The Brazilian Armed Forces are the unified military forces of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Consisting of three service branches,it comprises the Brazilian Army,the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force.
The president of Brazil,officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil or simply the President of the Republic,is the head of state and head of government of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces.
Floriano Vieira Peixoto,born in Ipioca,nicknamed the "Iron Marshal",was a Brazilian soldier and politician,a veteran of the Paraguayan War,and the second president of Brazil. He was the first vice president of Brazil to have succeeded the president mid-term.
The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti,also known as MINUSTAH,an acronym of the French name,was a UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti that was in operation from 2004 to 2017. The mission's military component was led by the Brazilian Army and commanded by a Brazilian. The force was composed of 2,366 military personnel and 2,533 police,supported by international civilian personnel,a local civilian staff and United Nations Volunteers.
Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos,abbreviated as ECT,also known as Correios,is a state-owned company that operates the national postal service of Brazil since the seventeenth century.
Lieutenant-General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar was a Brazilian soldier. He was born in Bagéin the state of Rio Grande do Sul. He served for 39 years in the Brazilian Army and eventually rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General. He was married and had two children.
The Argentina–Brazil relationship is both close and historical,and encompasses the economy,trade,culture,education,and tourism. From war and rivalry to friendship and alliance,this complex relationship has spanned more than two centuries. The countries also share a system of government,a federal republic with a presidential system.
Luiz Carlos da Costa was an international civil servant working for the United Nations. Originally from Brazil,da Costa joined the United Nations in 1969 and stayed with the organization for the remainder of his life. His last assignment was as the Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and second in command of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). He died together with his superior,Tunisian Hédi Annabi,in the 2010 Haiti earthquake. On 18 January 2010,UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and several high-ranking UN officials traveled from New York to Port-au-Prince to see the devastation firsthand. Mr. Ban hosted a small memorial service with both men's families at the airport in Port-au-Prince.
Peixoto is a Portuguese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Army General JoséElito Carvalho Siqueira is a Brazilian Army general,former Chief-Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic.
General Edson Leal Pujol is a General in the Brazilian Army. He was the Brazilian Army Commander,from January 2019 to March 2021.
Divisional general Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz is a Brazilian military officer who previously held the post of Force Commander of the United Nations' peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was appointed to this position by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 17 May 2013 and replaced by Derrick Mbuyiselo Mgwebi on 29 December 2015. He was Minister-Secretary of Government of Brazil,nominated by President Jair Bolsonaro,from 1 January 2019 to 13 June 2019.
Jorge Antônio de Oliveira Francisco is a Brazilian lawyer and retired military police officer. He is the current Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic. On 20 October 2020,Jorge Oliveira was confirmed by the Federal Senate to the Federal Court of Accounts,succeeding minister JoséMúcio,who will retire on 31 December.
Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira is a Brazilian politician retired General of the Brazilian Army. He was military commander of the Amazon and Chief of the Department of Science and Technology of the Army. Heleno has declared positions against official politics,particularly about the attitude of the international community in regards to Haiti and the indigenous politics of the Brazilian government.
Gustavo Bebianno Rocha was a Brazilian lawyer and advisor to President Jair Bolsonaro (PSL). Bebianno became Acting Chairman of the Social Liberal Party in March 2018 after Luciano Bivar registered to run for federal deputy in the 2018 elections.
In December 2018,the final composition of Jair Bolsonaro's cabinet emerged after weeks of announcements and appointments. The cabinet includes 22 personnel,of which 16 are ministers,two are cabinet-level positions and four are secretaries directly linked to the presidency of Brazil. The 22 figure is down from 29 in the outgoing administration. Seven of the ministers will be military men;eight have technocrat profiles;and seven are politicians. Hindustan Times commented that "there are just two women in Bolsonaro’s government,which is double the number in the outgoing lineup under President Michel Temer",and that "there are no blacks,despite half of Brazil’s population being at least partly descended from Africans.
Luiz Eduardo Ramos Baptista Pereira is a Brazilian Army four-star General,who was the Secretary of Government for President Jair Bolsonaro,succeeding Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz.
Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas is a Brazilian engineer and politician who has served as Governor of São Paulo since 1 January 2023. A member of the Republicanos party,Freitas served Minister of Infrastructure under President Jair Bolsonaro from 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2022.
Walter Souza Braga Netto is a Brazilian army general and former Minister of Defence. Braga was Commander of the Eastern Military Command and,until 31 December 2018,Federal Interventor in the Public Security of the state of Rio de Janeiro. He unsuccessfully ran for Vice President of Brazil as running mate of Jair Bolsonaro in 2022,narrowly losing to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin.
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