  antonio tejero molina (born 30 april 1932) is a spanish former lieutenant colonel of the guardia civil, and the most prominent figure in the failed coup d'Ã©tat â also known as the 'tejerazo' â against spanish democracy on 23 february 1981. ==career== tejero entered the guardia civil in 1951 with the rank of lieutenant and was sent to catalonia. in 1958 he was promoted to captain, and was posted to galicia, velez-malaga and the canary islands. in 1963 he was promoted to major, and served in las palmas de gran canaria and badajoz. in 1974 he became a lieutenant colonel, serving as the leader of the comandancia in the basque province of guipÃºzcoa, but had to ask to be transferred to another region when his public declarations against the basque flag, the ikurriÃ±a, became known.  for his accomplishments in the basque country, and in combating the eta, he was named chief of the planning staff of the civil guard in madrid. but along the way, he had also begun to accumulate a record of incidents of dissent. in 1978 tejer
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