarza Sánchez | |
Office: | President of the Board of Joint Chiefs of Staff |
Term Start: | 23 July 1977 |
Term End: | 12 September 1978 |
Predecessor: | Carlos Fernández Vallespín |
Successor: | Ignacio Alfaro Arregui |
Office2: | Chief of the Defence High Command |
Monarch2: | Juan Carlos I |
Term Start2: | 23 July 1977 |
Term End2: | 12 September 1978 |
Predecessor2: | Carlos Fernández Vallespín |
Successor2: | Ignacio Alfaro Arregui |
Birth Name: | Felipe Galarza Sánchez |
Birth Date: | 3 March 1913 |
Birth Place: | Gijón, Asturias, Kingdom of Spain |
Death Place: | Spain |
Rank: | Lieutenant general |
Felipe Galarza Sánchez (3 March 1913 – 3 May 1994) was a Spanish military officer who served as Chief of the Defence High Command Spanish; Castilian: (Alto Estado Mayor, AEM), and as President of the Board of Joint Chiefs of Staff Spanish; Castilian: (Junta de Jefes de Estado Mayor, JUJEM) between 1977 and 1978. The offices he held made him chief of staff of the Spanish Armed Forces at the time.[1] [2] [3]