Almir Garnier Santos

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Admiral
Almir Garnier Santos
2021-03-31 Encontro com os novos comandantes das Forças Armadas - 51086752341 (cropped3).jpg
Commander of the Brazilian Navy
Assumed office
31 March 2021
PresidentJair Bolsonaro
Minister of DefenceWalter Souza Braga Netto
Preceded byIlques Barbosa Junior
Personal details
Born (1960-09-22) 22 September 1960 (age 61)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Military service
Allegiance Brazil
Branch/serviceCoat of arms of the Brazilian Navy From 2021 No Name.png Brazilian Navy
Years of service1978−present
RankAlmirantedeEsquadra MB.png Admiral of the fleet

Almir Garnier Santos (born 22 September 1960 in Rio de Janeiro)[1] is a Brazilian Admiral of the fleet, current Commander of the Brazilian Navy since 31 March 2021.[2]

Career[]

Garnier was General-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, the second highest office in the department. He concluded his studies at the Navy School in 1981, as the first in the Armada Corp.

As Lieutenant, he served the União and Independência frigates and the Escola Brasil ship. According to the Ministry, Garnier is Master in Operational Research and System Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School, in the United States, MBA in International Management at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and course of Politics and Maritime Strategy at the Naval War School for two years.

Dates of rank[]

Promotions
Rank Date
Guarda-Marinha MB.gif Midshipman 13 December 1981
SegundoTenente MB.gif Second lieutenant 31 August 1982
PrimeiroTenente MB.gif First lieutenant 31 August 1984
CapitãoTenente MB.png Captain lieutenant 31 August 1987
Capitãodecorveta MB.png Corvette captain 31 August 1993
CapitãodeFragata MB.png Frigate captain 30 April 1999
CapitãodeMareGuerra MB.png Captain of sea and war 25 December 2004
Contra-Almirante MB.png Rear admiral 31 March 2010
Vice-Almirante MB.gif Vice admiral 31 March 2014
AlmirantedeEsquadra MB.png Admiral of the fleet 25 November 2018

References[]

  1. ^ "Comando da Marinha - Almirante-de-Esquadra Almir Garnier Santos". DefesaNet (in Portuguese). 31 March 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ^ Nunes, Vicente (31 March 2021). "Almirante Garnier comandará a Marinha e o Brigadeiro Baptista Junior, a Aeronáutica". Correio Braziliense (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
Military offices
Preceded by Commander of the Brazilian Navy
2021–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Brazilian order of precedence
as Commander of the Brazilian Navy 		Followed by
Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira
as Commander of the Brazilian Army
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