# Army High Command

The Army High Command (ACE) of Brazil is formed by the Army Commander and other army generals in active service. The country currently holds sixteen active 4-star generals, several of then in command posts, in addition to a post in the Ministry of Defence. The mission of ACE include the selection of a list of candidates to the post of commander, the prospection of regional and global political situations, among others roles. All Brazilian generals are graduates of the Brazilian Superior War School.

## Organization of the Army High Command

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

## List of Commanders

| No. | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Gleuber Vieira (1933–2025) | 10 June 1999 (1999-06-10) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 3 years, 205 days | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 2 | Francisco Roberto de Albuquerque (born 1937) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 8 March 2007 (2007-03-08) | 4 years, 66 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 3 | Enzo Martins Peri (born 1941) | 8 March 2007 (2007-03-08) | 5 February 2015 (2015-02-05) | 7 years, 334 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 4 | Eduardo Villas Bôas (born 1951) | 5 February 2015 (2015-02-05) | 11 January 2019 (2019-01-11) | 3 years, 340 days | Dilma Rousseff (PT) Michel Temer (MDB) |
| 5 | Edson Leal Pujol (born 1955) | 11 January 2019 (2019-01-11) | 20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) | 2 years, 99 days | Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) |
| 6 | Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira (born 1958) | 20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) | 31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) | 345 days | Jair Bolsonaro (Ind) |
| 7 | Marco Antônio Freire Gomes (born 1957) | 31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) | 30 December 2022 (2022-12-30) | 274 days | Jair Bolsonaro (PL) |
| 8 | Júlio Cesar de Arruda (born 1959) | 30 December 2022 (2022-12-30) | 21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) | 22 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 9 | Tomás Ribeiro Paiva (born 1960) | 21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) | Incumbent | 1 year, 365 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |