Ricardo Pardo Zancada

{{short description|Spanish former military commander (born 1935)}}

{{Infobox military person

| name = Ricardo Pardo Zancada

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1935}}

| birth_place = Badajoz

| allegiance = División Acorazada Brunete

| branch = Infantry major

| battles = 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt

}}

Ricardo Pardo Zancada (born 1935) is a Spanish former military commander. He was commanding officer and he was involved in the 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt, so he was sentenced to twelve years in prison for military rebellion and pardoned in 1989.{{cite news |url=http://estaticos.elmundo.es/especiales/2001/02/nacional/23-f/pdfs/1011.pdf |title=El golpe en 39 voces |newspaper=El Mundo |date=22 February 2001 |access-date=20 February 2011 |language=es |pages=10–11 |first=José |last=Oneto}}{{cite news |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/reportajes/quedan/golpe/elpepusocdmg/20110220elpdmgrep_6/Tes |title=Los que quedan del golpe |newspaper=El País |date=20 February 2011 |access-date=20 February 2011 |language=es |first=Lola |last=Galán |publisher=Prisa}}