Miguel Ángel Villarroya Vilalta (born 15 May 1957) is a Spanish Air and Space Force general who served as the 11th Chief of the Defence Staff of Spain from 2020 to 2021.

[1] A year later, he joined the General Air Force Academy in San Javier, where he started his military studies, obtaining its lieutenant rank in 1980, at the 32nd promotion.

[9] In June 2018, the change of government led Margarita Robles to take leadership of the Ministry of Defense, renewing confidence in Villarroya as Director of the Technical Cabinet.

In January 2020, prime minister Pedro Sánchez appointed Villaroya as Chief of the Defence Staff, as well as promoting him to Air General.

[4] In January 2021, Villaroya tendered his resignation as Chief of the Defence Staff, after information on the COVID-19 vaccination of more than 100 high-ranking officers of the armed forces, including himself, despite not being on the list for preferential access.