Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos

Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos
Amaro dos Santos in 2023
Head of Institutional Security Cabinet
Assumed office
4 May 2023
PresidentLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Preceded byRicardo Cappelli (interim)
Chief of the Brazilian Army General Staff
In office
31 March 2020  31 March 2022
PresidentJair Bolsonaro
Minister of DefenceWalter Souza Braga Netto
Preceded byWalter Souza Braga Netto
Succeeded byValério Stumpf Trindade
Commander of the Southeastern Military Region
In office
31 July 2019  30 March 2020
MinisterFernando Azevedo e Silva
CommanderEdson Leal Pujol
Preceded byLuiz Eduardo Ramos
Succeeded byEduardo Antonio Fernandes
Chief of the Military House
In office
2 October 2015  19 May 2016
PresidentDilma Rousseff
Preceded byJosé Elito Carvalho Siqueira
Succeeded bySérgio Etchegoyen
Commander of the Brazilian Army
(interim)
In office
1 February 2021  4 February 2021
In office
22 April 2022  29 April 2022
Personal details
Born (1957-09-25) 25 September 1957
Motuca, São Paulo, Brazil
Military service
Allegiance Brazil
Branch/service Brazilian Army
Years of service1974–2022
Rank Army general
Commands

Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos (born 25 September 1957) is a Brazilian Army general and former Chief of the Brazilian Army General Staff, replacing General Walter Souza Braga Netto.