Mario Oliver Bustamante

Background

Oliver Bustamante, Mario was born on September 22, 1924 in Real del Monte, Hidalgo, Mexico. Son of Tomás Oliver Cerón, railroad mechanic, and Julia Bustamante Barranco.

Education

Early education unknown. Graduated, 2nd Lieutenant in Artillery, Heroic Military College, 1943-1947. Diploma, staff and command course, Higher War College, 1951-1953.

Professional studies abroad, 1955-1958. Advanced artillery courses, Fort Bliss and Fort Sill, 1955. Instructor, United States Army Caribbean School, Canal Zone, Panama, 1958-1959.

Professor, Heroic Military College, 1962. Professor, Military Engineer School, 1963.

Career

Military Attaché to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, 1978-1981. Joined the Army as a cadet, 1943. Assigned to the 2nd Artillery Regiment, 1947-1951.

Served with the 2nd Artillery Battalion, 1959. Rank of Artillery Colonel, 1969. Chief, Section 3, Staff, Secretariat of National Defense, 1969-1971.

Chief of Staff, 16th Military Zone, Irapuato, Guanajuato, 1973-1976, under General Félix Galván López, secretary of National Defense, 1976-1982. Chief of Staff, 5th Military Zone, Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Rank of Brigadier General, 1974.

Chief of Staff, Secretariat of National Defense, 1976. Commander of the 5th Military Zone, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, 1981-1983. Director General of Artillery, Secretariat of National Defense, since 1983.

Religion

Roman Catholic

Connections

Father:

Tomás Oliver Cerón

Mother:

Julia Bustamante Barranco