General Mansilla
General Mansilla may refer to: *Lucio Norberto Mansilla (1789–1871), Argentine Confederation general * Lucio Victorio Mansilla (1831–1913), Argentine general *Williams Mansilla (born 1964, Guatemalan general * General Mansilla, Buenos Aires, a settlement in Magdalena Partido Magdalena Partido () is a partido in the northeastern part of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 16,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Magdalena, which is from Buenos A ...

Lucio Norberto Mansilla
Lucio Norberto Mansilla (April 2, 1789 – April 10, 1871) was an Argentine soldier and politician. He was the first governor of the Entre Ríos Province and fought in the battle of Vuelta de Obligado. Early life Lucio Mansilla was born in Buenos Aires on April 2, 1789, son of Andrés Ximénez de Mansilla and Eduarda María Bravo. Lucio Mansilla was the 7th generation of the Mansilla family living in the Americas. He began his military career in 1806, during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata, under the command of Santiago de Liniers. He was part of the ''Gallegos'' regiment. He also fought in the 1807 invasions, in the combat of Miserere on June 2, and the actions of July 5 and 6. The Buenos Aires Cabildo allowed him to run a math school in 1809. Mansilla, a widower, married Juan Manuel de Rosas' sister, Agustina Ortiz de Rozas. They had six children: Lucio Victorio Mansilla, Eduarda, Lucio Norberto, Agustina and Carlos. War of independence Mansilla joined ...
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Lucio Victorio Mansilla
Lucio Victorio Mansilla (December 23, 1831 – October 8, 1913) was an Argentinean General, journalist, politician and diplomat. He was later governor of the territory of the Gran Chaco between 1878 and 1879. His best-known literary work is '' An Excursion to the Ranqueles Indians'', which was the result of a tour he undertook in 1870 through the villages of indigenous peoples. Early life and family Mansilla was born in a house in the Montserrat neighborhood, on the corner of Tacuarí and Potosí streets (today Alsina), known in colonial times as "the old prison" on December 23, 1831 (Saint Victoria's Day). He was the first-born son of federal colonel Lucio Norberto Mansilla, the hero of the Battle of the Vuelta de Obligado, and Agustina Ortiz de Rozas, tenth sister and younger sister of Juan Manuel de Rosas, a 15-year-old girl who was called ''the beauty of the federation''. Her sister was the writer and journalist Eduarda Mansilla. After finishing school, he was employed ...
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Williams Mansilla
Williams Agberto Mansilla Fernández (born April 24, 1964 Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan military officer who served as Minister of Defense from July 2015 until October 2017 during the presidencies of Otto Pérez Molina (2015), Alejandro Maldonado (2015–2016), and Jimmy Morales (2016–2017). Mansilla was originally appointed Minister of Defense in 2015 by then President Otto Pérez Molina. In September 2017, it was revealed that the Ministry of Defense, headed by Mansilla, had been paying President Jimmy Morales approximately $7,300 per month in addition to his regular presidential salary. The payments to Morales were called a "Bonus for Extraordinary Responsibility." Williams Mansilla resigned from office on October 1 shortly after the revelation. President Morales denied any wrongdoing, but returned about $60,000 to the Guatemalan government. On January 26, 2018, Mansilla was arrested in connection with the bonus payments and charged with abuse of authority, illegal enric ...
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General Mansilla, Buenos Aires
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The term ''general'' is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank. It originates in the 16th century, as a shortening of ''captain general'', which rank was taken from Middle French ''capitaine général''. The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. Today, the title of ''general'' is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use different systems of stars or other insignia for senior ranks. It has a NATO rank scal ...
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