This is the list of Commanders of the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras. The list includes the Commanders of the schools prior to the AMAN that were located in Rio de Janeiro. Since its installation in Resende, which occurred in 1944, AMAN had 43 effective Commanders.
Academia Real Militar (1811-1822) NumberName1Lieutenant-General Carlos Antônio Napion2Lieutenant-General Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler3Marshall Joaquim de Oliveira Álvares4Brigadier Joaquim Norberto Xavier de Brito
Imperial Academia Militar (1823-1831) NumberName1Brigadier Manuel da Costa Pinto2Colonel Manuel José de Oliveira
Academia Militar da Corte (1832-1838) NumberName1Colonel José de Souza Corrêa2Brigadier Raimundo José da Cunha3Colonel Manoel José de Oliveira4Brigadier João Paulo dos Santos
Escola Militar (1839-1857) NumberName1Brigadier Salvador José Maciel2Colonel Vicente Antônio Buys3Colonel José dos Santos Oliveira4Colonel Firmino Herculano de Morais Âncora5Lieutenant-General Francisco de Paula Vasconcelos6Brigadier Antônio Joaquim de Souza7Colonel Antônio Manoel de Melo
Escola de Aplicação do Exército (1855-1858) NumberName1Brigadier Jerônimo Francisco Coelho2Colonel Polidoro da Fonseca Quintanilha Jordão
Escola Central (1858-1866) NumberName1Brigadier Antônio Joaquim de Souza2Brigadier Pedro de Alcântara Belegarde3Brigadier Manoel Felizardo de Souza Melo4Marshall José Maria da Silva Bittencourt
Escola Militar (1860-1879) NumberName1Brigadier Polidoro da Fonseca Quintanilha Jordão2Brigadier Severiano Martins da Fonseca
Escola Militar da Corte (1881-1888) NumberName1Brigadier Severiano Martins da Fonseca2Brigadier Agostinho Marques de Sá3Brigadier José Clorindo de Queiroz
Escola Militar da Capital Federal (1889-1897) NumberName1Brigadier José Clorindo de Queiroz2Major-General Bibiano Sérgio Macedo da Fontoura Costallat3Major-General Raimundo Ewerton Quadros4Major-General Francisco Carlos da Luz5Major-General Miguel Maria Girard6Major-General Roberto Trompowsky Leitão de Almeida
Escola Militar do Brasil (1898-1904) NumberName1Major-General Francisco José Teixeira Júnior2Major-General Carlos Eugênio de Andrade Guimarães3Major-General Bibiano Sérgio Macedo da Fontoura Costallat
Escola de Guerra (1906-1911) NumberName1Colonel Carlos Augusto Campos2Colonel Oscar de Oliveira Miranda3Colonel Agrícola Ewerton Pinto
Escola Militar do Realengo (1912-1944) NumberNameBeginEnd1Colonel Antônio De Albuquerque SousaJune 4, 1912November 14, 19142Major-General Ildefonso Pires de Morais CastroNovember 14, 1914March 4, 19153Colonel Augusto Maria SissonMarch 4, 1915November 14, 19174Major-General Eduardo Artur SócratesNovember 14, 1917May 10, 19195Major-General José Maria Moreira GuimarãesMay 10, 1919October 8, 19196Major-General Eduardo Monteiro de BarrosOctober 8, 1919August 2, 19227Major-General José Joaquim FirminoAugust 2, 1922January 31, 19238Major-General Estanislau Vieira PamplonaJanuary 31, 1923July 17, 19239Major-General Marciano de Oliveira ÁvilaJuly 17, 1923November 30, 192710Major-General Gil Antônio Dias de AlmeidaNovember 30, 1927May 5, 192811Major-General Constâncio Deschamps CavalcantiMay 5, 1928November 1, 193012Major-General José Vitoriano Aranha da SilvaNovember 1, 1930November 19, 193013Major-General José PessoaNovember 19, 1930August 7, 193414Major-General José Meira de VasconcelosAugust 7, 1934July 18, 193515Major-General João Batista Mascarenhas de MoraisJuly 18, 1935August 5, 193716Major-General Renato PaquetAugust 5, 1937April 7, 193817Major-General Mário José Pinto GuedesApril 7, 1938June 7, 193918Major-General Álvaro Fiúza de CastroJune 7, 1939December 27, 194019Major-General Álcio SoutoDecember 27, 1940January 9, 194320Colonel Mário TravassosJanuary 9, 1943February 28, 194421Professor Colonel Augusto da Cunha Duque Estrada; commanded in 1944 the courses that stayed in Realengo (2nd and 3rd years), while Colonel Mário Travassos went to Resende to install the first year in the new Military Academy.March 1, 1944December 31, 1944
