Teodoro Waldner

Teodoro Guillermo Waldner (1927 – 2014)^[1] was an Argentine General that served as the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. He also served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force

Teodoro Waldner
Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic
In office 8 March 1985 – 11 July 1989
Preceded by	Julio Fernández Torres [es]
Succeeded by	Emilio Osses [es]
Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force
In office 14 December 1983 – 5 March 1985
Preceded by	Augusto Hughes
Succeeded by	Ernesto Horacio Crespo
Personal details
Born	(1927-01-04)4 January 1927 Córdoba Province, Argentina
Died	13 April 2014(2014-04-13) (aged 86) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Military service
Allegiance	Argentina
Branch/service	Argentine Air Force
Years of service	1948–1989
Rank	Brigadier general

According to the Argentine newspaper El Diario, during the Falklands War, Waldner led a mission to Libya and brought back weapons and missiles from Gaddafi's regime.^[2] After the war, in 1983 Waldner became the first head of the Air Force since the return of democracy to Argentina and was styled as a chief of staff as opposed to a commander-in-chief.^[3] In 1985, Waldner was appointed as Chief of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces, a position he held until his retirement in 1989.^[4]

References

1. "1 December". Fuerzaaerea.mil.ar. Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
2. "El Diario de la Republica - Argentina-Libia: Un vínculo estrecho pero cambiante". viejo.eldiariodelarepublica.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
3. AP (1983-12-15). "A Shakeup of Military Ordered by Argentine". The New York Times. Argentina. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
4. "Argentina Missile Chronology" (PDF). Nti.org. Retrieved 2012-11-26.