Amèric Perarnau Agué

In this Salvadoran name, the first or paternal surname is Perarnau and the second or maternal family name is Agué.

General Amèric Perarnau Agué HRLN OLAAR OSP
Perarnau Agué in 2022.
12th Minister of Defense of Noundures
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 July 2015
President	Malaquies Llorca Caparrós
Deputy	Ezequies Guasch Alameda Pompeu Farreró Canosa Pròsper Torrades Grajera
Preceded by	Malaquies Llorca Caparrós
Other military offices Deputy Minister of Defense of Noundures In office 1 March 2015 – 10 July 2015 Minister Malaquies Llorca Caparrós Preceded by Menna Sardans Cuni Succeeded by Ezequies Guasch Alameda General Commander of the Olèrdola D.S. In office 8 November 2014 – 1 March 2015 Deputy Pròsper Torrades Grajera Preceded by Benjamí Agudelo Ordinas Succeeded by Pròsper Torrades Grajera Deputy Commander of the Olèrdola D.S. In office 1 February 2013 – 8 November 2014 General Benjamí Agudelo Ordinas Preceded by Benjamí Agudelo Ordinas Succeeded by Pròsper Torrades Grajera Commander of the 1st Infantry Division In office 8 November 2014 – 10 July 2015 Preceded by Benjamí Agudelo Ordinas Succeeded by Pròsper Torrades Grajera Commander of the 4th Infantry Battalion In office 22 February 2011 – 8 November 2014 Preceded by Benjamí Agudelo Ordinas Succeeded by Pròsper Torrades Grajera
Personal details
Born	Amèric Romeu Perarnau i Agué (1970-12-30) 30 December 1970 Sanaüja, Noundures (Salisford)
Nationality	Noundurian–Salvadoran
Political party	Movement for Noundurian Integration
Spouse(s)	Octàvia Vallés Piñols (m. 1994)
Children	Salvador Rita Natàlia
Alma mater	Sonsochapan Military Academy
Occupation	Military officer, politician, soldier
Military service
Nickname(s)	Serp, APA
Allegiance	Free Republic of Noundures
Branch/service	Free Noundurian Army
Years of service	1989–present
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Desert War

Amèric Romeu Perarnau i Agué (born 30 December 1970) is a Noundurian military officer, politician, and former soldier who currently serves as the minister of defense of the Free Republic of Noundures. As minister of defense, Perarnau Agué holds the rank of general and is considered to be the second most powerful person in the Noundurian government after Cabdill Malaquies Llorca Caparrós, the president of Noundures.

The son of an officer in the Free Noundurian Army (ENL), Perarnau Agué enlisted as a soldier in January 1989 and was deployed three times to the country's de facto northern bother with Salisford and twice in Olèrdola, the capital city of the Free Republic of Noundures, between August 1989 and April 1994. After nearly being killed in action in August 1992, and at the insistence of his father, Perarnau Agué transferred from being an enlisted soldier to being an officer in January 1995. He was implicated in ordering the executions of seven Salisfordian civilians, which he claimed were Salisfordian spies, in June 2005, and he received much international condemnation for his action which has since been called a war crime.

He became the deputy commander of the Olèrdola Defense Sector (SDO) in February 2013, and later, its general commander in November 2014. He was appointed by Llorca Caparrós as his deputy minister of defense in March 2015, and once Llorca Caparrós assumed the presidency on 10 July 2015, he appointed Perarnau Agué as minister of defense. Independent analysts believe that Perarnau Agué will run for president in the 2027 presidential election.

Early life

Amèric Romeu Perarnau i Agué was born on 30 December 1970 in Sanaüja, a city which is officially a part of Salisford but is controlled by the self-declared Free Republic of Noundures. His father is Josep Domènec Perarnau i Balsas and his mother is Francesca Sònia Agué i Torrente de Perarnau. He is the oldest of four children, with his younger siblings being Raquel, Amadeu, and Ysabel. At the time of his birth, his father was an active major within the Free Noundurian Army (ENL).

Perarnau Agué's grandfather, Pompeu Cristòfol Perarnau i Hurtado, was one of the 50,000 soldiers who participated in the initial invasion of the Modica Strip of July to October 1933 which began the Desert War between the Free Republic of Noundures (then known as the State of Noundures) and the Kingdom of Salisford. His great grandparents were originally from the area controlled by the Free Republic of Noundures, but later fled the area for El Salvador in the 1900s due to fears of reprisals against Salvadorans living in the area by the Salisfordian government. After the initial offensive of 1933, his grandparents settled in the territory conquered by the Free Republic of Noundures.

Military career

As a soldier

Perarnau Agué joined the Free Noundurian Army, as required by the country's conscription law, on 1 January 1989, two days after his eighteenth birthday. That same day, he also became a member of the Movement for Noundurian Integration (MIN), the country's sole-legal political party. Upon joining the party, he was awarded the Order of the Movement for Noundurian Integration.

He joined as an enlisted soldier and was given the rank of cadet upon joining. His father, however, wanted Perarnau Agué to follow his footsteps and become a military officer rather than a soldier. Perarnau Agué insisted on being a soldier, and as such, he continued his basic training with the Free Noundurian Army. He completed his training on 1 June 1989 and was promoted to the rank of corporal, and following national military tradition, he and the rest of his fellow new soldiers participated in the annual Independence Day Military Parade on 10 July 1989 and was awarded the Military Service Medal.

Shortly after his promotion, Perarnau Agué was deployed to the country's de facto northern border with Salisford to patrol it and defend it from any possible Salisfordian offenses or sabotage operations. He was stationed in the border town of Mataró in the department of Lloconesa in August 1989 and remained deployed until January 1990. He was redeployed to the city of Manresa in the department of Sant Jeroni in April 1990 and remained deployed until November 1990. He did not see combat during either deployment, but he did engage in some counterintelligence operations which led to the arrests of five alleged Salisfordian saboteurs.

In February 1991, Perarnau Agué and 150 other Noundurian soldiers were sent to Sonsochapan in El Salvador to receive advanced training from the Salvadoran Army. His training was completed in June 1991 and he returned to Noundures, where he was deployed to Olèrdola, the free republic's capital city, in September 1991. He remained deployed in Olèrdola until March 1992. Perarnau Agué was deployed to Mataró for a second time in July 1992. During his deployment, on 19 August 1992, the Kauayotl armored personnel carrier he was riding in was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade, which was presumably launched by Salisfordian forces. He was injured by the attack and was taken to a military hospital in Olèrdola.

After being in hospital for just under a month, Perarnau Agué was promoted to the rank of sub-sergeant by Colonel Gonçal Monter Valldosera on 13 September 1992 and was awarded the Medal of Heroism and Sacrifice, a military award for being injured or killed in action. The attack caused Perarnau Agué's father, now holding the rank of lieutenant colonel, to increasingly pressure him to transfer from being an enlisted soldier to an officer. Perarnau Agué reluctantly abided by his father's request and began studying at the Sonsochapan Military Academy in El Salvador in January 1993 to become an officer. He was deployed one final time in Olèrdola from October 1993 to April 1994. He completed his studies in December 1994, and on 1 January 1995, he was officially inaugurated as an officer and given the rank of sub-lieutenant.

As an officer

Due to his prior experience as a soldier and through his father's influence, Perarnau Agué was rapidly promoted through the early officer ranks. He was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1996, Captain in March 1997, and Major in May 2000. Some officers, both at his rank and above his rank, disapproved of his rapid promotions, seeing them as illegitimate and corrupt, but the most senior officers in the Free Noundurian Army were not as concerned as many of them attained quick promotions through similar means.

Perarnau Agué was promoted to lieutenant colonel, the rank his father attained before he retired, on 19 June 2004. He was placed in command of an infantry company in Mataró. During his command, controversy arose when, on 23 June 2005, Perarnau Agué's soldiers arrested seven Salisfordians in Mataró. He accused them of carrying out espionage on behalf of the Royal Salisfordian Army and, without a trial, had them executed by firing squad on 25 June 2005. The event was condemned as a massacre by the Salisfordian government and Perarnau Agué was charged in absentia in a Salisfordian court with war crimes and seven counts of first-degree murder. He was convicted in September 2005 and sentenced to death in absentia. Meanwhile, the Noundurian government praised Perarnau Agué's actions and awarded him the Counterintelligence Vigilance Medal and the grand officer grade of the Order of Lluís Amadeu Altayo i Ramió on 10 July 2005.

Out of fears that he could be assassinated, Perarnau Agué was transferred away from the frontlines and given the command of a company in Sabadell in the department of Risud, a few miles north of the El Salvador–Noundures border. He remained in Sabadell until October 2008 when he was promoted to the rank of colonel. He was then transferred to command an infantry regiment in Olèrdola. He was promoted to the rank of major general on 22 February 2011 and was command of the Olèrdola-based 4th Infantry Battalion. On 1 February 2013, he was appointed by General Benjamí Agudelo Ordinas, the General Commander of the Olèrdola Defense Sector (SDO), to be his deputy general commander. He remained in his position until 8 November 2014, when Agudelo Ordinas retired from the military. In his place, Perarnau Agué was promoted to the rank of general assume command of the Olèrdola Defense Sector. He also became the commanding officer of the 1st Infantry Division.

Minister of Defense

Perarnau Agué (center) inspecting the site of a shooting in Olèrdola in 2020.

On 26 February 2015, General Menna Sardans Cuni resigned from his position as deputy minister of defense. To replace him, General Malaquies Llorca Caparrós, the incumbent minister of defense and the president-elect of Noundures, appointed Perarnau Agué as deputy minister of defense on 1 March 2015 to complete the term. When the term ended on 10 July 2015, Llorca Caparrós decided to appoint Perarnau Agué as his minister of defense, making him the twelfth person in Noundurian history to hold the position. The day of his appointment, he had a summit with Llorca Caparrós, Roderic Tarragona Montanuy, the president of El Salvador, and General Martí Viñals Furnols, the minister of defense of El Salvador, to discuss the future military relationship between Noundures and El Salvador.

