November 21, 2008 

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Rear Admiral Rodríguez was born in Ferrol, on May 21st, 1956. He joined the Naval Academy on August 16th, 1974, and graduated as Lieutenant JG in 1979.

As Lieutenant JG and Lieutenant, he served for eight years on board several surface combatants: corvettes SPS Infanta Elena and SPS Diana, and frigates SPS Cataluña and SPS Andalucía. He commanded the fast patrol boat SPS Alsedo from 1990 to 1991.

Promoted to Lieutenant Commander in 1990, Rear Admiral Rodríguez commanded the corvette SPS Diana from 1995 to 1997. He served one year in the staff of NATO Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED).

In 1998, he was promoted to Commander. In October 2001 he assumed command of the commissioning crew of the frigate SPS Álvaro de Bazán, being built at Ferrol. The ship was commissioned in September 2002, and Rear Admiral Rodríguez became her first Commanding Officer.

Promoted to Captain in 2004, Rear Admiral Rodriguez assumed command of the 31st Escort Squadron, based at Ferrol, in July 2005. He served for two years in this position.

Ashore, Rear Admiral Rodríguez worked in several positions at the Fleet Headquarters and the Navy Headquarters. He also served at the Office of the Chief of the Spanish Naval Staff from 1999 to 2002. As a Captain, he worked in the Navy Headquarters, as Chief of the Naval Policy Branch, in the Plans and Policy Division of the Naval Staff.

Selected for the command of Standing NATO Maritime Group ONE, Captain Rodriguez was promoted to Rear Admiral in January 2008.
Rodríguez, a specialist in Naval Communications, graduated from the Naval War College in 1994. He attended the Royal Naval Staff College at Greenwich (UK), and was granted a Master in Defence Studies by the London University in 1993.

He has been awarded six Naval Merit Crosses, and the St. Hermenegildo Cross.

Rear Admiral Rodríguez is married to Teresa Martínez, and they have five children.

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