Teodoro Esteban López Calderón

Teodoro Esteban López Calderón
Teodoro Esteban López Calderón
; Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 March 2017
Monarch	Felipe VI
Prime Minister	Mariano Rajoy (until June 2018); Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by	Jaime Muñoz-Delgado
Personal details
Born	Teodoro Esteban López Calderón; May 3, 1954; Cartagena, Francoist Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Alma mater	NATO Defense College
Military service
Allegiance	Spain
Branch/service	Spanish Navy
Years of service	1973—present
Rank	Admiral General
Commands	41st Escort Squadron; 2nd Group of Naval Action

Teodoro Esteban López Calderón (born 3 May 1954, Cartagena, Spain) is an officer of the Spanish Navy who currently serves as its Chief of Staff, holding the rank of Admiral General. Up until his appointment to that post in March 2017, he served as the head of Defense Operations Command, responsible for overseeing military operations abroad.

Biography

López Calderón was born in 1954 in the city of Cartagena and joined the Spanish Navy in 1973. Throughout his naval career, he had command of the second anti-mine squadron, the frigate Cataluña, the 41st Escort Squadron, and the 2nd Group of Naval Action Forces. During the latter, López Calderón took part in Operation Active Endeavor, as the 2nd Group included the Spanish surface ships that were assigned to the mission.[1] In addition, he was a technical adviser to the Minister of Defense and head of the Navy General Staff's strategic planning section. López Calderón was also the chief of Defense Operations Command on the General Staff.[2]

He was appointed by the Council of Ministers as the replacement of Admiral General Jaime Muńoz-Delgado on 31 March 2017 as the new Chief of Staff of the Navy.[1][2]

Personal life

He is married with five children and also has two grandchildren. He can speak fluent English along with his native Spanish.[2]

Awards and decorations

Spain

Grand Cross of Naval Merit
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Civil Guard
Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegildo
Commander with Star of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegildo
Commander of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegildo
Cross of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegildo
Cross of Military Merit
Cross of Naval Merit
Cross of the Order Guard Merit of the Civil Guard
Cross of the Order Police Merit

United States

Meritorious Service Medal

France

Chevalier of the Order of National Merit of the French Republic

NATO

NATO Meritorious Service Medal
Article 5 Medal for Operation Active Endeavor

References

http://www.galiciaartabradigital.com/archivos/154501 El almirante general Teodoro López Calderón nombrado nuevo AJEMA (in Spanish). GaliciaArtabra. Published 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
El cartagenero Teodoro López, nuevo almirante jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada (in Spanish). Laverdad. Published 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

Military offices
Preceded by Jaime Muńoz-Delgado	Chief of Staff of the Navy 2017—present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[galicia-1] ttp://www.galiciaartabradigital.com/archivos/154501 El almirante general Teodoro López Calderón nombrado nuevo AJEMA (in Spanish). GaliciaArtabra. Published 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[laverdad-2] El cartagenero Teodoro López, nuevo almirante jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada (in Spanish). Laverdad. Published 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

Chiefs of Staff of the Spanish Navy
Restoration 1874–1931	Zoilo Sánchez de Ocaña y Vieitiz 1895–1896 Fernando Martínez de Espinosa y Echeverri 1896 Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo 1896–1897 Ismael Warleta y Ordovás 1897–1898 Manuel Mozo y Díaz Robles 1899–1902 Pascual Cervera y Topete 1902– Federico Estrán y Justo 1908–1909 José de la Puente y Bassave 1909–1910 Joaquín María de Cincúnegui y Marco 1910–1912 Francisco Chacón y Pery 1912–1913 Antonio Perea y Orive 1913–1914 Orestes Gracía de Paadín y García 1914–1915 José Pidal Rebollo 1915–1918 Adriano Sánchez Lobatón 1918–1919 José María Chacón y Pery 1919–1920 Gabriel Antón Iboleón 1920–1924 Ignacio Pintado Gough 1924 Juan Carranza y Garrido 1924–1927 José Rivera Álvarez de Canero 1927 Juan Cervera Valderrama 1927–1931 Francisco Javier de Salas González 1931–1936
Republic 1936–1939	Valentín Fuentes López 1937 Miguel Buiza Fernández-Palacios 1937–1938 Pedro Prado Mendizábal 1938–1939 Julián Sánchez Erostarbe 1939
Fascist 1936–1975	Juan Cervera Valderrama 1936–1939 Transferred to the Ministry of the Navy 1939–1942 Alfonso Arriaga Adam 1942–1951 Rafael Estrada Arnaiz 1951–1952 Juan Pastor Tomasety 1952–1956 Felipe José de Abárzuza y Oliva 1956–1957 Santiago Antón Rozas 1957–1963 Jerónimo Bustamante de la Rocha 1963 Fernando Meléndez Bojaro 1963–1966 Rafael Fernández de Bobadilla y Ragel 1966–1967 Adolfo Baturone Colombo 1967–1969 Enrique Barbudo Duarte 1969–1972 Gabriel Pita da Veiga y Sanz 1972–1973 José Ramón González López 1973–1975
Contemporary 1975–present	Carlos Buhigas García 1975–1977 Luis Arévalo Pelluz 1977–1982 Saturnino Suanzes de la Hidalga 1982–1984 Guillermo Salas Cardenal 1984–1986 Fernando María Nárdiz Vial 1986–1990 Carlos Vila Miranda 1990–1994 Juan José Romero Caramelo 1994–1997 Antonio Moreno Barberá 1997–2000 Francisco José Toerrente Sánchez 2000–2004 Sebastián Zaragoza Soto 2004–2008 Manuel Rebollo García 2008–2012 Jaime Muñoz-Delgado y Díaz del Río 2012–2017 Teodoro Esteban López Calderón 2017–present