Admiral Head of Logistic Support

Admiral Santiago Ramón González Gómez was born in Zaragoza and entered the Naval Academy in August 1977. He graduated as Lieutenant Junior Grade in July 1982.

He trained as a Navy pilot in Pensacola (Florida) and joined the 8th and 9th Spanish Navy Aircraft Squadrons as pilot of AV8-A, AV8-B and AV8-B Harrier II Plus VTOL aircraft. For two years he was posted as exchange officer in the U.S. Air Base in Yuma (Arizona) at the VMA-311 SQDN (Marines Strike Squadron).

He has been commanding officer of patrol boats ‘Acevedo’ and ‘Serviola’ as well as the Fleet oiler ‘Marqués de la Ensenada’. He was also Chief Commander of the 9th Aircraft Squadron at Rota Naval Base.

Most of his ashore posts have been related to logistic assignments like Deputy Director of the Spanish Office of the NAVAIR PMA-257 ‘Harrier’ program (NAS PATUXENT RIVER), subsequently becoming Director of the Office. He was also Chief of the Weapons and Systems Section, and Chief of the Air Arm Section of the Logistic Division of the Spanish Navy Staff.

Admiral González has a master in International Affairs and has attended different courses on Advanced Management of Financial Resources and National Defense.

He was promoted to Rear Admiral in September 2012 and appointed Deputy Director of Personnel Management. He was promoted to Vice Admiral in November 2015.

On April 6th 2018 he was promoted to Admiral and appointed Director General of Weapons and Materiel (DGAM in its Spanish initials).

On January 28th 2022 he was appointed Admiral Head of the Spanish Navy Logistic Support.