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Heads of Brazil Army, Navy, Air Force Stepping Down - Defense Ministry

BRAZIL

Change on the three Armed Forces commanders was communicated during meetings with the former Defense Ministry Fernando Azevedo e Silva and the new minister Walter Braga Netto, who will take the position in the coming days, according to an official statement from Defense Ministry.

  • General Edson Pujol leaves Army command
  • Admiral Ilques Barbosa leaves Navy command
  • Brigadier Antonio Carlos Moretti Bermudez leaves the Air Force command
  • Defense Ministry and President Jair Bolsonaro have not yet appointed new commanders (BBG)

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