Commander of the Brazilian Army | |
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Comandante do Exército Brasileiro | |
Ministry of Defence | |
Abbreviation | Commander of the Army |
Member of | Army High Command |
Reports to | Minister of Defence |
Nominator | Minister of Defence |
Appointer | President of Brazil |
Formation | 10 March 1808 |
First holder | Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho |
Website | Official website |
The Army High Command (ACE) of Brazil is formed by the Army Commander and other army generals in active service. [1] The country currently holds sixteen active 4-star generals, several of then in command posts, in addition to a post in the Ministry of Defence. The mission of ACE include the selection of a list of candidates to the post of commander, the prospection of regional and global political situations, among others roles. All Brazilian generals are graduates of the Brazilian Superior War School. [2] [3]
The current posts of active Brazilian generals: [4]
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |
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1 | Gleuber Vieira (born 1933) | 10 June 1999 | 1 January 2003 | 3 years, 205 days | Fernando Henrique Cardoso ( PSDB) | |
2 | Francisco Roberto de Albuquerque (born 1937) | 1 January 2003 | 8 March 2007 | 4 years, 66 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ( PT) | |
3 |
Enzo Martins Peri (born 1941) | 8 March 2007 | 5 February 2015 | 7 years, 334 days |
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (
PT) Dilma Rousseff ( PT) | |
4 | Eduardo Villas Bôas (born 1951) | 5 February 2015 | 11 January 2019 | 3 years, 340 days |
Dilma Rousseff (
PT) Michel Temer ( MDB) | |
5 |
Edson Leal Pujol (born 1955) | 11 January 2019 | 20 April 2021 | 2 years, 99 days | Jair Bolsonaro ( PSL) | |
6 |
Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira (born 1958) | 20 April 2021 | 31 March 2022 | 345 days | Jair Bolsonaro ( Ind) | |
7 |
Marco Antônio Freire Gomes (born 1957) | 31 March 2022 | 30 December 2022 | 274 days | Jair Bolsonaro ( PL) | |
8 |
Júlio Cesar de Arruda (born 1959) | 30 December 2022 | 21 January 2023 | 22 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ( PT) | |
9 |
Tomás Ribeiro Paiva (born 1960) | 21 January 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 100 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ( PT) |