was appointed Governor-General of the Province of Spanish West Africa, and after a reorganization he was Governor of the Province of Ifni. During his tenure the Ifni War broke out, and he managed to contain the offensive of the Moroccan Army of Liberation against the Spanish garrisons in Spanish Sahara and in Ifni, for which he was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Cisneros on 1 October 1958. He was promoted to major general on 8 February 1959. He was appointed head of the Armoured Division No. 1 "Brunete" on 2 June 1959. In 1965 he received the Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows in 1965, and moved to the reserve in 1968. He died on 4 September 1973 from hepatic encephalopathy complicated by his war wounds. Bibliography Notes References External links Mariano Gómez-Zamalloa y Quirce a la Ifnipèdia M. Gómez Zamalloa (1897–1973) 1897 births 1973 deaths People from Galicia (Spain) People from A Coruña 20th-century Spanish military personnel Spanish colonial governors and administrators History of Western Sahara Spanish captain generals Spanish military personnel of the Rif War Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (National faction) Spanish military personnel of World War II Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand Recipients of the Iron Cross (1939), 2nd class Grand Crosses of the Royal and Military Order of San Hermenegild