Walter Braga Netto

Walter Braga Netto
Official portrait, 2021
Minister of Defence
In office 30 March 2021 – 1 April 2022
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Fernando Azevedo e Silva
Succeeded by	Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office 18 February 2020 – 29 March 2021
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Onyx Lorenzoni
Succeeded by	Luiz Eduardo Ramos
Chief of the Brazilian Army General Staff
In office 29 March 2019 – 18 February 2020
President	Jair Bolsonaro
Preceded by	Paulo Humberto Cesar de Oliveira
Succeeded by	Marcos Antonio Amaro dos Santos
Federal intervenor in Rio de Janeiro
In office 18 February 2018 – 31 December 2018
President	Michel Temer
Governor	Luiz Fernando Pezão Francisco Dornelles (interim)
Personal details
Born	(1957-03-11) 11 March 1957 (age 67) Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Political party	PL (since 2022)
Alma mater	Agulhas Negras Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Brazil
Branch/service	Brazilian Army
Years of service	1975–2020
Rank	General
Commands	Staff of the Brazilian Army Eastern Military Command 1st Military Region 1st Regiment of Combat Cars

Walter Souza Braga Netto (born 11 March 1957) is a Brazilian army general and former Minister of Defence. Braga was Commander of the Eastern Military Command and, until 31 December 2018, Federal Interventor in the Public Security of the state of Rio de Janeiro.^[1] He unsuccessfully ran for Vice President of Brazil as running mate of Jair Bolsonaro in 2022,^[2] narrowly losing to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin.^[3]