Defence Staff (Spain)

Defence Staff
Defence Staff
Estado Mayor de la Defensa
	Seat of the EMAD, on La Castellana
Active	1984–present
Country	Spain
Branch	Spanish Armed Forces
Type	Military staff
Role	Coordination of the joint actions of the three branches of the Armed Forces
Part of	Ministry of Defence
Headquarters	Madrid
Commanders
Current Chief	Admiral General Teodoro Esteban López Calderón
Insignia
Coat of Arms

The Defence Staff (Spanish: Estado Mayor de la Defensa, EMAD), based in Madrid, is an organ of the Ministry of Defence that operates as an auxiliary to the Chief of the Defense Staff (JEMAD) within the organic structure of the Spanish Armed Forces and in a military hierarchical position of dependence on the former.

^ (in Spanish) Real Decreto 15/2020, de 14 de enero, por el que se nombra Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Defensa al Teniente General del Cuerpo General del Ejército de Tierra don Miguel Ángel Villarroya Vilalta. The Spanish Official Gazette.

[1] (in Spanish) Real Decreto 15/2020, de 14 de enero, por el que se nombra Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Defensa al Teniente General del Cuerpo General del Ejército de Tierra don Miguel Ángel Villarroya Vilalta. The Spanish Official Gazette.

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