Sabino Fernández Campo, 1st Count of Latores (March 17, 1918,

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- October 26, 2009,

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) was Head of the

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under

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, from 1990 to 1993, and a key figure during the failed

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coup d'état in 1981. In the

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he fought in a militia of the Falangists against the Republicans. In 1959 he was appointed as military secretary under dictator

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. On 30 April 1992 Fernández was raised into the

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by Royal decree of

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and was given the hereditary title ''conde de Latores'' (

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: Count of Latores), together with the dignity '' Grande de España'' (English: Grandee of Spain). After his death in 2009 his daughter María Elena Fernández inherited the titles.

Honours

Coat of Arms of the 1st Count of Latores

Knight Grand Cross of the

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(08/01/1993).Boletín Oficial del Estado
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