– AT THE TIME HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE POSITION OF DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LIEUTENANT GENERAL GUSTAVO HENRIQUE DUTRA DE MENEZES WAS THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE PLANALTO MILITARY COMMAND, LOCATED HERE IN THIS CITY OF BRASILIA/DF.

– HE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 23, 1965, IN RIO DE JANEIRO, TO MR GUSTAVO ADOLFO CASTRO DUTRA DE MENEZES AND MRS SONIA MARIA FLEISCHMANN DUTRA DE MENEZES.

– GENERAL DUTRA WAS PROMOTED TO HIS CURRENT RANK ON JULY 31, 2021.

– HE JOINED THE ARMY ON FEBRUARY 25, 1984, AT THE AGULHAS NEGRAS MILITARY ACADEMY.

– HE WAS COMMISSIONED INFANTRY OFFICER CANDIDATE ON DECEMBER 1987, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 57TH MOTORIZED INFANTRY BATTALION, IN RIO DE JANEIRO.

– IN ADDITION TO THE ARMY OFFICER BASIC TRAINING, HE COMPLETED THE CAPTAIN’S CAREER COURSE, THE SENIOR MILITARY STUDIES COURSE, AND THE COURSE ON ARMY POLICY, STRATEGY, AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT.

– HE ALSO TOOK THE BASIC AIRBORNE COURSE; RANGER TRAINING; SPECIAL FORCES; JUMPMASTER; MILITARY FREEFALL; AND THE LANCEROS COURSE, IN COLOMBIA.

– AS JUNIOR OFFICER (LIEUTENANT), HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE AGULHAS NEGRAS MILITARY ACADEMY, INFANTRY COURSE;

– AS COMPANY GRADE OFFICER (CAPTAIN) HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE CAPTAIN’S CAREER SCHOOL, INFANTRY COURSE; UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER IN GUATEMALA AND MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENT’S SECURITY TEAM, AT THE INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY OFFICE.

– AS FIELD GRADE OFFICER, HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE, STAFF OFFICER AT THE ARMY’S COMMANDER CABINET, AND INSTRUCTOR AT THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY COOPERATION (WHINSEC), IN FORT BENNING, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

– HIS COMMAND ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE COMMANDER OF THE 1ST RANGE BATALLION, COMMANDER OF THE ARMY CADET PREPARATORY SCHOOL, COMMANDER OF THE PEACEKEEPING INFANTRY BATTALION – 22ND CONTINGENT, AT THE UNITED NATION STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI (MINUSTAH).

– HE HELD THE POSITION OF 1ST ARMY DIVISION CHIEF OF STAFF, IN RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ. 

– AS GENERAL OFFICER, HIS ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 1ST JUNGLE INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN BOA VISTA/RR, COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE AGULHAS NEGRAS MILITARY ACADEMY, IN RESENDE/RJ, COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, IN GOIÂNIA/GO AND HEAD OF THE LAND FORCE TRAINING AND READINESS, AT THE LAND OPERATIONS COMMAND (COTER).

– AMONG THE MAIN DISTINCTIONS HE HAS BEEN AWARDED WITH, WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THE ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT, NAVAL MERIT, AERONAUTICAL MERIT, MILITARY JUDICIARY, MILITARY PUBLIC MINISTRY, MILITARY SPORTS MERIT, GOLD MILITARY MEDAL, GOLD COMMAND BADGE, AMAZONIAN SERVICE MEDAL, AIRBORNE MERIT MEDAL, MARSHAL TROMPOWSKY MEDAL, AND TROOP CORPS MEDAL.

– HE IS MARRIED TO MRS ADRIANE CORRÊA DUTRA DE MENEZES AND THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, GUSTAVO AND BIANCA.