Following the news of General César Milani’s retirement, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has named Ricardo Luis Cundom as the new chief of the Army.
The division general, who served during the 1982 Malvinas war, will formally assume his post in the coming days.
The President spent most of today in her official Olivos residence, where in the afternoon she decided who would succeed Milani in the top Army post. After a meeting with Defence minister Agustín Rossi and Legal and Technical secretary Carlos Zannini it was revealed that the force would be led by Cundom, a man with strong links to his predecessor.
The new chief was not Milani’s immediate deputy, and acted as operational commander of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also coordinated the three Armed Forces in the last Summer Antarctic Campaign.
While the name of Jorge Luis Motta, Milani’s number two, had circulated as a possible replacement CFK eventually opted for Cundom to lead the branch of the military.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald