Fernando Azevedo e Silva (born 4 February 1954) is a Brazilian politician and reserve

army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

general. He served as the Brazilian

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

during the first half of President Jair Bolsonaro's term from January 2019 to March 2021. He graduated as

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Officer on December 14, 1976, at the

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 ...

, and was promoted to

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(four stars rank) on July 31, 2014. He was assistant to Supreme Federal Court Chief Justice

Dias Toffoli José Antonio Dias Toffoli (born November 15, 1967) is a Brazilian lawyer who has been a member of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil since 2009, nominated by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Toffoli was the president of the Supreme Federal ...

. On 13 November 2018, he was named by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro as his choice for

, replacing previous nominee

Augusto Heleno Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira (born 29 October 1947) is a Brazilian politician coup articulator and retired General of the Brazilian Army. He was military commander of the Amazon and Chief of the Department of Science and Technology of the Arm ...

, who was instead named as head of the Institutional Security Office. On March 29, 2021, Azevedo resigned, along with the five other ministers.Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro replaces six ministers as Covid crisis balloons, CNN, accessed 30 March 2021
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