Almir Garnier Santos

Admiral
Almir Garnier Santos
Admiral Almir Garnier Santos
Commander of the Brazilian Navy
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 31 March 2021
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Minister of Defence	Walter Souza Braga Netto
Preceded by	Ilques Barbosa Junior
Personal details
Born	22 September 1960 (age 64); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil
Branch/service	Brazilian Navy
Years of service	1978−present
Rank	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
Midshipman	13 December 1981
Second lieutenant	31 August 1982
First lieutenant	31 August 1984
Captain lieutenant	31 August 1987
Corvette captain	31 August 1993
Frigate captain	30 April 1999
Captain of sea and war	25 December 2004
Rear admiral	31 March 2010
Vice admiral	31 March 2014
Admiral of the fleet	25 November 2018

References

^ "Comando da Marinha - Almirante-de-Esquadra Almir Garnier Santos". DefesaNet (in Portuguese). 31 March 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ 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 Ilques Barbosa Junior	Commander of the Brazilian Navy 2021–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Victor Felismino Carneiro as Director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency	Brazilian order of precedence as Commander of the Brazilian Navy	Followed by Marco Antônio Freire Gomes as Commander of the Brazilian Army

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[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.

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