José Elito Carvalho Siqueira

Army General José Elito Carvalho Siqueira is a Brazilian Army general, former Chief-Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic.

José Elito Carvalho Siqueira
Secretary of Institutional Security
In office 1 January 2011 – 2 October 2015
President	Dilma Rousseff
Preceded by	Jorge Armando Felix
Succeeded by	Sérgio Etchegoyen (2016)
Commander of the Southern Military Command
In office 15 August 2007 – 28 November 2008
Preceded by	Carlos Alberto Pinto Silva
Succeeded by	José Carlos de Nardi
Commander of MINUSTAH
In office January 2006 – January 2007
Head	Juan Gabriel Valdés Edmond Mulet
Preceded by	Eduardo Aldunate Hermann
Succeeded by	Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz
Personal details
Born	José Elito Carvalho Siqueira (1946-11-26) 26 November 1946 Aracaju, SE, Brazil
Education	Agulhas Negras Military Academy (AMAN)
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Years of service	1966–2011
Rank	Army General
Commands	Institutional Security Cabinet MINUSTAH Southern Military Command

Biography

Graduated as infantry Aspirant in 1969, in the Agulhas Negras Military Academy (AMAN) and has exercised numerous prominent functions, as Command of MINUSTAH and as Southern Military Commander, which he was in office between 15 August 2007 and 28 November 2008.[1]

He was promoted to the current rank on 31 July 2007 and chosen Minister of State Chief of the Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic by President-elect Dilma Rousseff on 21 December 2010.[2]

After taking office as new Chief-Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet, Elito stood up against the creation of a Truth Committee to investigate human rights violations during the military regime, claiming that no one should be "seeing thing from the past". Also said that "if today our children and grandchildren study in a school, the 31 March will be there as a historical fact. We should see the 31 March as a historical data for the nation, with pros and cons, mas as a historical data. The same way the disappeared ones".[3]

In an interview, said that the existence of political disappeared is not a shame for the country. Dilma Rousseff, who was tortured during the regime, reprimanded the general, that apologized, alleging that he was misunderstood in his press statements.[4]

On 2 December 2015, in Dilma's ministry reform, Siqueira was fired and the Security Cabinet was merged to the Secretariat of Government, created in that day and assumed by Ricardo Berzoini.[5]

References

1. "Ex-Comandantes" (in Portuguese). Comando Militar do Sul. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
2. "General José Elito Siqueira cuidará da segurança presidencial" (in Portuguese). G1. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
3. "'Temos que pensar para frente', diz novo ministro do GSI" (in Portuguese). G1. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
4. Nossa, Leonencio; Lopes, Eugênia; Costa, Rosa (4 January 2011). "Dilma repreende general do GSI por fala sobre ditadura" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
5. Benites, Afonso (2 October 2015). "Reforma ministerial de Dilma corta oito pastas e dá mais força ao PMDB" (in Portuguese). El País. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

Military offices
Preceded by Jorge Armando Felix	Secretary of Institutional Security 2011–2015	Vacant Title next held by Sérgio Etchegoyen
Preceded by Carlos Alberto Pinto Silva	Commander of Southern Military Command 2007–2008	Succeeded by José Carlos de Nardi
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Eduardo Aldunate Hermann	Commander of MINUSTAH 2006–2007	Succeeded by Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz