Edson Leal Pujol

General (four-star rank) Edson Leal Pujol (Dom Pedrito; born January 2, 1955) is a General in the Brazilian Army. He is the Brazilian Army Commander, since 11 January 2019.[1]

Edson Leal Pujol
Commander of the Brazilian Army
Assumed office
11 January 2019
PresidentJair Bolsonaro
Minister of DefenceFernando Azevedo e Silva
Preceded byEduardo Villas Bôas
Commander of MINUSTAH
In office
March 2013  March 2014
HeadNigel Fisher
Sandra Honoré
Preceded byFernando Rodrigues Goulart
Succeeded byJosé Luiz Jaborandy Junior
Personal details
Born
Edson Leal Pujol

(1955-01-02) 2 January 1955
Dom Pedrito, RS, Brazil
Military service
Allegiance Brazil
 United Nations
Branch/service Brazilian Army
Rank Army General
Commands1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade
Agulhas Negras Military Academy
MINUSTAH
Southern Military Command
AwardsMarshal Hermes Medal
Order of Military Merit (Grand Cross)
Medal of the Peacekeeper
Edson Leal Pujol visit to Israel, December 2019

Military career

General Pujol graduated in 1977 from the Brazilian Military Academy Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (AMAN), ranked first in his class in the Cavalry branch. He also achieved first place in his class at the Advanced Course, Escola de Aperfeiçoamento de Oficias (EsAO) and the Command and General Staff School Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (Brazil) (ECEME). He has been awarded the silver Hermes medal with three gold crowns.

As a general officer, he commanded the 1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade,[2] located in Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul and between 25 April 2009 and 29 April 2011 was the Commander of AMAN.[3]

He was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) on 27 March 2013.[4]

In 2018, he was Chief of the Army Science and Technology Department and was appointed by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to be Brazilian Army Commander.

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Eduardo Villas Bôas
Commander of the Brazilian Army
2019–present
Incumbent
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Fernando Rodrigues Goulart
Commander of MINUSTAH
2013–2014
Succeeded by
José Luiz Jaborandy Junior
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Ilques Barbosa Junior
as Commander of the Brazilian Navy
Brazilian order of precedence
as Commander of the Brazilian Army
Followed by
Antonio Carlos Moretti Bermudez
as Commander of the Brazilian Air Force


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