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José Elito Carvalho Siqueira

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José Elito Carvalho Siqueira
Secretary of Institutional Security
In office
1 January 2011 – 2 October 2015
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byJorge Armando Felix
Succeeded bySérgio Etchegoyen (2016)
Commander of the Southern Military Command
In office
15 August 2007 – 28 November 2008
Preceded byCarlos Alberto Pinto Silva
Succeeded byJosé Carlos de Nardi
Commander of MINUSTAH
In office
January 2006 – January 2007
HeadJuan Gabriel Valdés
Edmond Mulet
Preceded byEduardo Aldunate Hermann
Succeeded byCarlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz
Personal details
BornJosé Elito Carvalho Siqueira
(1946-11-26) 26 November 1946 (age 79)
Aracaju, SE, Brazil
EducationAgulhas Negras Military Academy (AMAN)
Military service
AllegianceBrazil
Branch/service Brazilian Army
Years of service1966–2011
Rank Army General
Commands
AwardsUnited Nations Medal United Nations Medal (MINUSTAH - Haiti) (United Nations)

Army General José Elito Carvalho Siqueira is a Brazilian military and former Chief-Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic.

Military career

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Siqueira graduated as infantry Aspirant in 1969 in the Agulhas Negras Military Academy (AMAN) and has exercised numerous functions, including as commanding military officer of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti(MINUSTAH) and as Southern Military Commander of the Brazilian Army between 15 August 2007 and 28 November 2008.[1]

Political career

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Siqueira was promoted to the current rank on 31 July 2007 and chosen Minister of State Chief of the Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic by President-elect Dilma Rousseff on 21 December 2010.[2]

After taking office as new Chief-Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet, Elito - as he is called in the Army - stood against the creation of the National Truth Commission to investigate human rights violations during the military regime, claiming that no one should be "looking things from the past".[3] and that "today if our children and grandchildren go to study in a school, the 31 March will be there as a historical fact. We should see the 31 March as a historical data for the nation, with pros and cons, but as a historical data. The same way the disappeared ones".[3]

In another interview, Siqueira said that the existence of political disappeared people is not a shame for the country. Dilma Rousseff, who was tortured during the regime, reprimanded the general, who apologized alleging that he was misunderstood in his press statements.[4]

On 2 December 2015, in Dilma's ministry reform, Siqueira was fired and the Security Cabinet was merged with the Secretariat of Government, created in that day and assumed by Ricardo Berzoini.[5]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Ex-Comandantes" (in Portuguese). Comando Militar do Sul. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ "General José Elito Siqueira cuidará da segurança presidencial" (in Portuguese). G1. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b "'Temos que pensar para frente', diz novo ministro do GSI" (in Portuguese). G1. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  4. ^ Nossa, Leonencio; Lopes, Eugênia; Costa, Rosa (4 January 2011). "Dilma repreende general do GSI por fala sobre ditadura" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. ^ Benites, Afonso (2 October 2015). "Reforma ministerial de Dilma corta oito pastas e dá mais força ao PMDB" (in Portuguese). El País. Retrieved 19 June 2019.


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