The Commander of the Brazilian Air Force () is the head of the Brazilian Air Force and the leader of its Aeronautics Command (Comando da Aeronáutica or COMAer). The Commander holds the rank of Tenente-Brigadeiro-do-Ar (lit. Air Lieutenant Brigadier, a 4 star rank), is appointed by the president and reports directly to the Brazilian Minister of Defence. Prior to mid-1999 the Air Force was run by a military Ministry of Aeronautics.
Third and Fourth Brazilian Republics
NoNameStartFinishPresident1Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho20 January 194130 October 1945Getúlio Vargas2Armando Trompowsky30 October 194531 January 1946José Linhares31 January 194631 January 1951Eurico Dutra3Nero Moura31 January 195118 August 1954Getúlio Vargas4Epaminondas Gomes dos Santos18 August 195424 August 19545Eduardo Gomes24 August 195411 November 1955Café Filho6Vasco Alves Seco11 November 195531 January 1956Nereu Ramos31 January 195620 March 1956Juscelino Kubitschek7Henrique Fleiuss20 March 195630 July 19578Francisco de Assis Correia de Melo30 July 19571 February 19619Gabriel Grün Moss1 February 19618 September 1961Jânio Quadros10Clóvis Monteiro Travassos8 September 19617 September 1961Ranieri Mazzilli7 September 196117 September 1962João Goulart11Reinaldo Joaquim Ribeiro de Carvalho Filho17 September 196214 June 196312Anísio Botelho14 June 19634 April 1964
Military dicatorship (Fifth Brazilian Republic)
NoNameStartFinishPresident13Francisco de Assis Correia de Melo4 April 196415 April 1964Ranieri Mazzilli14Nélson Freire Lavanére-Wanderley20 April 196415 December 1964Castelo Branco15Márcio Melo15 December 196411 January 196516Eduardo Gomes11 January 196515 March 196717Márcio Melo15 March 196731 August 1969Costa e Silva31 August 196930 October 1969Military Junta of 196930 October 196929 November 1971Emílio Médici18Joelmir Campos de Araripe Macedo15 March 197115 March 197415 March 197415 March 1979Ernesto Geisel19Délio Jardim de Matos15 March 197915 March 1985João Figueiredo
Sixth Brazilian Republic
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Notes
External links Força Aérea Brasileira - Galeria dos Ex-Ministros e Ex-Comandantes da Aeronáutica