Allegiance Spain Name Juan Montero | Years of service 1972–2012 Service/branch Spanish Army | |
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Born December 29, 1947
Palencia, Spain ( 1947-12-29 ) Died May 21, 2012(2012-05-21) (aged 64)
Tel Aviv, Israel Rank General de Division Medico | ||
Commands held Spanish medical corps | ||
Juan Manuel Montero Vázquez (29 December 1947 – 21 May 2012) was a Spanish military surgeon who held the rank of a General de División Médico and served as the surgeon general of the Spanish armed medical service, called the Inspector General de Sanidad de la Defensa.
Montero was born in Palencia. He joined the army in the rank of a Teniente (MC) in 1972 and held several assignments at the Gómez Ulla Military Hospital. In May 2012, while participating a special NATO medical officials conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Montero Vázquez died suddenly of heart failure. He was 64.
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