Commander of the Armed Forces | |
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Comandante de las Fuerzas Militares | |
Incumbent Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo since 13 October 2022 | |
Armed Forces of Paraguay | |
Reports to | Minister of Defence |
Appointer | the President |
Formation | 14 April 1993 |
First holder | Eduardo Dionicio A. Gonzalez Petit |
Website | Official website |
The Commander of the Armed Forces (Spanish : Comandante de las Fuerzas Militares) is the professional head of the Armed Forces of Paraguay.
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Defence branch | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Vicealmirante Eduardo Dionicio A. Gonzalez Petit | 14 April 1993 | 3 February 1995 | 1 year, 295 days | Paraguayan Navy | [1] | |
2 | General de ejército Silvio Rafael Noguera Ramirez | 3 February 1995 | 5 August 1998 | 3 years, 183 days | Paraguayan Army | [1] | |
3 | General de ejército Eligio Ramon Torres Heyn | 5 August 1998 | 1 November 1999 | 1 year, 88 days | Paraguayan Army | [1] [2] | |
4 | Almirante Jose Ramon Ocampos Alfaro (?–2014) | 1 November 1999 | 21 August 2000 | 294 days | Paraguayan Navy | [1] | |
5 | Almirante Miguel Angel Candia Fleitas | 21 August 2000 | 14 March 2001 | 205 days | Paraguayan Navy | [1] | |
6 | General de ejército Expedito Adriano Garrigoza Vera | 14 March 2001 | 29 August 2003 | 2 years, 168 days | Paraguayan Army | [1] | |
7 | General de ejército Jose Key Kanazawa Gamarra | 17 September 2003 | 28 November 2006 | 3 years, 72 days | Paraguayan Army | [1] | |
8 | General de ejército Bernardino Soto Estigarribia (born 1952) | 28 November 2006 | 19 November 2008 | 1 year, 357 days | Paraguayan Army | [1] [3] | |
9 | Contraalmirante Cibar Benitez Caceres | 19 November 2008 | 6 November 2009 | 352 days | Paraguayan Navy | [1] [3] [4] | |
10 | General de brigada Juan Oscar Velazquez Castillo | 6 November 2009 | 20 September 2010 | 318 days | Paraguayan Army | [1] [4] [5] | |
11 | General de ejército Felipe Benicio Melgarejo Recalde | 21 September 2010 | 10 September 2012 | 1 year, 356 days | Paraguayan Army | [1] [5] [6] | |
12 | General de fuerza aerea Miguel Christ Jacobs | 10 September 2012 | 11 October 2013 | 1 year, 31 days | Paraguayan Air Force | [1] [6] | |
13 | General de ejército Jorge Francisco Ramirez Gomez | 11 October 2013 | 23 October 2014 | 1 year, 12 days | Paraguayan Army | [1] | |
14 | General de ejército Luis Gonzaga Garcete | 23 October 2014 | 3 November 2016 | 2 years, 11 days | Paraguayan Army | [7] | |
15 | General de fuerza aerea Braulio Piris Rojas | 3 November 2016 | 9 August 2017 | 279 days | Paraguayan Air Force | [7] [8] | |
16 | Almirante Hugo Milciades Scolari Pagliaro | 9 August 2017 | 30 October 2018 | 1 year, 82 days | Paraguayan Navy | [8] [9] | |
17 | General de fuerza aerea Eladio Casimiro González Aguilar | 30 October 2018 | 13 October 2022 | 3 years, 348 days | Paraguayan Air Force | [9] | |
18 | General de ejército Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo | 13 October 2022 | Incumbent | 153 days | Paraguayan Army | [10] |
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