Escola Militar de Resende (1944-1951) NumberNameBeginEnd1Colonel Mário TravassosMarch 1, 1944December 27, 19452Major-General Aristóteles de Sousa DantasDecember 27, 1945November 25, 19463Major-General Álvaro Patti de AguiarNovember 25, 1946February 20, 19484Major-General Ciro do Espírito Santo CardosoFebruary 20, 1948March 10, 19505Major-General Manuel de Azambuja BrilhanteMarch 10, 1950March 31, 1951
Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (1951-present) NumberNameBeginEnd6Major-General Nestor Souto de OliveiraMarch 31, 1951November 25, 19527Major-General Jair Dantas RibeiroNovember 25, 1952May 20, 19558Major-General Júlio Teles de MenezesMay 20, 1955March 20, 19569Major-General Hugo Panasco AlvimMarch 20, 1956January 30, 195810Major-General João Punaro BleyJanuary 30, 1958February 1, 196011Major-General Adalberto Pereira dos SantosFebruary 1, 1960February 5, 196212Major-General Pedro Geraldo de AlmeidaFebruary 5, 1962March 4, 196313Major-General Emílio Garrastazu MédiciMarch 4, 1963May 8, 196414Major-General Alfredo Souto MalanMay 8, 1964December 8, 196615Major-General Ariel Pacca da FonsecaDecember 8, 1966November 28, 196716Major-General Adolpho João de Paula CoutoNovember 28, 1967May 2, 196917Major-General Carlos de Meira MattosMay 2, 1969February 4, 197118Major-General José FragomeniFebruary 4, 1971February 19, 197419Major-General Túlio Chagas NogueiraFebruary 19, 1974February 12, 197620Major-General Sylvio Octávio do Espírito SantoFebruary 12, 1976February 15, 197821Major-General Hyran Ribeiro ArntFebruary 15, 1978February 5, 198122Major-General Ramiro Monteiro de CastroFebruary 5, 1981February 16, 198423Major-General Rubens Bayma DenysFebruary 16, 1984April 10, 198524Major-General Braz Monteiro CamposApril 10, 1985December 17, 198525Major-General Délio de Assis MonteiroDecember 17, 1985February 18, 198926Major-General Tamoyo Pereira das NevesFebruary 18, 1989March 3, 199027Major-General José Ary LacombeMarch 3, 1990February 7, 199228Major-General Rubem Augusto TaveiraFebruary 7, 1992February 18, 199429Major-General Max HoertelFebruary 18, 1994May 5, 199530Major-General Ivan de Mendonça BastosMay 5, 1995February 22, 199731Major-General José Mauro Moreira CupertinoFebruary 22, 1997February 11, 199932Lieutenant-General Domingos Carlos de Campos CuradoFebruary 11, 1999February 5, 200133Major-General Reinaldo Cayres MinatiFebruary 5, 2001February 8, 200334Major-General Claudimar Magalhães NunesFebruary 8, 2003February 12, 200535Major-General Marco Antônio de FariasFebruary 12, 2005February 10, 200736Major-General Gerson Menandro Garcia de FreitasFebruary 10, 2007April 25, 200937Lieutenant-General Edson Leal PujolApril 25, 2009April 29, 201138Major-General Júlio Cesar de ArrudaApril 29, 2011April 23, 201339Lieutenant-General Tomás Miguel Miné Ribeiro PaivaApril 23, 2013April 23, 201540Lieutenant-General André Luis Novaes MirandaApril 23, 2015April 25, 201741Lieutenant-General Ricardo Augusto Ferreira Costa NevesApril 25, 2017December 12, 201842Major-General Gustavo Henrique Dutra de MenezesDecember 12, 2018September 11, 202043Major-General Paulo Roberto Rodrigues PimentelSeptember 11, 2020April,12, 202244Major-General João Felipe Dias AlvesApril,12, 2022-
See also Brazilian Army Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (Brazil) List of Commanders of the Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército (Brazil) Preparatory School of the Brazilian Army (Escola Preparatória de Cadetes do Exército)
External links Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras web page
Bibliography Bento, Cláudio Moreira. "Os 60 anos da Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras em Resende – RJ" Braga, Gustavo Lisboa. "Da Casa do Trem à AMAN"