Mariano Cuadra Medina | |
Office: | Minister of the Air of Spain |
Primeminister: | Carlos Arias Navarro |
Term Start: | 4 January 1974 |
Term End: | 12 December 1975 |
Predecessor: | Julio Salvador y Díaz-Benjumea |
Successor: | Carlos Franco Iribarnegaray |
Birth Name: | Mariano Cuadra Medina |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1912 |
Birth Place: | Madrid, Kingdom of Spain |
Death Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Branch: | Spanish Armed Forces |
Serviceyears: | 1925–1987 |
Mariano Cuadra Medina (12 May 1912 – 2 March 1981) was a Spanish general who served as Minister of the Air of Spain between 1974 and 1975, during the Francoist dictatorship.[1] [2] During World War II, he volunteered for service against the Soviet Union. He commanded a squadron of the Blue Squadron.[3]