General de Brigada Pedro M. Sebastián de Erice Llano

A Brigadier General since April 2025, he currently serves as Director of the Spanish Army School of War and Leadership. He entered the General Military Academy in 1989 and has held unit command as a lieutenant in the 3rd Legion Tercio 'D. Juan de Austria' (Fuerteventura/Viator), as a captain in the 'Asturias' 31 Infantry Regiment (Madrid), as a lieutenant colonel commanding the 1st Mechanised Battalion of the 'Saboya' 6 Infantry Regiment (Badajoz), and again in the 'Asturias' 31 Regiment as its Commanding Colonel. He has taken part in five overseas missions: Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996 and 2002), Afghanistan (2012), and Iraq (2016 and 2025/26). In the most recent mission, as a Brigadier General, he commanded the Alfa/India operation contingent and served as Chief of Staff of NATO Mission Iraq. He has carried out command support and advisory duties in the Spanish Army Staff and the Joint Defence Staff, and has served as the Spanish Army representative in the Office of the Military Household of His Majesty the King. He is qualified in Special Operations, Armed Forces General Staff and Senior Logistics Management.