The Commander of the Armed Forces () is the professional head of the Armed Forces of Paraguay.
Commanders Portrait Name Term of office Defence branch Took office Left office Time in office 1 Eduardo Dionicio A. Gonzalez Petit 14 April 1993 3 February 1995 2 Silvio Rafael Noguera Ramirez 3 February 1995 5 August 1998 3 Eligio Ramon Torres Heyn 5 August 1998 1 November 1999 4 Jose Ramon Ocampos Alfaro 1 November 1999 21 August 2000 5 Miguel Angel Candia Fleitas 21 August 2000 14 March 2001 6 Expedito Adriano Garrigoza Vera 14 March 2001 29 August 2003 7 Jose Key Kanazawa Gamarra 17 September 2003 28 November 2006 8 Bernardino Soto Estigarribia 28 November 2006 19 November 2008 9 Cibar Benitez Caceres 19 November 2008 6 November 2009 10 Juan Oscar Velazquez Castillo 6 November 2009 20 September 2010 11 Felipe Benicio Melgarejo Recalde 21 September 2010 10 September 2012 12 Miguel Christ Jacobs 10 September 2012 11 October 2013 13 Jorge Francisco Ramirez Gomez 11 October 2013 23 October 2014 14 Luis Gonzaga Garcete 23 October 2014 3 November 2016 15 Braulio Piris Rojas 3 November 2016 9 August 2017 16 Hugo Milciades Scolari Pagliaro 9 August 2017 30 October 2018 17 Eladio Casimiro González Aguilar 30 October 2018 13 October 2022 18 Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo 13 October 2022 Incumbent
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