Luiz Eduardo Ramos
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Luiz Eduardo Ramos
| image = Luiz Eduardo Ramos em 4 de julho de 2019 (2; recorte).jpg
| office = General Secretary of the Presidency
| term_start = 26 July 2021
| term_end = 31 December 2022
| president = Jair Bolsonaro
| predecessor = Onyx Lorenzoni
| successor = Márcio Macêdo
| office1 = Chief of Staff of the Presidency
| term_start1 = 29 March 2021
| term_end1 = 26 July 2021
| president1 = Jair Bolsonaro
| predecessor1 = Walter Souza Braga Netto
| successor1 = Ciro Nogueira
| office2 = Secretary of Government
| term_start2 = 13 June 2019
| term_end2 = 29 March 2021
| president2 = Jair Bolsonaro
| predecessor2 = Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz
| successor2 = Flávia Arruda
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|6|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| spouse = Ligia Faria Baptista Pereira
| allegiance = {{flag|Brazil}}
{{flag|United Nations}}
| branch = {{army|Brazil}}
| serviceyears = 1973–present
| rank = 40px Army General
| commands = {{plainlist|
- Southeastern Military Command
- 1st Army Division
- 11th Military Region
- MINUSTAH
- 8th Motorized Infantry Brigade
- 9th Motorized Infantry Battalion
}}
| mawards = {{plainlist|
- {{MilAward Desc|GCOMM|size=x12px|country=Brazil}}
- {{MilAward Desc|MINUSTAH|size=x12px|country=Brazil}} }}
}}
Luiz Eduardo Ramos Baptista Pereira (born 12 June 1956) is a Brazilian Army four-star General, who was the Secretary of Government for President Jair Bolsonaro,{{Cite news|last=Camarotti|first=Gerson|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/blog/gerson-camarotti/post/2019/06/13/bolsonaro-escolhe-general-ramos-para-secretaria-de-governo-a-fim-de-evitar-atrito-com-ala-militar.ghtml|title=Bolsonaro escolhe general Ramos para Secretaria de Governo a fim de evitar atrito com ala militar|work=G1|date=13 June 2019|access-date=16 June 2019|language=pt-BR}}{{Cite news|author=Poder360|url=https://www.poder360.com.br/governo/bolsonaro-demite-santos-cruz-general-ramos-sera-o-substituto/|title=Bolsonaro demite Santos Cruz; general Ramos será o substituto|work=Poder 360|date=13 June 2019|access-date=16 June 2019|language=pt-BR}} succeeding Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz.{{Cite web|url=http://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/decretos-de-13-de-junho-de-2019-163619760|title=Diário Oficial da União|website=|language=pt-BR}}
Military career
He joined the military career on 8 March 1973, at the Army Cadets Preparatory School, and was declared an Infantry Officer on 14 December 1979, at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy. He was promoted to his current rank on 25 November 2017.
He was formerly a Commander of the 11th Military Region, in Brasília, and of the 1st Army Division, in Rio de Janeiro. General Ramos also acted as Force Commander of United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and was the Army's Deputy Chief of Staff.{{Cite news|last=Caleiro|first=João Pedro|url=https://exame.abril.com.br/brasil/general-ramos-sera-o-novo-ministro-da-secretaria-do-governo/|title=General Luiz Eduardo Ramos será o novo ministro da Secretaria do Governo|work=Exame|date=13 June 2019|access-date=16 June 2019|language=pt-BR}}{{Cite news|last=Bermúdez|first=Ana Carla|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2019/06/13/quem-e-o-general-ramos-que-assume-a-secretaria-de-governo.htm|title=Quem é o general Ramos, que assume a Secretaria de Governo|website=UOL|date=13 June 2019|access-date=16 June 2019|language=pt-BR}}
Since 3 May 2018, he is the Southeastern Military Commander.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eb.mil.br/web/noticias/noticiario-do-exercito/-/asset_publisher/MjaG93KcunQI/content/comando-militar-do-sudeste-possui-novo-comandante/8357041|title=Comando Militar do Sudeste possui novo comandante|publisher=Exército Brasileiro|access-date=16 June 2019|language=pt-BR}}
= Awards =
- {{MilAward Desc|GCOMM|country=yes}}
- {{MilAward Desc|MINUSTAH|country=yes}}
Political career
Ramos was appointed by Bolsonaro to replace General Santos Cruz as government secretary on 13 June 2019 after Cruz had public clashes with the radical ideological wing of the government, including Bolsonaro's son Carlos, and the writer Olavo de Carvalho.{{cite news|last1=Iglesias|first1=Simone Preissler|last2=Lima|first2=Mario Sergio|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-13/brazilian-cabinet-minister-general-santos-cruz-to-stand-down|title=Bolsonaro fires moderate cabinet member General Santos Cruz|work=Bloomberg|date=13 June 2019|access-date=23 June 2019}}{{cite news|author=AFP|url=https://news.yahoo.com/brazils-bolsonaro-sacks-third-minister-six-months-224808004.html|title=Brazil's Bolsonaro sacks third minister in six months|work=Yahoo! News|date=13 June 2019|access-date=23 June 2019}} Cruz was the third cabinet member to be dismissed since Bolsonaro's inauguration, and Ramos' appointment kept the number of military men in Bolsonaro's cabinet at 8 out of 22 positions.
References
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{{s-bef|before=Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz}}
{{s-ttl|title=Secretary of Government of Brazil|years=2019–2021}}
{{s-aft|after=Flávia Arruda}}
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{{s-bef|before=Walter Souza Braga Netto}}
{{s-ttl|title=Chief of Staff of the Presidency|years=2021}}
{{s-aft|after=Ciro Nogueira}}
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{{s-bef|before=Onyx Lorenzoni}}
{{s-ttl|title=Secretary-General of the Presidency|years=2021-2022}}
{{s-aft|after=Márcio Macêdo}}
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Category:Government ministers of Brazil
Category:Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Brazil)
Category:United Nations military personnel