# List of commanders of the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras

This is the list of Commanders of the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras. The list includes the Commanders of the schools prior to the AMAN that were located in Rio de Janeiro. Since its installation in Resende, which occurred in 1944, AMAN had 43 effective Commanders.

## Academia Real Militar (1811-1822)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Lieutenant-General Carlos Antônio Napion |
| 2 | Lieutenant-General Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler |
| 3 | Marshall Joaquim de Oliveira Álvares |
| 4 | Brigadier Joaquim Norberto Xavier de Brito |

## Imperial Academia Militar (1823-1831)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Brigadier Manuel da Costa Pinto |
| 2 | Colonel Manuel José de Oliveira |

## Academia Militar da Corte (1832-1838)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Colonel José de Souza Corrêa |
| 2 | Brigadier Raimundo José da Cunha |
| 3 | Colonel Manoel José de Oliveira |
| 4 | Brigadier João Paulo dos Santos |

## Escola Militar (1839-1857)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Brigadier Salvador José Maciel |
| 2 | Colonel Vicente Antônio Buys |
| 3 | Colonel José dos Santos Oliveira |
| 4 | Colonel Firmino Herculano de Morais Âncora |
| 5 | Lieutenant-General Francisco de Paula Vasconcelos |
| 6 | Brigadier Antônio Joaquim de Souza |
| 7 | Colonel Antônio Manoel de Melo |

## Escola de Aplicação do Exército (1855-1858)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Brigadier Jerônimo Francisco Coelho |
| 2 | Colonel Polidoro da Fonseca Quintanilha Jordão |

## Escola Central (1858-1866)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Brigadier Antônio Joaquim de Souza |
| 2 | Brigadier Pedro de Alcântara Belegarde |
| 3 | Brigadier Manoel Felizardo de Souza Melo |
| 4 | Marshall José Maria da Silva Bittencourt |

## Escola Militar (1860-1879)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Brigadier Polidoro da Fonseca Quintanilha Jordão |
| 2 | Brigadier Severiano Martins da Fonseca |

## Escola Militar da Corte (1881-1888)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Brigadier Severiano Martins da Fonseca |
| 2 | Brigadier Agostinho Marques de Sá |
| 3 | Brigadier José Clorindo de Queiroz |

## Escola Militar da Capital Federal (1889-1897)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Brigadier José Clorindo de Queiroz |
| 2 | Major-General Bibiano Sérgio Macedo da Fontoura Costallat |
| 3 | Major-General Raimundo Ewerton Quadros |
| 4 | Major-General Francisco Carlos da Luz |
| 5 | Major-General Miguel Maria Girard |
| 6 | Major-General Roberto Trompowsky Leitão de Almeida |

## Escola Militar do Brasil (1898-1904)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Major-General Francisco José Teixeira Júnior |
| 2 | Major-General Carlos Eugênio de Andrade Guimarães |
| 3 | Major-General Bibiano Sérgio Macedo da Fontoura Costallat |

## Escola de Guerra (1906-1911)

| Number | Name |
| 1 | Colonel Carlos Augusto Campos |
| 2 | Colonel Oscar de Oliveira Miranda |
| 3 | Colonel Agrícola Ewerton Pinto |

## Escola Militar do Realengo (1912-1944)

| Number | Name | Begin | End |
| 1 | Colonel Antônio De Albuquerque Sousa | June 4, 1912 | November 14, 1914 |
| 2 | Major-General Ildefonso Pires de Morais Castro | November 14, 1914 | March 4, 1915 |
| 3 | Colonel Augusto Maria Sisson | March 4, 1915 | November 14, 1917 |
| 4 | Major-General Eduardo Artur Sócrates | November 14, 1917 | May 10, 1919 |
| 5 | Major-General José Maria Moreira Guimarães | May 10, 1919 | October 8, 1919 |
| 6 | Major-General Eduardo Monteiro de Barros | October 8, 1919 | August 2, 1922 |
| 7 | Major-General José Joaquim Firmino | August 2, 1922 | January 31, 1923 |
| 8 | Major-General Estanislau Vieira Pamplona | January 31, 1923 | July 17, 1923 |
| 9 | Major-General Marciano de Oliveira Ávila | July 17, 1923 | November 30, 1927 |
| 10 | Major-General Gil Antônio Dias de Almeida | November 30, 1927 | May 5, 1928 |
| 11 | Major-General Constâncio Deschamps Cavalcanti | May 5, 1928 | November 1, 1930 |
| 12 | Major-General José Vitoriano Aranha da Silva | November 1, 1930 | November 19, 1930 |
| 13 | Major-General José Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque | November 19, 1930 | August 7, 1934 |
| 14 | Major-General José Meira de Vasconcelos | August 7, 1934 | July 18, 1935 |
| 15 | Major-General João Batista Mascarenhas de Morais | July 18, 1935 | August 5, 1937 |
| 16 | Major-General Renato Paquet | August 5, 1937 | April 7, 1938 |
| 17 | Major-General Mário José Pinto Guedes | April 7, 1938 | June 7, 1939 |
| 18 | Major-General Álvaro Fiúza de Castro | June 7, 1939 | December 27, 1940 |
| 19 | Major-General Álcio Souto | December 27, 1940 | January 9, 1943 |
| 20 | Colonel Mário Travassos | January 9, 1943 | February 28, 1944 |
| 21 | Professor Colonel Augusto da Cunha Duque Estrada; commanded in 1944 the courses that stayed in Realengo (2nd and 3rd years), while Colonel Mário Travassos went to Resende to install the first year in the new Military Academy. | March 1, 1944 | December 31, 1944 |

