Antonio Tejero Molina (born 1932, Málaga) was a Spanish Lieutenant-Colonel, and the leader of an attempted coup d'etat of the Spanish Congress in 1981.

He entered the Guardia Civil in 1951 and was the leader of the Comandancia in Guipúzcoa, but had to ask to be transferred to another region when his public declarations against the Ikurriña was known. His life is filled with pro-coup episodes, and he played an important role of the coups during the transición (Spanish transition to democracy) in San Sebastian, Málaga and Madrid.

Tejero, being the last one left of the coup leaders in jail, was set free after 15 years from the military prison in Alcalá de Henares on December 2, 1996. As of 2006, he lives in between Madrid and Alhaurín de la Torre close to Málaga. He occasionally sends letters to the Melilla Hoy newspaper criticising modern politics.

1932 births | Living people | Spanish people

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