Commander of the Armed Forces (Paraguay)

The Commander of the Armed Forces (Spanish: Comandante de las Fuerzas Militares) is the professional head of the Armed Forces of Paraguay.

Commander of the Armed Forces
Comandante de las Fuerzas Militares
Incumbent Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo since 13 October 2022
Armed Forces of Paraguay
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Appointer	the President
Formation	14 April 1993
First holder	Eduardo Dionicio A. Gonzalez Petit
Website	Official website

Commanders

No.	Portrait	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Defence branch	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Vicealmirante Eduardo Dionicio A. Gonzalez Petit	14 April 1993	3 February 1995	1 year, 295 days	Paraguayan Navy	[1]
2		General de ejército Silvio Rafael Noguera Ramirez	3 February 1995	5 August 1998	3 years, 183 days	Paraguayan Army	[1]
3		General de ejército Eligio Ramon Torres Heyn	5 August 1998	1 November 1999	1 year, 88 days	Paraguayan Army	[1][2]
4		Almirante Jose Ramon Ocampos Alfaro (?–2014)	1 November 1999	21 August 2000	294 days	Paraguayan Navy	[1]
5		Almirante Miguel Angel Candia Fleitas	21 August 2000	14 March 2001	205 days	Paraguayan Navy	[1]
6		General de ejército Expedito Adriano Garrigoza Vera	14 March 2001	29 August 2003	2 years, 168 days	Paraguayan Army	[1]
7		General de ejército Jose Key Kanazawa Gamarra	17 September 2003	28 November 2006	3 years, 72 days	Paraguayan Army	[1]
8		General de ejército Bernardino Soto Estigarribia (born 1952)	28 November 2006	19 November 2008	1 year, 357 days	Paraguayan Army	[1][3]
9		Contraalmirante Cibar Benitez Caceres	19 November 2008	6 November 2009	352 days	Paraguayan Navy	[1][3] [4]
10		General de brigada Juan Oscar Velazquez Castillo	6 November 2009	20 September 2010	318 days	Paraguayan Army	[1][4] [5]
11		General de ejército Felipe Benicio Melgarejo Recalde	21 September 2010	10 September 2012	1 year, 356 days	Paraguayan Army	[1][5] [6]
12		General de fuerza aerea Miguel Christ Jacobs	10 September 2012	11 October 2013	1 year, 31 days	Paraguayan Air Force	[1][6]
13		General de ejército Jorge Francisco Ramirez Gomez	11 October 2013	23 October 2014	1 year, 12 days	Paraguayan Army	[1]
14		General de ejército Luis Gonzaga Garcete	23 October 2014	3 November 2016	2 years, 11 days	Paraguayan Army	[7]
15		General de fuerza aerea Braulio Piris Rojas	3 November 2016	9 August 2017	279 days	Paraguayan Air Force	[7][8]
16		Almirante Hugo Milciades Scolari Pagliaro	9 August 2017	30 October 2018	1 year, 82 days	Paraguayan Navy	[8][9]
17		General de fuerza aerea Eladio Casimiro González Aguilar	30 October 2018	13 October 2022	3 years, 348 days	Paraguayan Air Force	[9]
18		General de ejército Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo	13 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 287 days	Paraguayan Army	[10]