General Otávio Rodrigues de Miranda Filho was a Brazilian military officer who was Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) from 2023 to 2024. He died in 2026.
Education Filho earned a bachelor's degree in military sciences from Agulhas Negras Military Academy Das Aghulas Negras Military Academy, Brazil and completed several military trainings at the Army Command and General Staff College, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Career He served as Military Attaché of the Brazilian Embassy in China from 2014 to 2016 and as Chief of Staff of the Planalto Military Command from 2016 to 2018. He was Brigade Commander of the 9th Motorised Infantry Brigade from 2018 to 2019. Filho served as Head of International Affairs of the Brazilian Defense Forces. In 2021, he was appointed as Military Region Commander – North Brazil in charge of administration and logistics supplying 32 military formations in the legal amazon and was responsible for selection and integration of all temporary military personnel in the Area of Responsibility.
He was a member of the Brazilian presidential security and advisory team (Ajudância de Ordens) during the second term of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2023. In 2023, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Filho Force Commander of the (MONUSCO) to lead 13,000 peacekeepers succeeding Lieutenant General Marcos de Sá Affonso da Costa of Brazil. Filho left MONUSCO in 2024. He died on 21 May 2026.
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