Edson Leal Pujol

Edson Leal Pujol
Commander of the Brazilian Army
In office 11 January 2019 – 30 March 2021
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Minister of Defence	Fernando Azevedo e Silva
Preceded by	Eduardo Villas Bôas
Succeeded by	Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira
Commander of MINUSTAH
In office March 2013 – March 2014
Head	Nigel Fisher Sandra Honoré
Preceded by	Fernando Rodrigues Goulart
Succeeded by	José Luiz Jaborandy Junior
Personal details
Born	Edson Leal Pujol (1955-01-02) 2 January 1955 (age 69) Dom Pedrito, RS, Brazil
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil  United Nations
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Rank	Army General
Commands	1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade Agulhas Negras Military Academy MINUSTAH Southern Military Command
Awards	Marshal Hermes Medal Order of Military Merit (Grand Officer II) (Brazil) Medal of the Peacekeeper

General (four-star rank) Edson Leal Pujol (Dom Pedrito; born January 2, 1955) is a General in the Brazilian Army. He was the Brazilian Army Commander, from January 2019 to March 2021.^[1]

Military career

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

Awards

• Marshal Hermes Medal
• Order of Military Merit (Grand Officer II) (Brazil)
• Medal of the Peacekeeper

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