List of commanders of the Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército

This is the list of commanders of the Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (ECEME). Since 1905, ECEME has had 57 effective commanders. Among them, the most notable are the President Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco and ministers Nestor Sezefredo dos Passos, Henrique Teixeira Lott, Zenildo Gonzaga Zoroastro de Lucena, Ivan de Sousa Mendes and Sérgio Westphalen Etchegoyen.^[1]^[2]

Escola de Estado-Maior (1905-1955)[]

Number	Name	Begin	End
1	Major-General	January 26, 1906	October 1, 1907
2	Colonel	October 8, 1907	October 3, 1910
3	Colonel	October 3, 1910	April 20, 1914
4	Colonel	April 20, 1914	August 11, 1916
5	Major-General	August 11, 1916	January 14, 1918
6	Colonel	March 15, 1920	February 9, 1921
7	Colonel	February 16, 1921	May 1, 1923
8	Colonel	May 21, 1923	August 16, 1924
9	Colonel	August 19, 1924	November 17, 1926
10	Colonel	December 16, 1926	June 22, 1931
11	Colonel	June 23, 1931	June 20, 1933
12	Colonel	June 20, 1933	October 4, 1934
13	Colonel	October 4, 1934	January 2, 1936
14	Colonel	January 2, 1936	January 10, 1938
15	Colonel	March 15, 1938	June 8, 1939
16	Colonel	June 8, 1939	December 15, 1942
17	Colonel Henrique Baptista Duffles Teixeira Lott^[3]	December 23, 1942	July 12, 1943
18	Colonel	July 12, 1943	April 12, 1945
19	Major-General	July 5, 1945	June 8, 1946
20	Major-General	June 8, 1946	May 3, 1949
21	Major-General	May 3, 1949	April 1, 1952
22	Major-General	April 1, 1952	September 5, 1952
23	Major-General	October 30, 1952	August 27, 1954

Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (1955-present)[]

Number	Name	Begin	End
24	Major-General Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco^[4]	September 15, 1954	January 3, 1956
25	Major-General	January 10, 1956	November 18, 1956
26	Major-General	February 28, 1958	January 19, 1960
27	Major-General	January 19, 1960	September 4, 1961
28	Major-General	September 4, 1961	June 2, 1964
29	Major-General	July 14, 1964	August 29, 1966
30	Lieutenant-General	November 18, 1966	May 7, 1969
31	Lieutenant-General	May 7, 1969	February 12, 1970
32	Major-General	February 12, 1970	April 22, 1971
33	Major-General	April 22, 1971	February 10, 1972
34	Major-General	February 10, 1972	February 11, 1974
35	Major-General	February 11, 1974	January 30, 1976
36	Major-General	January 30, 1976	February 7, 1979
37	Lieutenant-General	February 7, 1979	February 2, 1982
38	Major-General	February 2, 1982	January 28, 1983
39	Major-General	January 28, 1983	January 25, 1985
40	Major-General	January 25, 1985	January 27, 1987
41	Major-General	January 27, 1987	December 18, 1987
42	Major-General	December 18, 1987	April 20, 1990
43	Major-General	April 20, 1990	May 13, 1992
44	Major-General	May 13, 1992	April 22, 1993
45	Major-General	April 22, 1993	January 25, 1995
46	Major-General	January 25, 1995	February 5, 1998
47	Lieutenant-General	February 5, 1998	January 28, 2000
48	Lieutenant-General	January 28, 2000	May 9, 2002
49	Major-General	May 9, 2002	May 24, 2004
50	Major-General	May 24, 2004	December 13, 2006
51	Lieutenant-General Sergio Westphalen Etchegoyen	December 13, 2006	April 6, 2009
52	Lieutenant-General	April 6, 2009	April 6, 2011
53	Major-General	April 6, 2011	December 14, 2012
54	Major-General	December 14, 2012	February 5, 2015
55	Lieutenant-General	February 5, 2015	September 23, 2016
56	Major-General	September 23, 2016	March 16, 2018
57	Lieutenant-General	March 16, 2018	February 12, 2019
58	Major-General	February 12, 2019	September 9, 2020
59	Major-General	September 9, 2020	-