The Chief of the Joint Defence Staff (JEMACON) is a high-ranking military officer in the Spanish Armed Forces. The JEMACON is the closest assistant and advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff and it is appointed by the Monarch at the request of the Minister of Defence.
To carry out its duties of assistance and advise, the JEMACON leads the Joint Defence Staff (EMACON), a military body integrated in the Defence Staff and formed by all the military personnel necessary to support the JEMAD in its duties.
The office of Chief of the Joint Defence Staff was created in 1984 along with the Chief of the Defence Staff position. Since 23 July 2024, the current and 19th JEMACON is Lieutenant general José Antonio Herrera Llamas.
Joint Defence Staff The JEMACON leads the Joint Defence Staff, the main advisory and assistance body to the Chief of the Defence Staff. The EMACON is integrated by:
The Office of the Chief of the Joint Defence Staff. The Office is formed by the Chief of the Joint Defence Staff and its support personnel. The General Secretariat of the Joint Defence Staff (SEGEMACON). The SEGEMACON is the body responsible for assisting the JEMACON in the direction of the EMACON, as well as giving technical-administrative support to all the bodies of the Defence Staff. Likewise, it is responsible for all the advisory and support duties that are not responsibility of the EMACON's divisions. The Plans Division (DIVPLA). The DIVPLA is responsible for elaborating and coordinating the Armed Forces planning, developing all the duties related to the obtaining of material resources to the JEMAD and to guiding the transformation of the operative capabilities of the Armed Forces. Likewise, it is responsible for elaborating and coordinating the Armed Forces action before the international organizations for security and defence. The Strategy Division (DIVESTRA). The DIVESTRA is responsible for elaborating and coordinating the military strategy and the use of the Armed Forces. Likewise, it is responsible for elaborating and coordinating the action of the Armed Forces before the international organizations for security and defence in which the JEMAD has the responsibilities for planning and monitoring the derived activities of the bilateral and multi-lateral military relations. It also assists the JEMAD in the planning and strategic direction of the military operations.
List of chiefs No.RankNameStartEndBranchRefs.1ºDivisional GeneralMiguel Iñiguez del Moral28 January 198411 April 19852ºDivisional GeneralJosé Pardo de Santayana y Coloma11 April 198525 November 19863ºVice admiralGonzalo Rodríguez Martín-Granizo25 November 198629 December 19874ºVice admiralPedro Regalado Aznar29 December 19875 June 19905ºDivisional GeneralJosé Antonio Romero Alés5 June 19903 July 19926ºDivisional GeneralJavier Pardo de Santayana y Coloma3 July 199224 February 19937ºDivisional GeneralSantiago Valderas Cañestro24 February 199315 July 19948ºDivisional GeneralEnrique Richard Marín15 July 199427 December 19959ºVice admiralAntonio Moreno Barberá27 December 19953 July 199710ºDivisional GeneralJuan Narro Romero3 July 199724 November 199811ºVice admiralRafael Lorenzo Montero24 November 199817 February 200112ºDivisional GeneralJuan Luis Ibarreta Manella17 February 200114 January 200413ºDivisional GeneralJoaquín Tamarit Navas14 January 200431 July 200414ºVice admiralJosé María Terán Elices31 July 200418 October 200815ºLieutenant generalJosé Luis López Rose18 October 200823 June 201216ºDivisional GeneralJuan Antonio Carrasco Juan23 June 201224 June 201717ºAdmiralFrancisco Javier González-Huix Fernández24 June 20175 August 202018ºLieutenant generalFernando García González-Valerio5 August 202023 July 202419ºLieutenant generalJosé Antonio Herrera Llamas23 July 2024Incumbent
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