Carlos Pedemonte Sabín
Spanish military officer (1895–1972)
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Carlos Pedemonte Sabín (14 October 1895 – 25 July 1972) was a Spanish geographer and military officer.[1]
Carlos Pedemonte Sabín | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 October 1895 |
| Died | 25 July 1972 (aged 76) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Spain Second Spanish Republic |
Branch | Spanish Army Spanish Republican Army |
Service years | ?–1939 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Conflicts | Spanish Civil War |
| Other work | Government delegate in Spanish Sahara (1936) |
Biography
A soldier in the infantry,[2] in May 1936 Pedemonte was appointed governor of the Sahara.[3] After the outbreak of the Civil War, he remained loyal to the Republic and returned to the Republican zone,[4] becoming a military instructor for the new People's Army.[2] He rose to command militias in the central operational zone. Later, in 1937, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.[2] At the end of the war, he went into exile from Spain and moved to Cuba, along with other Republican exiles.
During his Cuban period, Pedemonte was a teacher at the Military Civic Institute.[5] Later he also stood out in the field of geography, becoming head of the Cartography Section of the National Institute of Agrarian Reform (INRA).[6]