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{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix = [[Field Marshal (Creeperopolis)|Field Marshal]]
|name = Venancio López Requena
|image            = File:Venancio López Requena.jpg
|caption          = López Requena in 1983.
|native_name      = Վենանծիո Ջոսէ Լօպեզ յ Րեքփենա
|birth_name = Venancio José López y Requena
|nickname = "El Soldado Niño" (enlisted)<br />"El General Viejo" (officer)
|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|05|13|df=y}}
|birth_place      = [[Yagüa]], [[Jakiz (viceroyalty)|Jakiz]], [[Creeperopolis]]
|death_date       = {{death date and age|2021|06|05|1926|05|13|df=y}}
|death_place      = [[San Adolfo]], [[Xichútepa (viceroyalty)|Xichútepa]], [[Creeperopolis]]
|placeofburial    = [[Valley of the Fallen]]
|allegiance       = {{flag|Creeperopolis}}
|branch           = {{flagicon|Creeperopolis|army}} [[Creeperian Army]]
|branch_label     = Branch/service
|serviceyears     = 1940–1998, 2002–2003
|rank             = [[File:SS.OO.11.EJER.GENERAL DE EJERCITO.svg|20px|Field Marshal]] [[Field Marshal (Creeperopolis)|Field Marshal]]
|unit             = [[15th Creeperian Army]]
|commands         = [[I Creeperian Army Corps]]
|battles          = [[Creeperian Civil War]]
*[[Battle of Denshire (1943)|Battle of Denshire]]
[[Partisan Resistance (Creeperopolis)]]
*[[Massacre of the Seven Thousand]]
[[Third Senvarian Insurgency]]
*[[Third Battle of Puerto Senvar]]
[[Mara War]]<br />[[Castillianan Insurgency]]<br />[[2003 Creeperian coup d'état]]
|awards           = [[Imperial Cross of San Romero]]
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Anastasia Jiménez Carpio]]|1965|2021|end=his death}}<!--Add spouse if reliably sourced-->
|children         = 5
}}

'''Venancio José López y Requena''' ([[Creeperian script|Creeperian]]: ''Վենանծիո Ջոսէ Լօպեզ յ Րեքփենա''; 13 May 1926 – 5 June 2021) was a Creeperian military officer. He was an enlisted soldier in the [[15th Creeperian Army]] from 1940 when he was only 14 years old until 1960 when he transitioned into an officer. When he became an officer, he commanded divisions within the [[15th Creeperian Army]] from 1960 until 1980 when he became the [[General (Creeperopolis)|General]] of the entire Army. He was promoted to [[Field Marshal (Creeperopolis)|Field Marshal]] of the [[I Creeperian Army Corps]] on 18 January 1988. He retired in 1998 but returned to the military in 2002. He was instrumental in the [[2003 Creeperian coup d'état]] in removing [[Alfonso VI of Creeperopolis|Alfonso VI]] from power and enthroing [[Alexander II of Creeperopolis|Alexander II]]. He retired for good from the military shortly after the coup on 15 November 2003. He lived in retirement in [[San Adolfo]], [[Xichútepa (viceroyalty)|Xichútepa]], until his death on 5 June 2021, thirteen days until the 18th anniversary of the 2003 coup d'état.

== Early life ==

Venancio José López y Requena was born on 13 May 1926, in [[Yagüa]], [[Jakiz (viceroyalty)|Jakiz]], [[Creeperopolis]]. His father René José López y Chereau and his mother was Concepción María Requena y Agudo de López. He lived in a farming village for all of his early life.

== Soldierhood ==

=== Creeperian Civil War ===

In October 1940, the [[15th Creeperian Army|15th Romerist Army]] marched through the village López Requena lived in. They executed 14 people who were known [[Miguelism|Miguelists]] and requested for volunteers from the village to fight for the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]] against the [[National Council for Peace and Order]]. López Requena joined the army as a child soldier at age 14. He participated in the [[Battle of Denshire (1943)|Battle of Denshire]] and was reported to have personally killed 23 enemy soldiers.

=== Post-civil war ===

After the civil war, he continued to serve in the [[Creeperian Army|Army]] as a soldier of the [[15th Creeperian Army]]. He participated in the infamous [[Massacre of the Seven Thousand]] 5 April 1957. 

== Military officer ==

=== Before general ===

In 1960, López Requena became an officer in the Army.

=== General ===

He became General of the 15th Army in 1980.

=== Field Marshal ===

López Requena became the Field Marshal of the [[I Creeperian Army Corps|I Army Corps]] on 18 January 1988. He retired from Army service on 1 January 1998, and was replaced by [[Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez]].

