Edson Leal Pujol

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]

Edson Leal Pujol
Commander of the Brazilian Army
In office
11 January 2019 – 30 March 2021
PresidentJair Bolsonaro
Minister of DefenceFernando Azevedo e Silva
Preceded byEduardo Villas Bôas
Succeeded byPaulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira
Commander of MINUSTAH
In office
March 2013 – March 2014
HeadNigel Fisher
Sandra Honoré
Preceded byFernando Rodrigues Goulart
Succeeded byJosé Luiz Jaborandy Junior
Personal details
Born
Edson Leal Pujol

(1955-01-02) 2 January 1955
Dom Pedrito, RS, Brazil
Military service
Allegiance Brazil
 United Nations
Branch/service Brazilian Army
Rank Army General
Commands1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade
Agulhas Negras Military Academy
MINUSTAH
Southern Military Command
Awards
Edson Leal Pujol visit to Israel, December 2019

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.

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

References
  1. "Folha de São Paulo".
  2. "Decreto de 27 de março de 2007".
  3. "Decreto de 27 de março de 2009".
  4. "UN Press Release".
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