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The Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its Member Biographies updated 11 January

Interesting biographies about current and previous members of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent

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1934-1937<br />

General D. Ricardo Burguete y Lana<br />

General Burguete y Lana was a member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>St<strong>and</strong>ing</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> between 1934 <strong>and</strong><br />

1937. Outside <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Movement, he was previously <strong>the</strong> Captain General <strong>of</strong> Madrid, <strong>and</strong> had<br />

fought for Spain in Morocco. 21 General Burguete y Lana was born in 1871 <strong>and</strong> died in 1937.<br />

21 Alvarez, José. “<strong>The</strong> Betro<strong>the</strong>d <strong>of</strong> Death: <strong>The</strong> Spanish Foreign Legion During <strong>the</strong> Rif Rebellion, 1920-27”,<br />

Greenwood Press, 2001. Pg. 83<br />

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