He served as Army Chief of Staff until his replacement in 1983 by Rodolfo Lobos Zamora.
Together with General Mejía Víctores as Chief of State and Minister of Defense and General Rodolfo Lobos Zamora as Sub Chief of State and Chief of General Staff of National Defense, General Hernández started the process for the return to democracy with elections for a Constituent Assembly in 1984 followed with free general elections in 1985.
Zamora | Los Lobos | Heitor Villa-Lobos | Zamora, Spain | Zamora FC | Lomas de Zamora | Zamora (province) | province of Zamora | Toro, Zamora | Rodolfo Graziani | Juan Rodolfo Wilcock | Benavente, Zamora | Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Mexico | Lobos | Zamora, Michoacán | Lobos de la BUAP | Zamora River | Zamora, Ecuador | Rubén Zamora | Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Spain | Rodolfo Zapata | Rodolfo Vantini | Rodolfo Sacco | Rodolfo Nin Novoa | Rodolfo Lobos Zamora | Rodolfo Llinás | Rodolfo Gonzales | Rodolfo Celletti | Ramon Zamora | Province of Zamora |