Fernando Azevedo e Silva

Brazilian politician

General Fernando Azevedo e Silva


Minister of Defence
In office 1 January 2019 – 29 March 2021
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Joaquim Silva e Luna
Succeeded by	Walter Souza Braga Netto

Personal details
Born	(1954-02-04) 4 February 1954 (age 70)^{[citation needed]} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alma mater	Agulhas Negras Military Academy Escola de Comando e Estado-Maior do Exército
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Years of service	1973–2018
Rank	General
Commands	Eastern Military Command Paratroopers Brigade

Fernando Azevedo e Silva (born 4 February^{[citation needed]} 1954) is a Brazilian politician and reserve army general. He served as the Brazilian Minister of Defence during the first half of President Jair Bolsonaro's term from January 2019 to March 2021.

He graduated as Infantry Officer on December 14, 1976, at the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, and was promoted to Army general (four stars rank) on July 31, 2014.

He was assistant to Supreme Federal Court Chief Justice Dias Toffoli. On 13 November 2018, he was named by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro as his choice for Minister of Defence, replacing previous nominee Augusto Heleno, who was instead named as head of the Institutional Security Office.^[1] On March 29, 2021, Azevedo resigned, along with the five other ministers.^[2]

References

^ Bolsonaro anuncia general Fernando Azevedo e Silva para ministro da Defesa, G1, accessed 13 November 2018
^ Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro replaces six ministers as Covid crisis balloons, CNN, accessed 30 March 2021

Political offices
Preceded by Joaquim Silva e Luna	Minister of Defence 2019–21	Succeeded by Walter Souza Braga Netto

Cabinet of Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2022)

Cabinet
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply	Tereza Cristina (2019–2022) Mauro Montes (2022)
Minister of Citizenship	Osmar Terra (2019–2020) Onyx Lorenzoni (2020–2021) João Roma (2021–2022) Ronaldo Bento (2022)
Minister of Communications	Fábio Faria (2020–2022)
Minister of Defence	Fernando Azevedo e Silva (2019–2021) Walter Souza Braga Netto (2021–2022) Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Economics	Paulo Guedes (2019–2022)
Minister of Education	Ricardo Vélez Rodríguez (2019) Abraham Weintraub (2019–2020) Milton Ribeiro (2020–2022) Victor Godoy (2022)
Minister of the Environment	Ricardo Salles (2019–2021) Joaquim Alvaro Pereira Leite (2021–2022)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Ernesto Araújo (2019–2021) Carlos Alberto França (2021–2022)
Minister of Health	Luiz Henrique Mandetta (2019–2020) Nelson Teich (2020) Eduardo Pazuello (2020–2021) Marcelo Queiroga (2021–2022)
Minister of Infrastructure	Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas (2019–2022) Marcelo Sampaio (2022)
Minister of Justice and Public Security	Sérgio Moro (2019–2020) André Mendonça (2020–2021) Anderson Torres (2021–2022)
Minister of Labour and Social Security	Onyx Lorenzoni (2021–2022) José Carlos Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Mines and Energy	Bento Costa Lima (2019–2022) Adolfo Sachsida (2022)
Minister of Regional Development	Gustavo Canuto (2019–2020) Rogério Marinho (2020–2022) Daniel de Oliveira (2022)
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Marcos Pontes (2019–2022) Paulo Alvim (2022)
Minister of Tourism	Marcelo Álvaro Antônio (2019–20) Gilson Machado (2020–2022) Carlos Brito (2022)
Minister of Women, Families and Human Rights	Damares Alves (2019–2022) Cristiane Britto (2022)

Cabinet-level
Vice President	Hamilton Mourão (2019–2022)
Chief of Staff	Onyx Lorenzoni (2019–2020) Walter Souza Braga Netto (2020–2021) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2021) Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho (2021–2022)
Attorney General	André Mendonça (2019–2020) José Levi do Amaral (2020–2021) André Mendonça (2021–21) Bruno Bianco (2021–2022)
Comptroller General	Wagner de Campos Rosário (2019–2022)
Secretary of Government	Santos Cruz (2019) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2019–2021) Flávia Arruda (2021–2022) Célio Faria Júnior (2022)
Secretary of Institutional Security	Augusto Heleno (2019–2022)
Secretary-General of the Presidency	Gustavo Bebianno (2019) Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto (2019) Jorge Oliveira (2019–2020) Onyx Lorenzoni (2021) Luiz Eduardo Ramos (2021–2022)