Edson Leal Pujol
General (four-star rank) Edson Leal Pujol (Dom Pedrito; born January 2, 1955) is a General in the Brazilian Army. He is the Brazilian Army Commander, since 11 January 2019.[1]
Edson Leal Pujol | |
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| Commander of the Brazilian Army | |
| Assumed office 11 January 2019 | |
| President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Minister of Defence | Fernando Azevedo e Silva |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Villas Bôas |
| Commander of MINUSTAH | |
| In office March 2013 – March 2014 | |
| Head | Nigel Fisher Sandra Honoré |
| Preceded by | Fernando Rodrigues Goulart |
| Succeeded by | José Luiz Jaborandy Junior |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edson Leal Pujol 2 January 1955 Dom Pedrito, RS, Brazil |
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| Commands | 1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade Agulhas Negras Military Academy MINUSTAH Southern Military Command |
| Awards | Marshal Hermes Medal Order of Military Merit (Grand Cross) Medal of the Peacekeeper |
Military career
General Pujol graduated in 1977 from the Brazilian Military Academy Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (AMAN), ranked first in his class in the Cavalry branch. He also achieved first place in his class at the Advanced Course, Escola de Aperfeiçoamento de Oficias (EsAO) and the Command and General Staff School Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (Brazil) (ECEME). He has been awarded the silver Hermes medal with three gold crowns.
As a general officer, he commanded the 1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade,[2] located in Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul and between 25 April 2009 and 29 April 2011 was the Commander of AMAN.[3]
He was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) on 27 March 2013.[4]
In 2018, he was Chief of the Army Science and Technology Department and was appointed by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to be Brazilian Army Commander.
References
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Eduardo Villas Bôas |
Commander of the Brazilian Army 2019–present |
Incumbent |
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| Preceded by Fernando Rodrigues Goulart |
Commander of MINUSTAH 2013–2014 |
Succeeded by José Luiz Jaborandy Junior |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Alexandre Ramagem as Director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency |
Brazilian order of precedence 11th in line as Commander of the Brazilian Armed Forces Served alongside: Raul Botelho, Ilques Barbosa Junior, Antônio Carlos Moretti Bermudez |
Followed by José Levi do Amaral as Attorney General of the Union |