Ricardo Pardo Zancada (born 1935) is a Spanish former military commander. He was

commanding officer The commanding officer (CO) or sometimes, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG), is the officer in command of a military unit. The commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitu ...

and he was involved in the

1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt The 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt ( es, Intento de Golpe de Estado de España de 1981), known in Spain by the numeronym 23-F and also known as the Tejerazo, was an attempted ''coup d'état'' or ''putsch'' in Spain on 23 February 1981. Lieut ...

, so he was sentenced to twelve years in prison for military rebellion and pardoned in 1989.

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1935 births 20th-century Spanish military personnel People from Badajoz People who were court-martialed Living people {{Spain-mil-bio-stub People convicted of treason against Spain