Marcos Sampaio Olsen (born 8 March 1961) is a Brazilian navy

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, incumbent

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Commander. He joined the military career in 1979 and was declared Guard of the Navy in 1982. Olsen acted as commander of minesweeper NV Atalaia (M-17) and submarine S ''Tapajó'' and as chief mate of submarine S ''Tamoio'' and aircraft carrier NAe ''São Paulo''. In 2011, Olsen was promoted to counter admiral and assumed many offices in the Navy. In December 2017, Olsen was responsible of the General Management of Nuclear and Technological Development of the Navy, responsible for planning and coordination of all activities related to the development of nuclear technology. On 30 December 2022, then Brazilian president

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 ...

nominated Olsen as Navy Commander, officialized on 5 January 2023 by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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