Luiz Eduardo Ramos

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Luiz Eduardo Ramos
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General Secretary of the Presidency
In office
26 July 2021 –31 December 2022
Awards

Luiz Eduardo Ramos Baptista Pereira (born 12 June 1956) is a Brazilian Army four-star General, who was the Secretary of Government for President Jair Bolsonaro, [1] [2] succeeding Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz. [3]

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Military career

He joined the military career on 8 March 1973, [2] at the Army Cadets Preparatory School, and was declared an Infantry Officer on 14 December 1979, at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy. He was promoted to his current rank on 25 November 2017.

He was formerly a Commander of the 11th Military Region, in Brasília, and of the 1st Army Division, in Rio de Janeiro. General Ramos also acted as Force Commander of United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and was the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff. [4] [5]

Since 3 May 2018, he is the Southeastern Military Commander. [6]

Awards

Political career

Ramos was appointed by Bolsonaro to replace General Santos Cruz as government secretary on 13 June 2019 after Cruz had public clashes with the radical ideological wing of the government, including Bolsonaro's son Carlos, and the writer Olavo de Carvalho. [7] [8] Cruz was the third cabinet member to be dismissed since Bolsonaro's inauguration, and Ramos' appointment kept the number of military men in Bolsonaro's cabinet at 8 out of 22 positions. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Camarotti, Gerson (13 June 2019). "Bolsonaro escolhe general Ramos para Secretaria de Governo a fim de evitar atrito com ala militar". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 Poder360 (13 June 2019). "Bolsonaro demite Santos Cruz; general Ramos será o substituto". Poder 360 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 June 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Diário Oficial da União" (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  4. ↑ Caleiro, João Pedro (13 June 2019). "General Luiz Eduardo Ramos será o novo ministro da Secretaria do Governo". Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Bermúdez, Ana Carla (13 June 2019). "Quem é o general Ramos, que assume a Secretaria de Governo". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Comando Militar do Sudeste possui novo comandante" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Exército Brasileiro. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  7. ↑ Iglesias, Simone Preissler; Lima, Mario Sergio (13 June 2019). "Bolsonaro fires moderate cabinet member General Santos Cruz". Bloomberg. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  8. 1 2 AFP (13 June 2019). "Brazil's Bolsonaro sacks third minister in six months". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of Government of Brazil
2019–2021		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of Staff of the Presidency
2021		Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Presidency
2021-2022		Succeeded by
Márcio Macêdo
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