Cronel doctor Cláudia Lima Gusmão Cacho was appointed to fill a vacancy among the general medical officers of the Brazilian Army
Medical colonel Cláudia Lima Gusmão Cacho was appointed to fill a vacancy among the general medical officers of the Brazilian Army. She is the first woman promoted to generalship in the history of the Land Force.
The nomination, after a secret vote by the generals of the Army High Command, will now be submitted to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who must approve the nominations of her and 16 other colonels to the rank of brigadier general – two of them on the medical staff, including Colonel Cláudia.
The promotion of the first female general had been expected for two years, when the Force commander, General Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva, announced that it should happen within two years – the Navy and Air Force already have female general officers. Cláudia was competing for the position with another colonel.
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Who is medical Colonel Cláudia Lima Gusmão Cacho?
She is from Recife (PE) and is a pediatrician. Cláudia is 57 years old and joined the Army on January 30, 1996. During her career, she held, among other roles, the direction of the Natal Garrison Hospital and the Campo Grande Area Military Hospital.
Graduated from Universidade Pernambuco (UPE), Cláudia is married and mother of two children. Now, as a general, she must direct the Brasília Area Military Hospital. The announcement of Cláudia’s promotion comes days before the incorporation of the first women into the Women’s Initial Military Service in the Armed Forces
On the 2nd, in Brasília, the Minister of Defense, José Múcio Monteiro, will preside over the incorporation of the first women as volunteers into a military organization of the Armed Forces, at the same time that the men who will perform military service this year will be incorporated.
According to the Defense, a total of 1,467 women will be recruited, who will perform military service in 13 states and the Federal District, distributed across 51 Brazilian municipalities. Of these, 157 women will be in the Navy; 1,010 in the Army and 300 in the Air Force. All went through a selection process.
Women’s Initial Military Service allows, according to Defense, that women, upon turning 18, “enter initial military service with the same rights and duties attributed to men”. Women are incorporated as soldiers in the Army and Air Force or sailor recruits in the Navy.
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