Félix Sanz Roldán
Félix Sanz Roldán | |
|---|---|
| Director of the National Intelligence Centre | |
| In office July 6, 2009 – July 6, 2019 | |
| Monarchs | Juan Carlos I (2009–2014) Felipe VI (2014–2019) |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2009–2011) Mariano Rajoy (2011–2018) Pedro Sánchez (2018–2019) |
| Deputy | Elena Sánchez Blanco (2009–2012) Beatriz Méndez de Vigo (2012–2017) Paz Esteban López (2017–2019) |
| Preceded by | Alberto Saiz |
| Succeeded by | Paz Esteban López |
| Chief of the Defence Staff | |
| In office June 26, 2004 – July 19, 2008 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Antonio Moreno Barberá |
| Succeeded by | José Julio Rodríguez Fernández |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 20, 1945 Uclés, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Spain |
| Branch/service | Spanish Army |
| Years of service | 1962–2019 |
| Rank | General of the Army |
Félix Sanz Roldán (born 20 January 1945) is a retired Spanish Army general and intelligence officer who served as Director of the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) from July 2009 to July 2019. He served as Chief of the Defence Staff (JEMAD) of the Spanish Armed Forces during the first government of prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2004–2008).
Sanz Roldán joined the Armed Forces in 1962 when he entered in the General Military Academy. As a military officer, he has been assigned to the Spanish Embassy in Washington D.C. as deputy military attaché and to several managing positions within the Spanish Army. In the Ministry of Defence, Sanz Roldán has served as deputy director-general for Plans and International Relations and as director-general for Defence Policy, before becoming Chief of the Defence Staff in 2004. He retired from the active service in 2019, after 57 years of service.