Army High Command


The Army High Command of Brazil is composed of the Army Commander and the army generals who are on active duty. 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.
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.

Organization of the Army High Command

The current posts of active Brazilian generals:
Coat of ArmsPositionIncumbent
Army CommanderGeneral
Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva
Chief of the Army General StaffGeneral
Fernando José Sant'Ana Soares e Silva
Chief of the Land Operations CommandGeneral
Estevam Cals Theophilo Gaspar de Oliveira
Chief of the General Department of PersonnelGeneral
João Chalella Júnior
Chief of the Department of Education and CultureGeneral
Richard Fernandez Nunes
Chief of the Department of Science and Technology of the ArmyGeneral
Achilles Furlan Neto
Chief of the Logistics CommandGeneral
Laerte de Souza Santos
Chief of the Department of Engineering and ConstructionGeneral
Anisio David de Oliveira Junior
Chief of the Secretariat of Economy and FinanceGeneral
Sergio da Costa Negraes
Commander of the Amazon Military RegionGeneral
Ricardo Augusto Ferreira Costa Neves
Commander of the Northern Military RegionGeneral
Luciano Guilherme Cabral Pinheiro
Commander of the Northeastern Military RegionGeneral
Kleber Nunes de Vasconcellos
Commander of the Western Military RegionGeneral
Luiz Fernando Estorilho Baganha
Commander of the Eastern Military RegionGeneral
André Luís Novaes Miranda
Commander of the Southeastern Military RegionGeneral
Guido Amin Naves
Commander of the Southern Military RegionGeneral
Hertz Pires do Nascimento

List of Commanders