Agustín Humberto Cejas (born 1964, in Córdoba, Argentina) is an
Argentine Army
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officer who serves as
Chief of the Army General Staff.
Military career
Agustín Cejas received his commission as a
Military Officer
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at the
Nation Military College
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in 1984.
Cejas has the following service record:
*
4th Paratrooper Artillery Group.
*
11th Artillery Group.
* Artillery School.
*
Superior War School
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*Lak ...
.
*
Army General Staff.
* Chief of
10th Artillery Group
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.
* Director of Artillery School.
* Inspector of Artillery.
* Vice principal of
Nation Military College
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.
* Principal of
Nation Military College
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.
* Managing director of Education.
* Vice rector of
National Defence University.
Chief of Army General Staff
President
Alberto Fernández
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Born in Buenos Aires, Fernández attended the University of Buenos Aires, where he earned his law ...
ordered the change of the chief of the Army General Staff.
Brigadier General
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Agustín H. Cejas was invested as the new chief of the General Staff of the Army by Decree 181/2020.
On 28 February 2020, Minister of Defence
Agustín Rossi commissioned Cejas in a ceremony held in the
1st Infantry Regiment “Patricios”. The outgoing holder, Lieutenant General
Claudio Pasqualini
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, was also honored.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cejas, Agustin Humberto
1964 births
Living people
Argentine generals