# List of commanders of the Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército

This is the list of commanders of the Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (ECEME). Since 1905, ECEME has had 61 effective commanders. Among them, the most notable are the President Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco and ministers Nestor Sezefredo dos Passos, Henrique Teixeira Lott, Zenildo Gonzaga Zoroastro de Lucena, Ivan de Sousa Mendes and Sérgio Westphalen Etchegoyen.

## Escola de Estado-Maior (1905-1955)

| Number | Name | Begin | End |
| 1 | Major-General Miguel Maria Girard | January 26, 1906 | October 1, 1907 |
| 2 | Colonel Alfredo Cândido de Moraes Rêgo | October 8, 1907 | October 3, 1910 |
| 3 | Colonel Gabino Bezouro | October 3, 1910 | April 20, 1914 |
| 4 | Colonel Felinto Alcino Braga Cavalcante | April 20, 1914 | August 11, 1916 |
| 5 | Major-General Inácio de Alencastro Guimarães | August 11, 1916 | January 14, 1918 |
| 6 | Colonel Nestor Sezefredo dos Passos | March 15, 1920 | February 9, 1921 |
| 7 | Colonel Raymundo Pinto Seidl | February 16, 1921 | May 1, 1923 |
| 8 | Colonel Jonathas Borges Fortes | May 21, 1923 | August 16, 1924 |
| 9 | Colonel Augusto Limpo Teixeira de Freitas | August 19, 1924 | November 17, 1926 |
| 10 | Colonel Raymundo Rodrigues Barbosa | December 16, 1926 | June 22, 1931 |
| 11 | Colonel Christovão de Castro Barcellos | June 23, 1931 | June 20, 1933 |
| 12 | Colonel José Antonio Coelho Netto | June 20, 1933 | October 4, 1934 |
| 13 | Colonel Estevam Leitão de Carvalho | October 4, 1934 | January 2, 1936 |
| 14 | Colonel Isauro Reguera | January 2, 1936 | January 10, 1938 |
| 15 | Colonel Milton de Freitas Almeida | March 15, 1938 | June 8, 1939 |
| 16 | Colonel Renato Baptista Nunes | June 8, 1939 | December 15, 1942 |
| 17 | Colonel Henrique Baptista Duffles Teixeira Lott | December 23, 1942 | July 12, 1943 |
| 18 | Colonel Fernando de Sabóia Bandeira de Mello | July 12, 1943 | April 12, 1945 |
| 19 | Major-General Francisco Gil Castello Branco | July 5, 1945 | June 8, 1946 |
| 20 | Major-General Tristão de Alencar Araripe | June 8, 1946 | May 3, 1949 |
| 21 | Major-General José Daudt Fabrício | May 3, 1949 | April 1, 1952 |
| 22 | Major-General João Valdetaro de Amorim e Mello | April 1, 1952 | September 5, 1952 |
| 23 | Major-General Antonio José Coelho dos Reis | October 30, 1952 | August 27, 1954 |

## Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (1955-present)

| Number | Name | Begin | End |
| 24 | Major-General Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco | September 15, 1954 | January 3, 1956 |
| 25 | Major-General Emílio Maurell Filho | January 10, 1956 | November 18, 1956 |
| 26 | Major-General Hugo Panasco Alvim | February 28, 1958 | January 19, 1960 |
| 27 | Major-General Luiz Augusto da Silveira | January 19, 1960 | September 4, 1961 |
| 28 | Major-General Jurandyr de Bizarria Mamede | September 4, 1961 | June 2, 1964 |
| 29 | Major-General João Bina Machado | July 14, 1964 | August 29, 1966 |
| 30 | Lieutenant-General Reynaldo Mello de Almeida | November 18, 1966 | May 7, 1969 |
| 31 | Lieutenant-General Adolpho João de Paula Couto | May 7, 1969 | February 12, 1970 |
| 32 | Major-General Ariel Pacca da Fonseca | February 12, 1970 | April 22, 1971 |
| 33 | Major-General Roberto Alves de Carvalho Filho | April 22, 1971 | February 10, 1972 |
| 34 | Major-General Francisco de Mattos Junior | February 10, 1972 | February 11, 1974 |
| 35 | Major-General Alzir Benjamin Chaloub | February 11, 1974 | January 30, 1976 |
| 36 | Major-General Ivan de Souza Mendes | January 30, 1976 | February 7, 1979 |
| 37 | Lieutenant-General Diogo de Oliveira Figueiredo | February 7, 1979 | February 2, 1982 |
| 38 | Major-General Alberto dos Santos Lima Fajardo | February 2, 1982 | January 28, 1983 |
| 39 | Major-General Eduardo Cesar Lucena Barbosa | January 28, 1983 | January 25, 1985 |
| 40 | Major-General Zenildo Gonzaga Zoroastro de Lucena | January 25, 1985 | January 27, 1987 |
| 41 | Major-General Léo Ulysséa Lebarbenchon | January 27, 1987 | December 18, 1987 |
| 42 | Major-General Aricildes de Moraes Motta | December 18, 1987 | April 20, 1990 |
| 43 | Major-General Luciano Phaelante Casales | April 20, 1990 | May 13, 1992 |
| 44 | Major-General Sady Guilherme Schmidt | May 13, 1992 | April 22, 1993 |
| 45 | Major-General Reynaldo Paim Sampaio | April 22, 1993 | January 25, 1995 |
| 46 | Major-General Luiz Edmundo Montedônio Rêgo | January 25, 1995 | February 5, 1998 |
| 47 | Lieutenant-General Ricardo Barbalho Lamellas | February 5, 1998 | January 28, 2000 |
| 48 | Lieutenant-General Paulo Cesar de Castro | January 28, 2000 | May 9, 2002 |
| 49 | Major-General Lúcio Mário de Barros Góes | May 9, 2002 | May 24, 2004 |
| 50 | Major-General Luiz Eduardo Rocha Paiva | May 24, 2004 | December 13, 2006 |
| 51 | Lieutenant-General Sergio Westphalen Etchegoyen | December 13, 2006 | April 6, 2009 |
| 52 | Lieutenant-General João Camilo Pires de Campos | April 6, 2009 | April 6, 2011 |
| 53 | Major-General Sergio José Pereira | April 6, 2011 | December 14, 2012 |
| 54 | Major-General Walter Nilton Pina Stoffel | December 14, 2012 | February 5, 2015 |
| 55 | Lieutenant-General Elias Rodrigues Martins Filho | February 5, 2015 | September 23, 2016 |
| 56 | Major-General Richard Fernandez Nunes | September 23, 2016 | March 16, 2018 |
| 57 | Lieutenant-General Edson Diehl Ripoli | March 16, 2018 | February 12, 2019 |
| 58 | Major-General Rodrigo Pereira Vergara | February 12, 2019 | September 9, 2020 |
| 59 | Major-General Márcio de Souza Nunes Ribeiro | September 9, 2020 | April 18, 2022 |
| 60 | Major-General Sergio Manoel Martins Pereira Junior | April 18, 2022 | December 14, 2023 |
| 61 | Major-General Mario Eduardo Moura Sassone | December 14, 2023 | - |