Perarnau Agué has had three deputy ministers of defense serve under him since 2015. General Ezequies Guasch Alameda served as deputy minister of defense from 10 July 2015 until 3 August 2016 when he resigned due to health-related reasons. Guasch Alameda was succeeded by General Pompeu Farreró Canosa who served until 19 March 2019 when he retired from military service. Farreró Canosa was himself succeeded by General Pròsper Torrades Grajera, who succeeded Perarnau Agué as commander of the 1st Infantry Division, deputy commander of the Olèrdola Defense Sector, and general commander of the Olèrdola Defense Sector.

As minister of defense, Perarnau Agué mostly organized counterintelligence operations within the country and expanded fortifications on the northern frontline with Salisford. In April 2019, he established the Anti-Terrorist Unit (UAT), a unit of the armed forces dedicated to preventing terrorist attacks within the country's major cities.

Personal life

Perarnau Agué married Octàvia Cristina Vallés i Piñols on 9 December 1994 in Olèrdola. The couple has three children: Salvador (born 1997), Rita (born 2000), and Natàlia (born 2004). Salvador is currently a soldier in the Free Noundurian Army and is expected to become an officer, like his father, in the near future. Rita currently works as a news commentator on Noundures' Channel 10, while Natàlia is currently studying law at the University of Ciutat dels Àngels.

His nickname is "Serp", Salvadoran for serpent, and it was given to him by senior military officers who considered his appointment as an officer and his quick early rise in the ranks as "sneaky as a serpent". He has since embraced the nickname and presents it as representing that he is as "deadly as a serpent". He is also sometimes referred to by his initials: APA.

Awards and decorations

Domestic decorations

Noundures

• Grand Collar of the Hero of the Free Republic of Noundures (10 July 2015)
• Grand Officer of the Order of Lluís Amadeu Altayo i Ramió (10 July 2005)
• Member of the Medal of Heroism and Sacrifice (13 September 1992)
• Member of the Meritorious Conduct Medal (x2) (13 September 1992; 30 October 2008)
• Member of the Counterintelligence Vigilance Medal (10 July 2005)
• Member of the Great Liberation War Campaign Medal (1 February 1990)
• Member of the Soldier's Deployment Medal (x5) (1 February 1990; 1 December 1990; 1 April 1992; 13 September 1992; 1 May 1994)
• Member of the Thirty Year Service Medal (1 January 2019)
• Member of the Twenty Year Service Medal (1 January 2009)
• Member of the Ten Year Service Medal (1 January 1999)
• Member of the Five Year Service Medal (1 January 1994)
• Member of the Officer Service Medal (1 January 1996)
• Member of the Enlisted Service Medal (10 July 1989)
• Member of the Order of the Movement for Noundurian Integration (1 January 1989)

Foreign decorations

El Salvador

• Collar of the Order of Service to the Fatherland (10 July 2015)

State of the Church

• Grand Knight of the Order of the Sacred Cross (10 July 2015)

Military rank history

See also: Military ranks of Noundures

	Cadet
	1 January 1989 – 1 June 1989
	Corporal
	1 June 1989 – 13 September 1992
	Sub-Sergeant
	13 September 1992 – 1 January 1995
	Sub-Lieutenant
	1 January 1995 – 8 July 1996
	Lieutenant
	8 July 1996 – 2 March 1997
	Captain
	2 March 1997 – 28 May 2000

	Major
	28 May 2000 – 19 June 2004
	Lieutenant Colonel
	19 June 2004 – 30 October 2008
	Colonel
	30 October 2008 – 22 February 2011
	Major General
	22 February 2011 – 8 November 2014
	General
	8 November 2014 – present

See also

Creeperopolis portal Salisford portal Terraconserva portal

• Minister of Defense of Noundures
• List of current ministers of defense

External links

Media related to Amèric Perarnau Agué at LCN Wiki

Political offices
Preceded by Menna Sardans Cuni	Deputy Minister of Defense of Noundures 2015	Succeeded by Ezequies Guasch Alameda
Preceded by Malaquies Llorca Caparrós	Minister of Defense of Noundures 2015–present	Incumbent
Military offices
Preceded by Màrius Cabanillas Las	Commander of the 4th Infantry Battalion 2011–2014	Succeeded by Salomó Alorda Canet
Preceded by Pasqual Esparch Latas	Deputy Commander of the Olèrdola Defense Sector 2013–2014	Succeeded by Pròsper Torrades Grajera
Preceded by Benjamí Agudelo Ordinas	Commander of the 1st Infantry Division 2014–2015	Succeeded by Pròsper Torrades Grajera
Preceded by Benjamí Agudelo Ordinas	General Commander of the Olèrdola Defense Sector 2014–2015	Succeeded by Pròsper Torrades Grajera