Spanish Armed Forces Intelligence Center
Military unit
Spanish Armed Forces Intelligence Center | |
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Centro de Inteligencia de las Fuerzas Armadas | |
Coat of Arms of the CIFAS
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Active | 2004–present |
Country | Spain |
Branch | Defence Staff |
Type | Military intelligence agency |
Size | Classified |
Garrison/HQ | Retamares Base, Madrid |
Website | Official website |
Commanders | |
Current
commander |
DG Francisco Rosaleny Pardo de Santayana |
The Armed Forces Intelligence Center ( Spanish : Centro de Inteligencia de las Fuerzas Armadas , CIFAS ) is a Spanish intelligence agency dependent of the Defense Staff (EMAD). It has the function of providing JEMAD , the Ministry of Defense and the Prime Minister with information on risk situations and crises from abroad. In his charge is a Director with rank of General . [1]
It is a unique and joint body of the Spanish Armed Forces in matters of military intelligence , it controls the systems of intelligence and electronic warfare , maintaining the intelligence centers of the Army , Navy and Air Force , functional dependence on the CIFAS. Founded in 2004, it replaces the former Intelligence Division of the Defense Staff .
Functions
- Provide the Chiefs of Staff of the Armies with information for the development of their functions in peacetime missions.
- Provide the Chief of Defense Staff (JEMAD) with the necessary military intelligence for the direction of operations and the design of the strategy.
- Coordinate his task with the General Staff of Defense and its Headquarters.
- To be a complementary military intelligence body of the National Intelligence Center , with whom it is coordinated through the Joint Military Intelligence Plan .
- Collaborate with the intelligence structures of the international organizations of which Spain is a part and with those of the Allied countries. [2]
Directors
- Brigadier General Valentín Martínez Valero (2004-2008) ( Army )
- Lieutenant General Miguel Romero López (2008-2011) ( Air Force )
- Vice Admiral Juan Antonio Cuadrillero Pinilla (2011-2013) ( Navy )
- General of division Francisco José Gan Pampols (2013-2017) (Army)
- General of division Francisco Rosaleny Pardo de Santayana (2017-2019) (Army)
- General of division Antonio Romero Losada (2019-) (Army) [3]
References
- ↑ Royal Decree 1551/2004. June 24, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defense.
- ↑ Royal Decree 872/2014, October 10, which establishes the basic organization of the Armed Forces
- ↑ Quico Sallés (11 October 2019). ElMón.cat (ed.). "Sánchez posa un legionari a dirigir la intel·ligència militar" . Retrieved 28 October 2019 .
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