Edson Leal Pujol

Edson Leal Pujol
Edson Leal Pujol
Commander of the Brazilian Army
	Incumbent
	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
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil; United Nations
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Rank	Army General
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

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 visit to Israel, December 2019

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.

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References

Military offices
Preceded by Eduardo Villas Bôas	Commander of the Brazilian Army 2019–present	Incumbent
Diplomatic posts
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

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[1] "Folha de São Paulo".

[2] "Decreto de 27 de março de 2007".

[3] "Decreto de 27 de março de 2009".

[4] "UN Press Release".