| José Atilio Benítez Parada | |
| Office: | Minister of National Defense |
| Predecessor: | David Munguía Payés |
| Successor: | David Munguía Payés |
| Office2: | Ambassador of El Salvador to Spain |
| Predecessor2: | Edgardo Carlos Suárez Mallagray |
| Successor2: | Jorge Alberto Palencia Mena[1] |
| Office3: | Ambassador of El Salvador to Germany |
| Predecessor3: | Leandro Uzquiano Arriaza |
| Birth Date: | 21 June 1958 |
| Birth Place: | San Miguel, El Salvador |
José Atilio Benítez Parada (born June 21, 1958) is Salvadoran General, ambassador and former Minister of Defense of El Salvador.
In 1992 he was Military attaché in Madrid, Bonn, Paris and London.
In the second half of 2007 he was artillery colonel and commander of Cuscatlan IX in Building 1 Camp Delta, in Wasit, Iraq.
In 2009 he was Inspector of the Armed Forces of El Salvador.
On Mauricio Funes named David Victoriano Munguía Payés as Minister of National Defense and José Atilio Benitez Parada as deputy defense minister.
From to 2013 José Atilio Benítez Parada was Minister of Defense of El Salvador in the cabinet of Mauricio Funes.
From to he was ambassador in Madrid.
Since, he has served as ambassador in Berlin with accreditation in Warsaw, Prague and Ankara.[2] [3] [4]