He also served as chief of the Defence Staff from November 1986 to December 1987.

[1] He was born 25 February 1928 in León, Spain and enrolled in the Spanish Military at the age of 18, that was 1946 followed a promotion to second lieutenant in 1951, and served in different battleships, the Almirante Cervera, Sánchez Barcáiztegui ship, Canarias cruiser and Alava destroyer of which he also commands the Marqués de la Ensenada destroyer.

[2] One of his contribution to the Spanish military was a completed coordination agreement with the NATO when in office and had also supervised the Spanish participation in the Persian Gulf region, Kurdistan and Yugoslavia.

After his demise, the CHOD position was supposed to be occupied by admiral Pedro Regalado Aznar but due eye problem, the Chief of the army (El Jemad) at the time was General Ramón Porgueres later took over the office.

[a][5] In honor to him, a Fleet Headquarters building was renamed after him by the Chief of Naval of Spanish Navy and in count of a honors, he was, on an honorary basis and posthumously promoted to Admiral General of the Navy after his death which was 1999 to serve as a fair recognition of meritorious serving in the Navy.