Army High Command

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]

Commander of the Brazilian Army
Comandante do Exército Brasileiro
Incumbent Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva since 21 January 2023
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

Organization of the Army High Command

Army High Command HQ in Brasília

The current posts of active Brazilian generals:^[4]

Coat of Arms	Position	Incumbent
	Army Commander	General Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva
	Chief of the Army General Staff	General Fernando José Sant'Ana Soares e Silva
	Chief of the Land Operations Command	General Estevam Cals Theophilo Gaspar de Oliveira
	Chief of the General Department of Personnel	General João Chalella Júnior
	Chief of the Department of Education and Culture	General Richard Fernandez Nunes
	Chief of the Department of Science and Technology of the Army	General Achilles Furlan Neto
	Chief of the Logistics Command	General Laerte de Souza Santos
	Chief of the Department of Engineering and Construction	General Anisio David de Oliveira Junior
	Chief of the Secretariat of Economy and Finance	General Sergio da Costa Negraes
	Commander of the Amazon Military Region	General Ricardo Augusto Ferreira Costa Neves
	Commander of the Northern Military Region	General Luciano Guilherme Cabral Pinheiro
	Commander of the Northeastern Military Region	General Kleber Nunes de Vasconcellos
	Commander of the Western Military Region	General Luiz Fernando Estorilho Baganha
	Commander of the Eastern Military Region	General André Luís Novaes Miranda
	Commander of the Southeastern Military Region	General Guido Amin Naves
	Commander of the Southern Military Region	General Hertz Pires do Nascimento

List of Commanders

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Gleuber Vieira[6] (1933–2025)	10 June 1999 (1999-06-10)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	3 years, 205 days	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
2		Francisco Roberto de Albuquerque (born 1937)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	8 March 2007 (2007-03-08)	4 years, 66 days	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
3		Enzo Martins Peri (born 1941)	8 March 2007 (2007-03-08)	5 February 2015 (2015-02-05)	7 years, 334 days	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Dilma Rousseff (PT)
4		Eduardo Villas Bôas (born 1951)	5 February 2015 (2015-02-05)	11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)	3 years, 340 days	Dilma Rousseff (PT) Michel Temer (MDB)
5		Edson Leal Pujol (born 1955)	11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)	20 April 2021 (2021-04-20)	2 years, 99 days	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)
6		Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira (born 1958)	20 April 2021 (2021-04-20)	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)	345 days	Jair Bolsonaro (Ind)
7		Marco Antônio Freire Gomes (born 1957)	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)	30 December 2022 (2022-12-30)	274 days	Jair Bolsonaro (PL)
8		Júlio Cesar de Arruda (born 1959)	30 December 2022 (2022-12-30)	21 January 2023 (2023-01-21)	22 days	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
9		Tomás Ribeiro Paiva (born 1960)	21 January 2023 (2023-01-21)	Incumbent	2 years, 113 days	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

See also

• Brazil portal

• Future of the Brazilian Army

External links

• Brazilian Army General Staff
• Brazilian Ministry of Defense