Commander of the Brazilian Air Force

Commander of the
Brazilian Air Force

Comandante da Aeronáutica

Flag of the Commander of the Brazilian Air Force

Incumbent
Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno

since 1 January 2023; 2 years ago (2023-01-01)

Brazilian Air Force
Style| Tenente-Brigadeiro-do-Ar
Member of| Joint Staff of the Armed Forces
Reports to| Minister of Defence
Appointer| President of Brazil
Formation| 20 January 1941
First holder| Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho

The Commander of the Brazilian Air Force (Brazilian Portuguese: Comandante da Aeronáutica, lit. 'Aeronautics Commander') is the head of the Brazilian Air Force and the leader of its Aeronautics Command (Comando da Aeronáutica or COMAer). The Commander holds the rank of Tenente-Brigadeiro-do-Ar (lit. Air Lieutenant Brigadier, a 4 star rank), is appointed by the president and reports directly to the Brazilian Minister of Defence. Prior to mid-1999 the Air Force was run by a military Ministry of Aeronautics.[1]

## Third and Fourth Brazilian Republics

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Main articles: Third Brazilian Republic and Fourth Brazilian Republic

No  | Name  | Start  | Finish  | President

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1  | Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho | 20 January 1941  | 30 October 1945  | Getúlio Vargas
2  | Armando Trompowsky | 30 October 1945  | 31 January 1946  | José Linhares
31 January 1946  | 31 January 1951  | Eurico Dutra
3  | Nero Moura | 31 January 1951  | 18 August 1954  | Getúlio Vargas
4  | Epaminondas Gomes dos Santos | 18 August 1954  | 24 August 1954
5  | Eduardo Gomes | 24 August 1954  | 11 November 1955  | Café Filho
6  | Vasco Alves Seco | 11 November 1955  | 31 January 1956  | Nereu Ramos
31 January 1956  | 20 March 1956  | Juscelino Kubitschek
7  | Henrique Fleiuss | 20 March 1956  | 30 July 1957
8  | Francisco de Assis Correia de Melo | 30 July 1957  | 1 February 1961
9  | Gabriel Grün Moss | 1 February 1961  | 8 September 1961  | Jânio Quadros
10  | Clóvis Monteiro Travassos | 8 September 1961  | 7 September 1961  | Ranieri Mazzilli
7 September 1961  | 17 September 1962  | João Goulart
11  | Reinaldo Joaquim Ribeiro de Carvalho Filho | 17 September 1962  | 14 June 1963
12  | Anísio Botelho | 14 June 1963  | 4 April 1964

## Military dicatorship (Fifth Brazilian Republic)

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Main article: Fifth Brazilian Republic

No  | Name  | Start  | Finish  | President

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13  | Francisco de Assis Correia de Melo | 4 April 1964  | 15 April 1964  | Ranieri Mazzilli
14  | Nélson Freire Lavanére-Wanderley | 20 April 1964  | 15 December 1964  | Castelo Branco
15  | Márcio Melo | 15 December 1964  | 11 January 1965
16  | Eduardo Gomes | 11 January 1965  | 15 March 1967
17  | Márcio Melo | 15 March 1967  | 31 August 1969  | Costa e Silva
31 August 1969  | 30 October 1969  | Military Junta of 1969
30 October 1969  | 29 November 1971  | Emílio Médici
18  | Joelmir Campos de Araripe Macedo | 15 March 1971  | 15 March 1974
15 March 1974  | 15 March 1979  | Ernesto Geisel
19  | Délio Jardim de Matos | 15 March 1979  | 15 March 1985  | João Figueiredo

## Sixth Brazilian Republic

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Main article: Sixth Brazilian Republic

No. | Portrait  | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | President

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| Lima, OctávioOctávio Júlio Moreira Lima [pt]
(1926–2011)| 15 March 1985| 15 March 1990| 5 years, 0 days| José Sarney
21|

| Monteiro, SócratesSócrates da Costa Monteiro [pt]
(1930–2019)| 15 March 1990| 1 October 1992| 2 years, 200 days| Fernando Collor
22|

| Lobo, LélioLélio Viana Lobo [pt]
(born 1931)| 6 October 1992| 31 December 1994| 2 years, 86 days| Itamar Franco
23|

| Gandra, MauroMauro José Miranda Gandra [pt]
(1933–2018)| 1 January 1995| 20 November 1995| 323 days| Fernando Henrique Cardoso
(22)|

| Lobo, LélioLélio Viana Lobo [pt]
(born 1931)| 20 November 1995| 4 January 1999| 3 years, 45 days| Fernando Henrique Cardoso
24|

| Bräuer, WalterWalter Werner Bräuer [pt]
(1937–2018)| 4 January 1999| 10 June 1999| 157 days| Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Commander of the Air Force
Comandante da Aeronáutica[1]
(24)|

| Bräuer, WalterWalter Werner Bräuer [pt]
(1937–2018)| 10 June 1999| 21 December 1999| 194 days| Fernando Henrique Cardoso
25|

| Baptista, CarlosCarlos de Almeida Baptista
(1937–2018)| 21 December 1999| 31 December 2002| 3 years, 10 days| Fernando Henrique Cardoso
26|

| Bueno, LuizLuiz Carlos da Silva Bueno [pt]
(1940–2023)| 1 January 2003| 28 February 2007| 4 years, 58 days| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
27|

| Saito, JunitiJuniti Saito
(born 1942)| 1 March 2007| 29 January 2015| 7 years, 334 days| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Dilma Rousseff
28|

| Rossato, NivaldoNivaldo Luiz Rossato
(born 1951)| 30 January 2015| 4 January 2019| 3 years, 340 days| Dilma Rousseff
Michel Temer
29|

| Bermudez, AntonioAntonio Carlos Moretti Bermudez
(born 1956)| 4 January 2019| 30 March 2021| 2 years, 85 days| Jair Bolsonaro
30|

| Baptista , CarlosCarlos de Almeida Baptista Júnior
(born 1960)| 12 April 2021| 2 January 2023| 1 year, 265 days| Jair Bolsonaro
31|

| Damasceno, MarceloMarcelo Kanitz Damasceno
(born 1963)| 2 January 2023| Incumbent| 2 years, 201 days| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Presidência da República - Casa Civil. "Lei complementar nº 97 de 9 de junho de 1999" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 January 2015.

## External links

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* Força Aérea Brasileira - Galeria dos Ex-Ministros e Ex-Comandantes da Aeronáutica

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