1. Admiral Jorge Isaac Anaya was an Argentine admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Navy.
11 Facts About Jorge Anaya
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Jorge Anaya was born in Bahia Blanca, in the province of Buenos Aires.
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Jorge Anaya participated in the right-wing military dictatorship known as the National Reorganisation Process and, along with Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri and Basilio Lami Dozo, was a member of the Third Military Junta that ruled Argentina between 1981 and 1982.
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Jorge Anaya was the main architect and supporter of a military solution for the long-standing claim over the Falkland Islands that led to the Falklands War.
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In 1955, Ship-of-the-Line Lieutenant Anaya participated in the coup against president Juan Domingo Peron.
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Jorge Anaya was known to torture dissidents and new conscripts, and was recruited by the CIA for a covert anti-Communist programme in 1962.
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Jorge Anaya later served as Argentina's naval attache in London, United Kingdom between 1964 and 1967.
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Jorge Anaya commanded an anti-submarine Frigate between 1967 and 1970, a Destroyer Escort squadron between 1970 and 1972, and a guided missile frigate squadron between 1972 and 1974.
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In 1976, during the first part of the new military regime, Jorge Anaya was Chief of Naval Operations.
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In November 2006, while waiting to be interrogated by an examining magistrate, Jorge Anaya suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the naval hospital; he remained under house arrest after his discharge from hospital, but was never deemed fit enough to stand trial.
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Jorge Anaya died on 9 January 2008 while under house arrest on charges of human rights violations.