Fernando Azevedo e Silva

Fernando Azevedo e Silva (born 4 February 1954) is a Brazilian politician and reserve army general. He is currently the brazilian Minister of Defence.

He graduated as Infantry Officer in December 14th 1976, at the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, and was promoted to Army general (four stars rank) in July 31st 2014.

He was assistant to Supreme Federal Court Chief Justice Dias Toffoli. On 13 November 2018, he was named by President-elect Jair Bolsonaro as his choice for Minister of Defence, replacing previous nominee Augusto Heleno, who was instead named as head of the Institutional Security Office.