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Ismael Warleta y Ordovás (1836, Madrid – 9 August 1898) was a Spanish Navy officer who served as the Chief of Staff of the Navy from 20 August 1897 until his death on 9 August 1898 (although his successor was not appointed until 30 March 1899). Warleta's tenure as chief of naval staff coincided with the Spanish–American War, during which he attended a meeting on 23 April 1898 led by the naval minister Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo, where he supported the proposal of deploying Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete's squadron to Cuba—a decision that led to the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Previously, he had served as the head of the logistics branch of the Ministry of the Navy, and from 1888 until 1890 he commanded the cruiser Reina Regente as a ship-of-the-line captain.

References

1. ^ Revisto de Historia Aeronáutica Nº 25, (2007).
2. ^ Reales decretos nombrando, Capitán general del Departamento de Cádiz, á D. Domingo de Castro; Jefe de Armamentos de la Carraca, á Don Juan Jácome; Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada, á D. Ismael Warleta; Director del Material del Ministerio de Marina, á D. Manuel de la Cámara; segundo Jefe del Apostadero de la Habana, á D. Luis Pastor; Jefe de la Comisión. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 232, de 20/08/1897, páginas 666 a 667.
3. Reales decretos nombrando, Subsecretario del Ministerio de Marina y Jefe de Estado Mayor general de la Armada, al Contraalmirante D. Manuel Mozo y Díaz Robles; Presidente del Centro Técnico de la Marina, al Vicealmirante de la Armada D. José Navarro y Fernández; Vocales del Centro Técnico de la Marina, á los Contraalmirantes Don Eduardo Reinoso y Díez de Tejada. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 89, de 30/03/1899, páginas 1186 a 1187.
4. Information from abroad: War notes, Issues 1-8 (1899), Office of Naval Intelligence, pp. 63–64
5. El “Reina Regente” y la Jeune École (27 de enero de 2015).

v t e Chiefs of Staff of the Spanish Navy
Restoration 1874–1931	Zoilo Sánchez de Ocaña y Vieitiz 1895–1896 Fernando Martínez de Espinosa y Echeverri 1896 Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo 1896–1897 Ismael Warleta y Ordovás 1897–1898 Manuel Mozo y Díaz Robles 1899–1902 Pascual Cervera y Topete 1902– Federico Estrán y Justo 1908–1909 José de la Puente y Bassave 1909–1910 Joaquín María de Cincúnegui y Marco 1910–1912 Francisco Chacón y Pery 1912–1913 Antonio Perea y Orive 1913–1914 Orestes Gracía de Paadín y García 1914–1915 José Pidal Rebollo 1915–1918 Adriano Sánchez Lobatón 1918–1919 José María Chacón y Pery 1919–1920 Gabriel Antón Iboleón 1920–1924 Ignacio Pintado Gough 1924 Juan Carranza y Garrido 1924–1927 José Rivera Álvarez de Canero 1927 Juan Cervera Valderrama 1927–1931 Francisco Javier de Salas González 1931–1936
Republic 1936–1939	Valentín Fuentes López 1937 Miguel Buiza Fernández-Palacios 1937–1938 Pedro Prado Mendizábal 1938–1939 Julián Sánchez Erostarbe 1939
Dictatorship 1936–1975	Juan Cervera Valderrama 1936–1939 Transferred to the Ministry of the Navy 1939–1942 Alfonso Arriaga Adam 1942–1951 Rafael Estrada Arnaiz 1951–1952 Juan Pastor Tomasety 1952–1956 Felipe José de Abárzuza y Oliva 1956–1957 Santiago Antón Rozas 1957–1963 Jerónimo Bustamante de la Rocha 1963 Fernando Meléndez Bojaro 1963–1966 Rafael Fernández de Bobadilla y Ragel 1966–1967 Adolfo Baturone Colombo 1967–1969 Enrique Barbudo Duarte 1969–1972 Gabriel Pita da Veiga y Sanz 1972–1973 José Ramón González López 1973–1975
Contemporary 1975–present	Carlos Buhigas García 1975–1977 Luis Arévalo Pelluz 1977–1982 Saturnino Suanzes de la Hidalga 1982–1984 Guillermo Salas Cardenal 1984–1986 Fernando María Nárdiz Vial 1986–1990 Carlos Vila Miranda 1990–1994 Juan José Romero Caramelo 1994–1997 Antonio Moreno Barberá 1997–2000 Francisco José Toerrente Sánchez 2000–2004 Sebastián Zaragoza Soto 2004–2008 Manuel Rebollo García 2008–2012 Jaime Muñoz-Delgado y Díaz del Río 2012–2017 Teodoro Esteban López Calderón 2017–2021 Fausto Escrigas Rodríguez (Acting) 2021 Antonio Martorell Lacave 2021–2023 Antonio Piñeiro 2023–present

• 1836 births
• 1898 deaths
• Chiefs of staff of the Navy (Spain)
• Spanish admirals
• Spanish military personnel of the Spanish–American War