Commander of the Armed Forces
Comandante de las Fuerzas Militares
Incumbent
Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo
since 13 October 2022
Armed Forces of Paraguay
Reports toMinister of Defence
Appointerthe President
Formation14 April 1993
First holderEduardo Dionicio A. Gonzalez Petit
WebsiteOfficial website

The Commander of the Armed Forces (Spanish: Comandante de las Fuerzas Militares) is the professional head of the Armed Forces of Paraguay.

Commanders

No. Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Term of office Defence branch Ref.
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 1 year, 197 days  Paraguayan Army [10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Ex Comandantes". ffmm.mil.py (in Spanish). National Secretariat of Information and Communication Technologies. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ "LA SITUACION EN PARAGUAY: CAMBIOS EN LA CUPULA MILITAR DE ASUNCION". clarin.com (in Spanish). 15 October 1999. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Cibar benitez caceres asumio como jefe de fuerzas militares". abc.com.py (in Spanish). 19 November 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Paraguay's military commander fired". edition.cnn.com/. Asuncion, Paraguay. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Con la salida de Velázquez, Lugo completa barrida en FFAA". ultimahora.com (in Spanish). 22 September 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Comandante se despide diciendo que las FF. AA. fueron puestas a prueba". ultimahora.com (in Spanish). 11 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Braulio Piris Rojas nuevo comandante las Fuerzas Militares". oviedopress.com (in Spanish). 3 November 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Juró Scolari Pagliaro como nuevo comandante de las Fuerzas Militares". lanacion.com.py (in Spanish). 9 August 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Jura nuevo comandante de fuerzas militares". abc.com.py (in Spanish). 30 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. ^ "El Gral. Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo asume la comandancia de las Fuerzas Militares". abc.com.py (in Spanish). 13 October 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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