On 19 October 2002, [[Emmanuel Cabañeras Videla]] died and [[Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez]] became [[Minister of Defense (Creeperopolis)|Minister of Defense of Creeperopolis]]. López Requena came out of retirement and replaced Cabañeras Gutiérrez as Field Marshal of the I Army Corps again.

=== 2003 coup d'état ===

On 18 June 2003, the [[Creeperian Armed Forces]] staged a [[2003 Creeperian coup d'état|coup]] against the [[Alfonsisto|government]] of [[Alfonso VI of Creeperopolis|Emperor Alfonso VI]]. López Requena played an essential role in the coup. 

== Retirement and death ==

López Requena retired again on 15 November 2003. He lived in retirement in [[San Adolfo]], [[Xichútepa (viceroyalty)|Xichútepa]]. He died on 5 June 2021.<ref name="death">{{cite web|url=https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=44199117|title=Muere Venancio López Requena, 95|trans-title=Venancio López Requena, 95, Dies|language=[[Creeperian language|Creeperian]]|date=5 June 2021|access-date=5 June 2021|publisher=Government of Creeperopolis}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

== Awards and decorations ==

{{flag|Creeperopolis}}
*[[File:Ordine Supremo del Cristo Rib.png|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Imperial Cross of San Romero]]
*[[File:Ordo Militia Aurata or Ordine dello Speron d'Oro o Milizia Aurata.png|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Imperial Order of Miguel the Great]]
*[[File:Army Wound Ribbon.svg|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Imperial Cross of Alfonso the Great]]
*[[File:VA Ordine Piano BAR.svg|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Imperial Order of Adolfo the Great]]
*[[File:Order of Pope Sylvester BAR.svg|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Imperial Order of Valor and Bravery]]
*[[File:Medalla Militar Individual.PNG|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Imperial Order of Romerism]]
*[[File:CHL Order of Merit of Chile - Grand Cross BAR.png|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Imperial Order of Grand Merit]]
*[[File:Order of Civil Merit (Spain) - Sash of Grand Collar.svg|60x60px]] Grand Collar of the [[Imperial Order of Merit]]
*[[File:Bronze Star Medal ribbon.svg|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Star of the Imperial Army]] (x3)
*[[File:National Order of José Matias Delgado (El Salvador) - ribbon bar.gif|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of José Delgado León]]
*[[File:Nastro Bene Merenti Perugia.png|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of Service to the Fatherland]]
*[[File:Air Force Commendation Medal ribbon.svg|60x60px]] Grand Collar of the [[Order of the Golden Star’s Cross]] 
*[[File:Star of Romania Ribbon.PNG|60x60px]] Grand Cross of the [[Cross of Adolfo I]] 
*[[File:Order of the Polar Star - Ribbon bar.svg|60x60px]] Collar of the [[Cross of Salvador III]] 
*[[File:ESP Cruz Fidélitas (Placa) pasador.svg|60x60px]] Grand Knight of the [[Order of the Creeperian Initiative]]
*[[File:Ordine pro merito Melitensi, ecclesiastici.png|60x60px]] Cross of the [[Order of the Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front]]
*[[File:Cruz del Mérito Aeronáutico con distintivo rojo.png|60x60px]] Grand Collar of the [[Order of the Hero]]
*[[File:Cinta medalla al valor (Chile).jpg|60x60px]] Grand Collar of the [[Medal of Valor (Creeperopolis)|Medal of Valor]]
*[[File:DEU Spanienkreuz 0 next-of-kin BAR.svg|60x60px]] Grand Collar of the [[Mara Campaign Medal]]
*[[File:Croce pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (1888-1908).png|60x60px]] Grand Collar of the [[Senvarian Campaign Medal]]
*[[File:OESSG Cavaliere BAR.jpg|60x60px]] Grand Collar of the [[Castillianan Campaign Medal]]
*[[File:ESP Medalla de Campaña pasador.svg|60x60px]] Grand Collar of the [[Campaign Medal (Creeperopolis)|Campaign Medal]] (x6)

== See also ==

*[[I Creeperian Army Corps]]

== References ==

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 | title   = Commander of the [[I Creeperian Army Corps|I Army Corps]]
 | years   = 19 October 2002 – 15 November 2003
 | before  = [[Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez]]
 | after   = [[José Shaupán Enríquez]]
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 | title   = Commander of the [[I Creeperian Army Corps|I Army Corps]]
 | years   = 15 September 1988 – 1 January 1998
 | before  = [[Diego Vigil Cocaña]]
 | after   = [[Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez]]
}}
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