Post: | Commander |
Body: | the Brazilian Army |
Flag: | Flag of the Brazilian Army.svg |
Incumbent: | Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva |
Incumbentsince: | 21 January 2023 |
Department: | 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: | Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho |
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]
Coat of Arms | Position | Incumbent | |
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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 |