Military Governor of the Falkland Islands

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The Military Governor of the Falkland Islands was the Argentine military office created to administer and command the islands during Argentina’s brief occupation in the 1982 Falklands War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government position
military office
appliesToJurisdiction Falkland Islands
appointedBy Argentine military dictatorship (National Reorganization Process)
surface form: Argentine military junta

Leopoldo Galtieri
associatedEvent Argentine military administration of the Falkland Islands
surface form: Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands

Argentine surrender in Stanley
capital Stanley
conflict Falklands War
country Argentina
disputedBy UK government
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
endTime 1982-06-14
establishedFor administration of occupied territory
firstHolder Mario Benjamín Menéndez
governingIdeologyContext Argentine military dictatorship (National Reorganization Process)
surface form: Argentine military dictatorship
hasDuties civil administration of the Falkland Islands under Argentine control
military command of Argentine forces in the Falkland Islands
hasJurisdictionOver East Falkland
Falkland Sound
West Falkland
surrounding territorial waters
historicalPeriod Cold War era
languageUsed Spanish
lastHolder Mario Benjamín Menéndez
legalStatus created by Argentine decree
locatedInTimeZone Falkland Islands Time
militaryBranch Argentine Army
natureOfAuthority military government
numberOfOfficeHolders 1
officeHolder Mario Benjamín Menéndez
officialTitleInLanguage Military Governor of the Falkland Islands self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gobernador Militar de las Islas Malvinas
opposedBy British Armed Forces
United Kingdom
partOf Argentine military administration of the Falkland Islands
reasonForAbolition Argentine surrender in the Falklands War
replacedBy British military administration of the Falkland Islands
Governor of the Falkland Islands
surface form: Civil Commissioner of the Falkland Islands
replaces Government of the Falkland Islands
surface form: British colonial administration of the Falkland Islands

Governor of the Falkland Islands
surface form: Governor of the Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
residence Government House, Stanley
seatOfGovernment Stanley
shortLived true
startTime 1982-04-02
status defunct office
subordinateTo Argentine Armed Forces
surface form: Argentine Joint Chiefs of Staff

President of Argentina
territorialClaimContext Argentine claim over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands
territorialDispute Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute

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General Mario Menéndez positionHeld Military Governor of the Falkland Islands
subject surface form: Mario Benjamín Menéndez
Military Governor of the Falkland Islands officialTitleInLanguage Military Governor of the Falkland Islands self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gobernador Militar de las Islas Malvinas