Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina)

The Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces (Spanish: El jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas) is the professional head of the Argentine Armed Forces. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Argentine military. It is the highest rank military position in the country.

Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas
Incumbent General Juan Martín Paleo since 27 February 2020
Ministry of Defense
Abbreviation	JEMCFFAA
Member of	Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces
Reports to	Minister of Defense
Formation	29 January 1949
First holder	Víctor Jaime Majó

The current JEMCFFAA is General Juan Martín Paleo. He was appointed by President Alberto Fernández on 27 February 2020, by Decree 178/2020.[1]

List

There have been a number of officers serving as the JEMCFFAA:[2]

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Lieutenant colonel Víctor Jaime Majó (1881–1959)	29 January 1949	1 October 1950	1 year, 245 days	Argentine Army
2		Brigadier Major Aristóbulo Reyes	6 October 1950	22 December 1952	2 years, 77 days	Argentine Air Force
3		Rear admiral Carlos Garzoni	23 December 1952	31 December 1954	2 years, 8 days	Argentine Navy
4		Division General Ánjel Juan Manni	1 January 1955	8 October 1955	280 days	Argentine Army
5		Division General Benjamín Rattenbach (1898–1984)	20 December 1955	17 October 1956	302 days	Argentine Army
6		Brigadier General Francisco A. Imaz (1906–1993)	18 October 1956	6 December 1956	49 days	Argentine Army
7		Brigadier General Heriberto Ahrens (1908–1994)	6 December 1956	29 May 1958	1 year, 174 days	Argentine Air Force
8		Rear admiral Vicente Baroja	24 July 1958	23 July 1959	364 days	Argentine Navy
9		Brigadier General Juan Bautista Picca	1 August 1959	20 January 1963	3 years, 172 days	Argentine Army
10		Brigadier Major Carlos Bertoglio	21 January 1963	31 December 1965	2 years, 344 days	Argentine Air Force
11		Captain Carlos Guido Coda	31 December 1965	11 December 1966	345 days	Argentine Navy
12		Vice Admiral Jorge Alberto Boffi	28 December 1966	22 December 1967	359 days	Argentine Navy
13		Division General José Jaime Toscano	22 December 1967	13 November 1969	1 year, 326 days	Argentine Army
14		Brigadier Major Ricardo Salas	15 December 1969	16 December 1970	1 year, 1 day	Argentine Air Force
15		Brigadier Major Ezequiel Martínez (1924–2019)	1 March 1971	1 October 1971	214 days	Argentine Air Force
16		Rear admiral Hermes Quijada (1920–1973)	22 December 1971	3 November 1972	317 days	Argentine Navy
17		Brigadier Osvaldo Cacciatore (1924–2007)	3 November 1972	19 February 1973	108 days	Argentine Air Force
18		Vice Admiral Carlos Álvarez (1924–2003)	19 February 1973	12 June 1973	113 days	Argentine Navy
19		Rear admiral Pablo Arati	12 June 1973	7 December 1973	178 days	Argentine Navy
20		Division General Luis Betti	27 December 1973	29 December 1974	1 year, 2 days	Argentine Army
21		Division General Ernesto Della Croce	30 December 1974	21 May 1975	142 days	Argentine Army
22		Brigadier General Jorge Rafael Videla (1925–2013)	4 July 1975	27 August 1975	54 days	Argentine Army
23		Brigadier General Eduardo Betti	9 September 1975	18 January 1976	131 days	Argentine Army
24		Vice Admiral Justo Guillermo Padilla	19 January 1976	22 February 1977	1 year, 34 days	Argentine Navy
25		Rear Admiral Julio Antonio Torti	23 February 1977	15 December 1977	295 days	Argentine Navy
26		Rear Admiral Pablo Osvaldo Apella	15 December 1977	24 January 1979	1 year, 40 days	Argentine Navy
27		Brigadier José María Romero	25 January 1979	31 December 1979	341 days	Argentine Air Force
28		Division General Horacio Tomás Liendo (1924–2007)	2 January 1980	29 March 1981	1 year, 86 days	Argentine Army
29		Division General Llamil Reston (1926–2019)	30 March 1981	10 December 1981	255 days	Argentine Army
30		Vice Admiral Leopoldo Suárez del Cerro (1928–2003)	10 December 1981	9 September 1982	273 days	Argentine Navy
30		Rear Admiral Carlos Büsser (1928–2012)	20 September 1982	15 December 1983	1 year, 86 days	Argentine Navy
31		Lieutenant General Julio Fernández Torres (1928–2014)	16 December 1983	7 March 1985	1 year, 81 days	Argentine Army
32		Brigadier General Teodoro Waldner (1927–2014)	8 March 1985	11 July 1989	4 years, 125 days	Argentine Air Force
33		Admiral Emilio José Osses	12 July 1989	23 August 1992	3 years, 42 days	Argentine Navy
34		Brigadier General Andrés Antonietti	1 September 1992	30 November 1992	90 days	Argentine Air Force
35		Lieutenant General Mario Cándido Díaz (1933–2001)	30 November 1992	23 October 1996	3 years, 328 days	Argentine Army
36		Admiral Jorge Enrico (born 1940)	23 October 1996	27 August 1997	308 days	Argentine Navy
37		Lieutenant General Carlos María Zabala (1939–2008)	27 August 1997	9 December 1999	2 years, 104 days	Argentine Army
38		Lieutenant General Juan Carlos Mugnolo (1939–2013)	9 December 1999	20 May 2003	3 years, 162 days	Argentine Army
39		Brigadier General Jorge Chevalier (born 1946)	20 May 2003	26 June 2013	10 years, 37 days	Argentine Air Force
40		Lieutenant General Luis María Carena (born 1955)	26 June 2013	26 January 2016	2 years, 214 days	Argentine Army
41		Lieutenant General Bari del Valle Sosa (born 1959)	26 January 2016	27 February 2020	4 years, 32 days	Argentine Army
42		Lieutenant General Juan Martín Paleo (born 1962)	27 February 2020	Incumbent	344 days	Argentine Army

See also

• Argentine Armed Forces
• Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Army
• Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Navy
• Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force

References

1. "Decreto 178/2020". Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2020.
2. "Listado de Autoridades desde su creación hasta la actualidad". www.fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 September 2018.