Marco Antônio Freire Gomes

General
Marco Antônio Freire Gomes
GCMM
General Marco Antônio Freire Gomes GCMM
Commander of the Brazilian Army
	In office; 31 March 2022 – 30 December 2022
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Minister	Paulo Sérgio Nogueira
Preceded by	Paulo Sérgio Nogueira
Succeeded by	Júlio Cesar de Arruda
Land Operations Commander
	In office; 9 September 2021 – 30 March 2022
Preceded by	José Luiz Dias Freitas
Succeeded by	Estevam Cals Theophilo Gaspar de Oliveira
Northeastern Military Commander
	In office; 21 August 2018 – 3 September 2021
Preceded by	Artur Costa Moura
Succeeded by	Richard Fernandez Nunes
Personal details
Born	31 July 1957 (age 67); Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil
Alma mater	Agulhas Negras Military Academy
Awards	Order of Military Merit (Grand Cross - Grã-Cruz)
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Years of service	1977–2022
Rank	Army general
Commands	1st Command Action Battalion; Special Operations Command; 10th Military Region; Northeastern Military Command; Land Operations Command;

Marco Antônio Freire Gomes GCMM (born 31 July 1957 in Pirassununga) is a retired Army general of the Brazilian Army, Commander from 31 March to 30 December 2022.^[1]

Military career

Military official

Gomes is son of Cavalry Colonel Francisco Valdir Gomes and Maria Enilda Freire Gomes.^[2]

From Military School of Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza, he joined the military on 14 February 1977 at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy. He was declared officer candidate of the cavalry on 15 December 1980.^[2]

During his career, he served at Cavalry units, such as the 10th Mechanized Cavalry Squad in Bela Vista, Mato Grosso do Sul and the 16th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment in Bayeux. Gomes also served at the 1st Special Forces Battalion and the Command of the Paratroopers Brigade, both in Rio de Janeiro.^[2]

He was member of the United Nations Observers Group in Central America and was instructor of the Special Instruction Section of the Agulhas Negras Military Academy. General Gomes also was the first commander of the 1st Command Action Battalion in Goiânia.^[2]

As superior official, Gomes served as Chief of the Operations Division and Intelligence Division of the Institutional Security Bureau in Brasília, Chief of the Regional Military Service of the 11th Military Region; Military Aide of Defence and Army to the Brazilian Embassy in Spain, Chief of the Doctrine Section and Assistant to the 3rd Subchief of the Army Staff and Official of the Joint Staff of the Brazilian Armed Forces.^[2]^[3]

Official general

As Official General, he served as Commander of the Special Operations Command in Goiânia, 1st Subchief of the Land Operations Command in Brasília, Commander of the 10th Military Region in Fortaleza and Executive Secretary of the Institutional Security Bureau in Brasília.^[3]

Gomes was promoted to Army General on 31 July 2018, and served as Commander of the Northeastern Military Command in Recife from 21 August 2018 to 3 September 2021.^[4]

After that, Gomes served as Command of Land Operations in Brasília, from 9 September 2021 to 30 March 2022.^[5]

References

^ Ribeiro, Luci; Gayer, Eduardo (31 March 2022). "Braga Netto é exonerado da Defesa e ganha cargo no Planalto; general Paulo Sérgio é o novo ministro". Estadão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Biografia do Comandante do Exército". Exército Brasileiro (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "General Freire Gomes assume comando do Exército". Exército Brasileiro (in Portuguese). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ "Antigos Comandantes". Comando Militar do Nordeste (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ "Galeria de antigos comandantes". Comando de Operações Terrestres (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.

Military offices
Preceded by Artur Costa Moura	Northeastern Military Commander 2018–2021	Succeeded by Richard Fernandez Nunes
Preceded by José Luiz Dias Freitas	Land Operations Commander 2021–2022	Succeeded by Estevam Cals Theophilo Gaspar de Oliveira
Preceded by Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira	Commander of the Brazilian Army 2022	Succeeded by Júlio Cesar de Arruda

[1] Ribeiro, Luci; Gayer, Eduardo (31 March 2022). "Braga Netto é exonerado da Defesa e ganha cargo no Planalto; general Paulo Sérgio é o novo ministro". Estadão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.

[Bio-2] "Biografia do Comandante do Exército". Exército Brasileiro (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

[Command-3] "General Freire Gomes assume comando do Exército". Exército Brasileiro (in Portuguese). 31 March 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.

[4] "Antigos Comandantes". Comando Militar do Nordeste (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.

[5] "Galeria de antigos comandantes". Comando de Operações Terrestres (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 November 2022.

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