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Senior Commanders of the Brazilian Navy

Commander of the Navy
Chief of Staff of the Navy
Commander of Naval Operations
Admiralty
Commander in Chief of the Fleet
Patron of the Navy
Minister of the Navy (pre-1999)

Commander of the Navy

Comandante da Marinha

by Zeljko Heimer

I just received from the Brazilian naval attaché in Paris the personal flag of the Commander of the Navy. [Image above based on the one provided with this message.--Ed.]
Armand Noel du Payrat, 11 May 2001

The new flags provided by Armand are necessitated by the 1999 establishment of a unified Ministry of Defense and the abolition of the posts of Minister of the Navy, Minister of the Army, Minister of Aeronautics, and Minister of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. At the same time, each service was given a commander to exercise the service-peculiar command functions previously vested in the service ministers.
Joseph McMillan, 11 May 2001

The legislation on the organization of the Brazilian armed forces is Provisional Measure 1.799-6 of 10 June 1999. It says, among other things that "the duties of the Ministry of State for the Navy are made extinct and that the Ministry of the Navy is transformed into the Commando da Marinha (Command of the Navy), with a Commander of the Navy in charge.
Joseph McMillan, 22 March 2001

Chief of Staff of the Navy

Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada

by Zeljko Heimer

Source: Album des Pavillons, 2000

Commander of Naval Operations

Comandante de Operacões Navais

by Zeljko Heimer

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