| Fidel Dávila Arrondo | |
| Office: | President of the Technical State Junta |
| Term Start: | 3 October 1936 |
| Term End: | 3 June 1937 |
| Predecessor: | Miguel Cabanellas |
| Successor: | Francisco Gómez-Jordana |
| Birth Name: | Fidel Dávila Arrondo Gil y Arija |
| Birth Date: | 24 April 1878 |
| Birth Place: | Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain |
| Death Place: | Madrid, Francoist Spain |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Party: | Falange |
| Profession: | Military |
| Office2: | Minister of National Defense of Francoist Spain |
| Predecessor2: | Indalecio Prieto (as Minister of National Defense of the Spanish Republic) |
| Termend2: | 9 August 1939 |
| Termstart2: | 31 January 1938 |
| Successor2: | Position abolished (spilt on Army, Navy and Air Force) |
| 1Blankname2: | Caudillo |
| 1Namedata2: | Francisco Franco |
| Office3: | Minister of the Army of Spain |
| Termstart3: | 20 July 1945 |
| Termend3: | 19 July 1951 |
| 1Blankname3: | Caudillo |
| 1Namedata3: | Francisco Franco |
| Predecessor3: | Carlos Asensio Cabanillas |
| Successor3: | Agustín Muñoz Grandes |
| 2Blankname3: | Prime Minister |
| 2Namedata3: | Francisco Franco |
| 2Blankname2: | Prime Minister |
| 2Namedata2: | Francisco Franco |
| Office4: | Chief of Staff of the Army of Francoist Spain |
| Termstart4: | 2 October 1936 |
| Termend4: | 30 September 1939 |
| Predecessor4: | Toribio Martínez Cabrera (as Chief of Staff of the Army of Spanish Republic) |
| Successor4: | Carlos Martínez de Campos y Serrano |
| 1Blankname4: | Caudillo |
| 2Blankname4: | Prime Minister |
| 3Blankname4: | Minister of National Defense |
| 1Namedata4: | Francisco Franco |
| 2Namedata4: | Francisco Franco |
| 3Namedata4: | Himself |
| Office5: | Chief of the Defence High Command of Spain |
| 1Blankname5: | Generalísimo |
| 2Blankname5: | Prime Minister |
| 2Namedata5: | Francisco Franco |
| 1Namedata5: | Francisco Franco |
| Predecessor5: | Francisco Martín-Moreno |
| Successor5: | Luis Orgaz Yoldi |
| Termstart5: | 5 May 1941 |
| Termend5: | 20 July 1945 |
| 1Blankname: | Caudillo |
| 1Namedata: | Francisco Franco |
Fidel Dávila Arrondo, 1st Marquess of Dávila (24 April 1878 – 22 March 1962) was a Spanish Army officer during the Spanish Civil War.
Born in Barcelona, as an infantry officer, he fought in Cuba during the Spanish–American War and received the Cruz del Mérito Militar. He later entered the General Staff of the Army. He was then promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned to Spanish Morocco. In 1929 he was promoted to brigadier general and was assigned to the VII Military district.
During the military reforms of Prime Minister Manuel Azaña, he solicited permission to go into the reserves and settled down in Burgos, from where he participated in the military conspiracy to overthrow the Popular Front government. On the night of the July 18–19, 1936 he seized the civil government of Burgos. He was a member of the Junta de Defensa Nacional and president of the Junta Técnica del Estado, the core of the future national government, as well as chief of staff of the Army. He participated in the War in the North resulting in the conquest of Biscay, Cantabria, and Asturias.
He was named minister of National Defense in the first government of Francisco Franco (February 1938), at the same time he was promoted to lieutenant general. He organized the Aragon Offensive[1] campaign to isolate Catalonia and participated in the campaign of the Maestrazgo, the Battle of the Ebro and the Catalonia Offensive resulting in the final conquest of that region.[2] In August 1939 he received the post of captain-general of the II Military district and the headquarters of the general staff. In July 1945 he was designated minister of the Army and in 1949 he was named head of the government. In 1951 he was part of the Council of the Kingdom and president of the Geographic Superior Council. He died in Madrid in 1962.