Luiz Eduardo Ramos

Luiz Eduardo Ramos


General Secretary of the Presidency
In office 26 July 2021 – 31 December 2022
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Onyx Lorenzoni
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office 29 March 2021 – 26 July 2021
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Walter Souza Braga Netto
Succeeded by	Ciro Nogueira
Secretary of Government
In office 13 June 2019 – 29 March 2021
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz
Succeeded by	Flávia Arruda

Personal details
Born	(1956-06-12) 12 June 1956 (age 67) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse	Ligia Faria Baptista Pereira
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil United Nations
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Years of service	1973–present
Rank	Army General
Commands	Southeastern Military Command 1st Army Division 11th Military Region MINUSTAH 8th Motorized Infantry Brigade 9th Motorized Infantry Battalion
Awards	Order of Military Merit (Grand Cross - Grã-Cruz) (Brazil) United Nations Medal (MINUSTAH - Haiti) (United Nations)

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]

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

Order of Military Merit (Grand Cross - Grã-Cruz) (Brazil)
United Nations Medal (MINUSTAH - Haiti) (United Nations)

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]

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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)
^ "Diário Oficial da União" (in Brazilian Portuguese).
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Comando Militar do Sudeste possui novo comandante" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Exército Brasileiro. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ Iglesias, Simone Preissler; Lima, Mario Sergio (13 June 2019). "Bolsonaro fires moderate cabinet member General Santos Cruz". Bloomberg. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b AFP (13 June 2019). "Brazil's Bolsonaro sacks third minister in six months". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

Political offices
Preceded by Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz	Secretary of Government of Brazil 2019–21	Succeeded by Flávia Arruda
Preceded by Walter Souza Braga Netto	Chief of Staff of the Presidency 2021	Succeeded by Ciro Nogueira
Preceded by Onyx Lorenzoni	Secretary-General of the Presidency 2021	Incumbent

Cabinet of Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2022)

Cabinet
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply	Tereza Cristina (2019–2022) Mauro Montes (2022)
Minister of Citizenship	Osmar Terra (2019–2020) Onyx Lorenzoni (2020–2021) João Roma (2021–2022) Ronaldo Bento (2022)
Minister of Communications	Fábio Faria (2020–2022)
Minister of Defence	Fernando Azevedo e Silva (2019–2021) Walter Souza Braga Netto (2021–2022) Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Economics	Paulo Guedes (2019–2022)
Minister of Education	Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez (2019) Abraham Weintraub (2019–2020) Milton Ribeiro (2020–2022) Victor Godoy (2022)
Minister of the Environment	Ricardo Salles (2019–2021) Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite (2021–2022)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ernesto Araújo (2019–2021) Carlos Alberto França (2021–2022)
Minister of Health	Luiz Henrique Mandetta (2019–2020) Nelson Teich (2020) Eduardo Pazuello (2020–2021) Marcelo Queiroga (2021–2022)
Minister of Infrastructure	Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (2019–2022) Marcelo Sampaio (2022)
Minister of Justice and Public Security	Sérgio Moro (2019–2020) André Mendonça (2020–2021) Anderson Torres (2021–2022)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Onyx Lorenzoni (2021–2022) José Carlos Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Mines and Energy	Bento Costa Lima (2019–2022) Adolfo Sachsida (2022)
Minister of Regional Development	Gustavo Canuto (2019–2020) Rogério Marinho (2020–2022) Daniel de Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Marcos Pontes (2019–2022) Paulo Alvim (2022)
Minister of Tourism	Marcelo Álvaro Antônio (2019–20) Gilson Machado (2020–2022) Carlos Brito (2022)
Minister of Women, Families and Human Rights	Damares Alves (2019–2022) Cristiane Britto (2022)

Cabinet-level
Vice President	Hamilton Mourão (2019–2022)
Chief of Staff	Onyx Lorenzoni (2019–2020) Walter Souza Braga Netto (2020–2021) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2021) Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho (2021–2022)
Attorney General	André Mendonça (2019–2020) José Levi do Amaral (2020–2021) André Mendonça (2021–21) Bruno Bianco (2021–2022)
Comptroller General	Wagner de Campos Rosário (2019–2022)
Secretary of Government	Santos Cruz (2019) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2019–2021) Flávia Arruda (2021–2022) Célio Faria Júnior (2022)
Secretary of Institutional Security	Augusto Heleno (2019–2022)
Secretary-General of the Presidency	Gustavo Bebianno (2019) Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto (2019) Jorge Oliveira (2019–2020) Onyx Lorenzoni (2021) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2021–2022)