José Elito Carvalho Siqueira Explained

José Elito Carvalho Siqueira
Office:Secretary of Institutional Security
Term Start:1 January 2011
Term End:2 October 2015
President:Dilma Rousseff
Predecessor:Jorge Armando Felix
Successor:Sérgio Etchegoyen (2016)
Office1:Commander of the Southern Military Command
Term Start1:15 August 2007
Term End1:28 November 2008
Predecessor1:Carlos Alberto Pinto Silva
Successor1:José Carlos de Nardi
Office2:Commander of MINUSTAH
Term Start2:January 2006
Term End2:January 2007
1Blankname2:Head
1Namedata2:Juan Gabriel Valdés
Edmond Mulet
Predecessor2:Eduardo Aldunate Hermann
Successor2:Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz
Birth Name:José Elito Carvalho Siqueira
Birth Date:26 November 1946
Birth Place:Aracaju, SE, Brazil
Education:Agulhas Negras Military Academy (AMAN)
Allegiance:
Branch: Brazilian Army
Serviceyears:19662011
Rank: Army General
Commands:

Army General José Elito Carvalho Siqueira is a Brazilian Army general, former Chief-Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic.

Military career

Graduated as infantry Aspirant in 1969, in the Agulhas Negras Military Academy (AMAN) and has exercised numerous prominent functions, as Command of MINUSTAH and as Southern Military Commander, which he was in office between 15 August 2007 and 28 November 2008.[1]

Political career

He was promoted to the current rank on 31 July 2007 and chosen Minister of State Chief of the Institutional Security Cabinet of the Presidency of the Republic by President-elect Dilma Rousseff on 21 December 2010.[2]

After taking office as new Chief-Minister of the Institutional Security Cabinet, Elito stood up against the creation of a Truth Committee to investigate human rights violations during the military regime, claiming that no one should be "seeing thing from the past". Also said that "if today our children and grandchildren study in a school, the 31 March will be there as a historical fact. We should see the 31 March as a historical data for the nation, with pros and cons, mas as a historical data. The same way the disappeared ones".[3]

In an interview, said that the existence of political disappeared is not a shame for the country. Dilma Rousseff, who was tortured during the regime, reprimanded the general, that apologized, alleging that he was misunderstood in his press statements.[4]

On 2 December 2015, in Dilma's ministry reform, Siqueira was fired and the Security Cabinet was merged to the Secretariat of Government, created in that day and assumed by Ricardo Berzoini.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ex-Comandantes. Comando Militar do Sul. pt. 19 June 2019.
  2. Web site: General José Elito Siqueira cuidará da segurança presidencial. G1. pt. 21 December 2010. 19 June 2019.
  3. Web site: 'Temos que pensar para frente', diz novo ministro do GSI. G1. pt. 3 January 2011. 19 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Dilma repreende general do GSI por fala sobre ditadura. Estadão. pt. Leonencio. Nossa. Eugênia. Lopes. Rosa. Costa. 4 January 2011. 19 June 2019. limited.
  5. Web site: Reforma ministerial de Dilma corta oito pastas e dá mais força ao PMDB. El País. pt. Afonso. Benites. 2 October 2015. 19 June 2019.