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(four-star rank) Edson Leal Pujol (Dom Pedrito; born January 2, 1955) is a

in the Brazilian Army. He was the Brazilian Army Commander, from January 2019 to March 2021.

Military career

Pujol graduated in 1977 from the Brazilian Military Academy

Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras The ''Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras'' (AMAN, en, Military Academy of Agulhas Negras - named after the Agulhas Negras summit) is the biggest among several schools of formation of combatant officers of the Brazilian Army. It originated in ...

(AMAN), ranked first in his class in the

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branch. He also achieved first place in his class at the Advanced Course, Escola de Aperfeiçoamento de Oficias (EsAO) and the Command and General Staff School

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(ECEME). He has been awarded the silver

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medal with three gold crowns. As a general officer, he commanded the 1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade, located in

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and between 25 April 2009 and 29 April 2011 was the Commander of AMAN. He was appointed by the

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as Force Commander of the

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(

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) on 27 March 2013. In 2018, he was Chief of the Army Science and Technology Department and was appointed by President-elect

Jair Bolsonaro Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turn ...

to be Brazilian Army Commander.

Awards

* Marshal Hermes Medal * * Medal of the Peacekeeper

References

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