Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos

{{Infobox officeholder

| caption = Amaro dos Santos in May 2023

| honorific-prefix = General

| name = Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos

| image = File:04.05.2023 - Posse do Ministro do Gabinete de Segurança Institucional, General Marcos Amaro (52869271052) (cropped).jpg

| office = Head of Institutional Security Cabinet

| term_start = 4 May 2023

| term_end =

| president = Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

| predecessor = Ricardo Cappelli {{Small|(interim)}}

| successor =

| office2 = Chief of the Brazilian Army General Staff

| term_start2 = 31 March 2020

| term_end2 = 31 March 2022

| president2 = Jair Bolsonaro

| 1blankname2 = Minister of Defence

| 1namedata2 = Walter Souza Braga Netto

| predecessor2 = Walter Souza Braga Netto

| successor2 = Valério Stumpf Trindade

| office3 = Commander of the Southeastern Military Region

| term_start3 = 31 July 2019

| term_end3 = 30 March 2020

| 1blankname3 = Minister

| 1namedata3 = Fernando Azevedo e Silva

| 2blankname3 = Commander

| 2namedata3 = Edson Leal Pujol

| predecessor3 = Luiz Eduardo Ramos

| successor3 = Eduardo Antonio Fernandes

| office4 = Chief of the Military House

| term_start4 = 2 October 2015

| term_end4 = 19 May 2016

| president4 = Dilma Rousseff

| predecessor4 = José Elito Carvalho Siqueira{{efn|as Chief Minister of Institutional Security Cabinet}}

| successor4 = Sérgio Etchegoyen{{efn|as Chief Minister of Institutional Security Cabinet}}

| office5 = Commander of the Brazilian Army
{{small|(interim)}}

| term_start5 = 1 February 2021

| term_end5 = 4 February 2021

| term_start6 = 22 April 2022

| term_end6 = 29 April 2022

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|9|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Motuca, São Paulo, Brazil

| allegiance = {{flag|Brazil}}

| branch = {{army|Brazil}}

| serviceyears = 1974–2022

| rank = 25px Army general

| commands = {{Plainlist|

EsPCEx
13th Motorized Infantry Brigade
3rd Army Division
Economy and Finance Secretariat
Southeastern Military Command
Brazilian Army General Staff

}}

Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos (born 25 September 1957) is a Brazilian Army general and former Chief of the Brazilian Army General Staff, replacing General Walter Souza Braga Netto.{{cite web|url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2020/03/26/ex-chefe-da-casa-militar-de-dilma-assume-estado-maior-do-exercito.ghtml|title=Ex-chefe da Casa Militar de Dilma assume Estado-Maior do Exército|website=Valor Econômico|date=26 March 2020|last=Murakawa|first=Fabio|language=pt-br|accessdate=24 April 2023|archive-date=19 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719203953/https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2020/03/26/ex-chefe-da-casa-militar-de-dilma-assume-estado-maior-do-exercito.ghtml|url-status=live}}

Military career

He started his military career on 4 March 1974, at the Brazilian Army Preparatory School for Cadets (EsPCEx).{{cite web|url=https://www.eb.mil.br/documents/16768/10934804/INFORMEX%20N%C2%BA%20006|title=INFORMEX Nr 006, de 20 de fevereiro de 2020|accessdate=19 July 2021|archive-date=29 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429160550/http://www.eb.mil.br/documents/16768/10934804/INFORMEX%20N%C2%BA%20006|url-status=live}} Was promoted to major on 31 August 1993. Reached to the last post in the military as Army General on 31 March 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eb.mil.br/documents/16768/8526667/INFORMEX%20N%C2%BA%20006|title=INFORMEX No. 006, de 23 de fevereiro de 2018|accessdate=19 July 2021|website=eb.mil.br|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215542/http://www.eb.mil.br/documents/16768/8526667/INFORMEX%20N%C2%BA%20006|url-status=live}}

