Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos
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Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos (born 25 September 1957) is a Brazilian Army general and former Chief of the Brazilian Army General Staff, replacing General Walter Souza Braga Netto.[1]
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Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos | |
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Head of Institutional Security Cabinet | |
Assumed office 4 May 2023 | |
President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Preceded by | Ricardo Cappelli (interim) |
Chief of the Brazilian Army General Staff | |
In office 31 March 2020 – 31 March 2022 | |
President | Jair Bolsonaro |
Minister of Defence | Walter Souza Braga Netto |
Preceded by | Walter Souza Braga Netto |
Succeeded by | Valério Stumpf Trindade |
Commander of the Southeastern Military Region | |
In office 31 July 2019 – 30 March 2020 | |
Minister | Fernando Azevedo e Silva |
Commander | Edson Leal Pujol |
Preceded by | Luiz Eduardo Ramos |
Succeeded by | Eduardo Antonio Fernandes |
Chief of the Military House | |
In office 2 October 2015 – 19 May 2016 | |
President | Dilma Rousseff |
Preceded by | José Elito Carvalho Siqueira[lower-alpha 1] |
Succeeded by | Sérgio Etchegoyen[lower-alpha 2] |
Commander of the Brazilian Army (interim) | |
In office 1 February 2021 – 4 February 2021 | |
In office 22 April 2022 – 29 April 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1957-09-25) 25 September 1957 (age 66) Motuca, São Paulo, Brazil |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Brazil |
Branch/service | Brazilian Army |
Years of service | 1974–2022 |
Rank | Army general |
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