Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant-Brigadier |
Carlos de Almeida Baptista Júnior | |
Office: | Commander of the Brazilian Air Force |
Term Start: | 12 April 2021 |
Term End: | 2 January 2023 |
President: | Jair Bolsonaro |
Minister: | Walter Braga Netto Paulo Sérgio Nogueira |
Predecessor: | Antonio Carlos Moretti Bermudez |
Successor: | Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno |
Birth Date: | day=05 month=09 year=1960 |
Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil |
Branch: | Brazilian Air Force |
Allegiance: | ![]() |
Rank: | Lieutenant-Brigadier |
Serviceyears: | 1975–present |
Carlos de Almeida Baptista Júnior (born 5 September 1960 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian military, Lieutenant-Brigadier of the Air, and Commander of the Brazilian Air Force. Baptista Júnior became commander in April 2021,[1] replacing Antonio Carlos Moretti Bermudez.[2]
Baptista Júniore joined the Air Force on 3 March 1975 and was promoted to Lieutenant Brigadier in 2018.[3] He is son of the Former Commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant-Brigadier of the Air, Carlos de Almeida Baptista, who was in command between 1999 and 2003.[2]