PEDRO MÉNDEZ DE VIGO Y MONTOJO

Military. Cavalry General.

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • General Staff Diploma in Spain and Germany (Führungsakademie)
  • Master in International Relations at the Ortega y Gasset Institute
  • Senior Associate Member at St Antony's College (Oxford)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Vice-President of the Spanish Assembly of the Order of Malta (currently)
  • LLYC Advisory Board (currently)
  • Director of the Technical Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Defence (2015-2020)
  • Deputy Director-General for International Relations of the Ministry of Defence (2020-2021)
  • Stationed at: commanders of the Cavalry Regiment "Pavía" nº4, in Zaragoza : Attack Helicopter Battalion in Ciudad Real
  • Head of the Geopolitical Analysis Area at the General Secretariat for Defence Policy and Political Advisor to Allied Force Command in Madrid
  • Military observer in: ONUSAL (El Salvador) (1992) | EU Administration in Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina) (1994) | NATO Headquarters in Sarajevo (Bosnia)(2005)
    Chief of Staff of EUTM Somalia (2011)

PUBLICATIONS

  • MÉNDEZ DE VIGO Y MONTOJO, P. (2007). La adaptación de las Fuerzas Armadas a los nuevos riesgos. Cuadernos de Estrategia. ISSN 1697-6924. Nº 135, pp. 137-172.
  • MÉNDEZ DE VIGO Y MONTOJO, P. (2007). El futuro ya está aquí. Ejército de tierra español. ISSN 1696-7178. Nº 790, pp. 65-71. 
  • MÉNDEZ DE VIGO Y MONTOJO, P. (2004). El debate de las capacidades militares. Cuadernos de Estrategia. ISSN 1697-6924. Nº 129, pp. 162-188.