Background
Quintanar López, Alberto was born on April 30, 1924 in Federal District, Mexico. Son of Alberto Quintanar Arellano, chauffeur, and Guadalupe López Cataño.
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Alberto Quintanar López
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Education
Early education unknown. Cadet, Heroic Military College, 1942-1946, graduated as a 2nd Lieutenant in Artillery, 1946. Mortar course, 1954; graduated, Military Classes School, 1957-1958.
Diploma in arms, Higher War College, 1962. Chief of Instruction, Higher War College, 1967. Director of all Applied Military Schools, 1980-1981.
Career
Joined the army as a cadet, 1942. Officer, 7th Infantry Battalion, 1944-1946. Officer, 24th Infantry Battalion, 1946-1948.
Officer, 15th Infantry Battalion, 1948-1955. Officer, 19th Infantry Battalion, 1955-1957. Officer, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 1958-1960.
Attached to 33rd Military Zone, Campeche, Campeche, 1960-1961. Attached to the 11th Infantry Battalion, 1961-1962. Assistant Chief of Staff, 9th Military Zone, Culiacán, Sinaloa, 1962-1967.
Attached to the 29th Infantry Battalion, 1967. Commander of the 2nd Battalion, 280th Brigade, 1973. Commander, 51st Infantry Battalion, 1973.
Commander, 6th Infantry Battalion, 1977. Garrison Commander, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, 1977. Commander of the 9th Military Zone, Culiacán, Sinaloa, 1977-1978.
Commander of the 23rd Military Zone, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, 1978-1979. Attached to the Inspector General of the Army, 1979-1980. Commander of the 31st Military Zone, Tapachula, Chiapas, 1981-1983.
Director General of Infantry, Secretariat of National Defense, since 1983.
Religion
Roman Catholic
Connections
Spouse Gabriela Reyna Zayas.
