Army High Command
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The Army High Command (Portuguese: Alto Comando do Exército; ACE) of Brazil is composed of the Army Commander (Comandante do Exército) and the army generals (four-star generals) who are on active duty.[1] Currently, there are fifteen positions for army generals in the Brazilian Army, in addition to one position in the Ministry of Defence. Occasionally, when the Army is responsible for the Head of Education and Culture of the Ministry of Defense, the position is held by an army general who also has a seat on the ACE.
| Commander of the Brazilian Army | |
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| Comandante do Exército Brasileiro | |
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| 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 |
This collegiate body is responsible for the main decisions of the Land Force, including the preparation of promotion lists for general officers, which are later submitted for approval by the President of the Republic.
Within the former Ministry of the Army, the ACE and the Army General Staff were the two prominent general leadership bodies. It “consisted of meetings of the military high command, the hard and restricted core, made up of members of the highest positions in the Army,” discussing the Army’s political decisions and ensuring the minister’s disciplined command of the troops. Division and brigade generals could participate to provide advice on specific matters.[2][3]
Organization of the Army High Command
The current posts of active Brazilian generals:[4]
| Coat of Arms | Position | Incumbent |
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Army Commander | General Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva |
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Chief of the Army General Staff | General Fernando José Sant'Ana Soares e Silva |
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Chief of the Land Operations Command | General Estevam Cals Theophilo Gaspar de Oliveira |
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Chief of the General Department of Personnel | General João Chalella Júnior |
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Chief of the Department of Education and Culture | General Richard Fernandez Nunes |
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Chief of the Department of Science and Technology of the Army | General Achilles Furlan Neto |
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Chief of the Logistics Command | General Laerte de Souza Santos |
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Chief of the Department of Engineering and Construction | General Anisio David de Oliveira Junior |
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Chief of the Secretariat of Economy and Finance | General Sergio da Costa Negraes |
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Commander of the Amazon Military Region | General Ricardo Augusto Ferreira Costa Neves |
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Commander of the Northern Military Region | General Luciano Guilherme Cabral Pinheiro |
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Commander of the Northeastern Military Region | General Kleber Nunes de Vasconcellos |
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Commander of the Western Military Region | General Luiz Fernando Estorilho Baganha |
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Commander of the Eastern Military Region | General André Luís Novaes Miranda |
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Commander of the Southeastern Military Region | General Guido Amin Naves |
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Commander of the Southern Military Region | General Hertz Pires do Nascimento |
List of Commanders
| No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | |
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| 1 | Gleuber Vieira[6] (1933–2025) | 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 | 3 years, 52 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
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