## Escola Militar de Resende (1944-1951)

| Number | Name | Begin | End |
| 1 | Colonel Mário Travassos | March 1, 1944 | December 27, 1945 |
| 2 | Major-General Aristóteles de Sousa Dantas | December 27, 1945 | November 25, 1946 |
| 3 | Major-General Álvaro Patti de Aguiar | November 25, 1946 | February 20, 1948 |
| 4 | Major-General Ciro do Espírito Santo Cardoso | February 20, 1948 | March 10, 1950 |
| 5 | Major-General Manuel de Azambuja Brilhante | March 10, 1950 | March 31, 1951 |

## Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (1951-present)

| Number | Name | Begin | End |
| 6 | Major-General Nestor Souto de Oliveira | March 31, 1951 | November 25, 1952 |
| 7 | Major-General Jair Dantas Ribeiro | November 25, 1952 | May 20, 1955 |
| 8 | Major-General Júlio Teles de Menezes | May 20, 1955 | March 20, 1956 |
| 9 | Major-General Hugo Panasco Alvim | March 20, 1956 | January 30, 1958 |
| 10 | Major-General João Punaro Bley | January 30, 1958 | February 1, 1960 |
| 11 | Major-General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos | February 1, 1960 | February 5, 1962 |
| 12 | Major-General Pedro Geraldo de Almeida | February 5, 1962 | March 4, 1963 |
| 13 | Major-General Emílio Garrastazu Médici | March 4, 1963 | May 8, 1964 |
| 14 | Major-General Alfredo Souto Malan | May 8, 1964 | December 8, 1966 |
| 15 | Major-General Ariel Pacca da Fonseca | December 8, 1966 | November 28, 1967 |
| 16 | Major-General Adolpho João de Paula Couto | November 28, 1967 | May 2, 1969 |
| 17 | Major-General Carlos de Meira Mattos | May 2, 1969 | February 4, 1971 |
| 18 | Major-General José Fragomeni | February 4, 1971 | February 19, 1974 |
| 19 | Major-General Túlio Chagas Nogueira | February 19, 1974 | February 12, 1976 |
| 20 | Major-General Sylvio Octávio do Espírito Santo | February 12, 1976 | February 15, 1978 |
| 21 | Major-General Hyran Ribeiro Arnt | February 15, 1978 | February 5, 1981 |
| 22 | Major-General Ramiro Monteiro de Castro | February 5, 1981 | February 16, 1984 |
| 23 | Major-General Rubens Bayma Denys | February 16, 1984 | April 10, 1985 |
| 24 | Major-General Braz Monteiro Campos | April 10, 1985 | December 17, 1985 |
| 25 | Major-General Délio de Assis Monteiro | December 17, 1985 | February 18, 1989 |
| 26 | Major-General Tamoyo Pereira das Neves | February 18, 1989 | March 3, 1990 |
| 27 | Major-General José Ary Lacombe | March 3, 1990 | February 7, 1992 |
| 28 | Major-General Rubem Augusto Taveira | February 7, 1992 | February 18, 1994 |
| 29 | Major-General Max Hoertel | February 18, 1994 | May 5, 1995 |
| 30 | Major-General Ivan de Mendonça Bastos | May 5, 1995 | February 22, 1997 |
| 31 | Major-General José Mauro Moreira Cupertino | February 22, 1997 | February 11, 1999 |
| 32 | Lieutenant-General Domingos Carlos de Campos Curado | February 11, 1999 | February 5, 2001 |
| 33 | Major-General Reinaldo Cayres Minati | February 5, 2001 | February 8, 2003 |
| 34 | Major-General Claudimar Magalhães Nunes | February 8, 2003 | February 12, 2005 |
| 35 | Major-General Marco Antônio de Farias | February 12, 2005 | February 10, 2007 |
| 36 | Major-General Gerson Menandro Garcia de Freitas | February 10, 2007 | April 25, 2009 |
| 37 | Lieutenant-General Edson Leal Pujol | April 25, 2009 | April 29, 2011 |
| 38 | Major-General Júlio Cesar de Arruda | April 29, 2011 | April 23, 2013 |
| 39 | Lieutenant-General Tomás Miguel Miné Ribeiro Paiva | April 23, 2013 | April 23, 2015 |
| 40 | Lieutenant-General André Luis Novaes Miranda | April 23, 2015 | April 25, 2017 |
| 41 | Lieutenant-General Ricardo Augusto Ferreira Costa Neves | April 25, 2017 | December 12, 2018 |
| 42 | Major-General Gustavo Henrique Dutra de Menezes | December 12, 2018 | September 11, 2020 |
| 43 | Major-General Paulo Roberto Rodrigues Pimentel | September 11, 2020 | April,12, 2022 |
| 44 | Major-General João Felipe Dias Alves | April,12, 2022 | - |