Raul Botelho (born 22 July 1957) is a Brazilian Lieutenant-Brigadier of the

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, who has served as Chief of the

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of the

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since 2019.

Military career

Joined the Air Force in 1973, being declared

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in 1979. He was promoted to Brigadier in March 2007 and to Lieutenant-Brigadier in March 2015. An aerial reconnaissance and

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pilot, Botelho holds a Bachelor of Business Administration for the

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and executive MBA in Administrative Management. He has 3,600 flight hours and flown various planes in the air force, such as the

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, the Neiva Universal, the Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante, the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, and the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano. He commanded various units of the Air Force, such as the 1st squadron of the 6th Aviation Group, the 1st Air Force, the Third Regional Air Command, the COMGEP, and the Aeronautical Officers Promotion Commission, before becoming the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. He also became a military observer serving in Mozambique. On January 15, 2019, President

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named him as the Chief of the

of the

, replacing Admiral Ademir Sobrinho. He left the command of the Joint Staff on 31 May 2021.

Military career

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