Amaro already occupied the post of Chief of the Military House of the Presidency between 2 October 2015 and 19 May 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eb.mil.br/documents/16768/3985562/INFORMEX+N%C2%BA%20008+-+Oficiais+Generais+%28Movimenta%C3%A7%C3%A3o%29/778775e8-5817-467f-9f5f-3d8a7ff42733|title=INFORMEX No. 008, de 28 de fevereiro de 2014|accessdate=19 July 2021|website=eb.mil.br|language=pt|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816192357/http://www.eb.mil.br/documents/16768/3985562/INFORMEX+N%C2%BA%20008+-+Oficiais+Generais+%28Movimenta%C3%A7%C3%A3o%29/778775e8-5817-467f-9f5f-3d8a7ff42733|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://pesquisa.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=1000&pagina=7&data=19/05/2016|title=Atos do Poder Executivo - DECRETOS DE 19 DE MAIO DE 2016|website=Diário Oficial da União|language=pt|accessdate=24 April 2023|archive-date=24 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424235953/https://pesquisa.in.gov.br/imprensa/jsp/visualiza/index.jsp?jornal=1000&pagina=7&data=19/05/2016|url-status=live}} Other posts were as Army's Secretary of Economy and Finance{{Cite web|url=http://www.sef.eb.mil.br/sef/secretario.html|title=SEF|accessdate=19 July 2021|website=sef.eb.mil.br|language=pt|archive-date=12 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712231155/http://www.sef.eb.mil.br/sef/secretario.html|url-status=dead}} as well the Southeastern Military Region command between 31 July 2019 and 30 March 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2019/07/bolsonaro-diz-que-politica-mudou-e-que-nao-e-preciso-pacto-no-papel-para-governar.shtml|title=Folha de S.Paulo|accessdate=19 July 2021|archive-date=19 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719203658/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2019/07/bolsonaro-diz-que-politica-mudou-e-que-nao-e-preciso-pacto-no-papel-para-governar.shtml|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/decretos-de-29-de-julho-de-2019-207699685|title=DECRETOS DE 29 DE JULHO DE 2019|website=Diário Oficial da União|language=pt|accessdate=25 April 2023|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203123757/http://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/decretos-de-29-de-julho-de-2019-207699685|url-status=live}} On 31 March 2020, he was named Chief of the Brazilian Army General Staff by president Jair Bolsonaro.{{Cite web|url=https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/decretos-de-25-de-marco-de-2020-249818632|title=DECRETOS DE 25 DE MARÇO DE 2020|website=Diário Oficial da União|language=pt|accessdate=24 April 2023}} Left office after 2 years in office after being transferred to military reserve force.{{Cite web|url=https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/decretos-de-28-de-marco-de-2022-388924502|title=DECRETOS DE 28 DE MARÇO DE 2022|website=Diário Oficial da União|language=pt|accessdate=24 April 2023}} Also held, the position of interim Commander of the Brazilian Army between 1–4 February 2021 and 22–29 April 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/portaria-c-ex-n-44-de-28-de-janeiro-de-2021-301420064|title=PORTARIA - C Ex Nº 44, DE 28 DE JANEIRO DE 2021|website=Diário Oficial da União|language=pt|accessdate=25 April 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/portaria-c-ex-n-378-de-18-de-abril-de-2022-393868050|title=PORTARIA - C Ex Nº 378, DE 18 DE ABRIL DE 2022|website=Diário Oficial da União|language=pt |accessdate=25 April 2023}} On 3 May 2023, he was named Chief Minister of Institutional Security Cabinet by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.{{Cite web|url=https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/decreto-de-3-de-maio-de-2023-480863425|title=DECRETO DE 3 DE MAIO DE 2023|website=Diário Oficial da União|language=pt|accessdate=25 April 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2023/05/04/lula-da-posse-a-general-amaro-novo-ministro-do-gsi-veja-perfil.ghtml|title=Lula dá posse a general Amaro, novo ministro do GSI; veja perfil|first=Guilherme|last=Mazui|date=May 4, 2023|publisher=G1|language=pt-br|accessdate=May 4, 2023}}

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References

{{s-ttl|title=Commander of the Southeastern Military Region|years=2019–20}}

{{s-ttl|title=Chief of the Brazilian Army General Staff|years=2020–22}}

{{s-ttl|title=Head of the Institutional Security Bureau|years=2023–present}}

{{s-ttl|title=Brazilian order of precedence
11th in line
{{small|as Head of the Institutional Security Bureau}}}}

{{s-fol|after=Rui Costa
{{small|as Chief of Staff}}}}

Category:1957 births

Category:Living people

Category:Brazilian generals

Category:People from São Paulo (state)