General Mario Menéndez

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Argentine Army officer human military governor

General Mario Menéndez was an Argentine army officer best known for serving as the military governor of the Falkland Islands and leading Argentine forces there during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Mario Benjamín Menéndez 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Argentine Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
military governor ⓘ
conflict Falklands War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Argentina ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-04-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-09-18 ⓘ
endTime 1982-06-14 ⓘ
event Argentine surrender in Port Stanley on 1982-06-14 ⓘ
familyName Menéndez ⓘ
fullName Mario Benjamín Menéndez ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Mario ⓘ
governedTerritory Falkland Islands ⓘ
Falkland Islands ⓘ
surface form: Islas Malvinas
hasHonorificTitle General ⓘ
languageSpoken Spanish ⓘ
militaryBranch Argentine Army ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
nationality Argentine ⓘ
notableEvent appointment as military governor of the Falkland Islands during the 1982 conflict ⓘ
notableFor leading Argentine forces in the Falklands War ⓘ
serving as military governor of the Falkland Islands in 1982 ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
partOf Argentine military dictatorship (National Reorganization Process) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Argentina ⓘ
Buenos Aires ⓘ
placeOfDeath Argentina ⓘ
Buenos Aires ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of Argentine forces in the Falkland Islands ⓘ
Military Governor of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
residence Buenos Aires ⓘ
startTime 1982-04-02 ⓘ
surrenderedTo Jeremy Moore ⓘ

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Falklands War → commander → General Mario Menéndez ⓘ