What is Mario Benjamín Menéndez?
[[File:Marío Benjamín Menéndez.jpg|thumb|200px|Menéndez in 1975]] '''Mario Benjamín Menéndez''' (3 April 1930 &ndash; 18 September 2015) was an [[Argentine]] military officer. He was a [[Brigadier general|Brigadier General]] of the [[Argentine Army]]. After the 1982 Argentine [[Occupation of the Falkland Islands|occupation]], he served as [[Governor of the Falkland Islands|Governor]] of the [[Falkland Islands]] from 3 April until 14 June. He [[Argentine surrender in the Falklands War|surrendered]] to [[British]] forces during the [[Falkland Wars]]. Menéndez was born in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=AQwvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BaUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1316,697153&dq=&hl=en|title=Daring Argentine general vows to fight to the last bullet|work=[[Montreal Gazette]]|date=2 June 1982|access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> His brother was [[Luciano Benjamín Menéndez]] (1927–2018), a general of the [[Dirty War]]. Menéndez died on 18 September 2015 at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infobae.com/2015/09/18/1756388-murio-mario-benjamin-menendez|title=Murió Mario Benjamín Menéndez|work=infobae.com|date=18 September 2015|access-date=19 September 2015|language=es}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Menendez, Mario Benjamin}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Argentine generals]] [[Category:Politicians from Buenos Aires]] [[Category:Governors of the Falkland Islands]] {{Bio-stub}}