Soldiers with a very technical profile and disconnected from politics. This is what emerges from the recent appointments to the vice-presidency which will be in charge of the social and economic recovery of the areas affected by DANA in the Valencian Community. The last known name is that of Army Brigadier General Venancio Aguado de Diego, who will occupy the autonomous secretariat of the vice president’s office.
He will accompany the Lieutenant General of the Army, Francisco José Gan Pampols, in coordinating the actions promoted by the Generalitat for the reconstruction of the areas of the province of Valencia affected by the flood of October 29. Aguado de Diego, will occupy the Autonomous Secretariat of the Office of the Vice President for Economic and Social Recovery of the Valencian Community.
This soldier, who entered the reserve in March 2020, will join the department headed by Lieutenant General of the Army, Francisco José Gan Pampols, responsible for coordinating the actions of the Consell for the reconstruction of affected areas in the province of Valencia. . due to the flood of October 29.
Venancio Aguado was born in 1961 and belongs to the XL Promotion of the General Military Academy, being promoted to infantry lieutenant in July 1985. He graduated from the Mountain Troops Command and served in different units of this specialty in Jaca. San Sebastian and Pamplona.
After passing the staff course and in the position of commander, he served at the headquarters of the mountain brigade. In 2005, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and assigned to the operations division of the Army General Staff, then appointed chief of staff of the mountain hunter brigade.
After passing through the General Staff of the Light Forces, he was promoted to colonel in 2012, commanding the 45th Garellano Regiment in Biscay and chief of staff of the Armed Forces Intelligence Center. In 2016, he was appointed brigadier general, assuming command of the “Canarias” operational brigade.
He was deployed in NATO missions in Kosovo, as Chief of Operations of AGT Aragón and in Afghanistan, in the Future Operations Section of the Multinational Brigade of Region W. In 2017, he commanded the Sector Eastern Mission of the United Nations in Lebanon.
He is in possession, among other decorations and recognitions, of the Grand Cross of Military Merit, the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Herménégille, the Order of Merit of the Lebanese Republic and eight Crosses of Merit Military, Cross of Merit of the Civil Guard and Cross of Police Merit.
