The Defence Staff ( es, link=no, Estado Mayor de la Defensa, EMAD), based in

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, is an organ of the Ministry of Defence that operates as an auxiliary to the Chief of the Defense Staff (JEMAD) within the organic structure of the Spanish Armed Forces and in a military hierarchical position of dependence on the former.

Functions

The EMAD is regulated by the Organic Law 5/2005, of 17 November 2005, on the National Defence, the Royal Decree 1551/2004 and the Order of Defence 1076/2005. Its objectives are to support the Chief of Staff, develop military strategy and design military operations. These are basic organs of the Defence Staff: * The Joint Defence Staff. * The Operations Command. * The

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* The Joint Cyberspace Command. * The General Headquarters of the Defence Staff. ** The Permanent Secretariat of the Council of Chiefs of Staff. ** The Secretariat of the Chief of Defence Staff. ** The Head of Economic Affairs. ** The Human Resources Headquarters. ** The Security and Services Headquarters. * Permanent operating organizations. ** The Maritime Security and Surveillance Command. ** The Defence Command and Air Operations. ** The

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. * Spanish military bodies related to international or multinational organizations. El CESEDEN depende funcionalmente de la Subsecretaría de Defensa y de la Secretaría General de Política de Defens
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. CESEDEN - Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional. Consultado el 23 de diciembre de 2016 The aims of the EMAD are the assistance to the

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and the Minister of Defence, the command of the military structure, the direction of the military operations, the planning and joint action of the Spanish Armed Forces and multinational actions, as well as the coordination of the Chiefs of Staff of the

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, the

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and the

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References

Defence Staff
Ministry of Defence. *Organic Law 5/2005, of 17 November 2005, on the National Defence *Royal Decree 1551/2004, of 25 June 2004, on basic organic structure of the Ministry of Defence. *Order of Defence 1076/2005, of 19 April 2005, by which the structure of the Defence Staff. {{Authority control Military of Spain Staff (military) 1984 establishments in Spain

Functions

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