Notable Alumni
Alumni from the Military Academy in Rio de Janeiro, both in the old campus (Rio de Janeiro) and new campus (Resende, Rio de Janeiro state):
- Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias - Aide-de-Camp to Emperor Dom Pedro II and Prime Minister of Brazil.
- José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco - Prime Minister of Brazil.
- Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Viscount of Taunay - Brazilian aristocrat, military officer and writer.
- Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca - Marshal and President of Brazil.
- Eurico Gaspar Dutra - Marshal, President of Brazil and Minister of War during World War II.
- Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco - Marshal and President of Brazil.
- Artur da Costa e Silva - General and President of Brazil.
- Luís Carlos Prestes - Brazilian communist leader.
- Emílio Garrastazu Médici - General and President of Brazil.
- Golbery do Couto e Silva - General and founder of the National Intelligence Service of Brazil (SNI).
- João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo - President of Brazil, previous chief of the National Intelligence Service of Brazil.
- Aldo Vieira da Rosa - Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.
- Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto - Major General, Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
- Carlos Lamarca - Brazilian Army Captain who deserted to become a communist guerilla.
- Enzo Martins Peri - Major General, the current Brazilian Army commander.
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