The Commander

Major General Military Engineer Juraci Ferreira GALDINO

Summarized Curriculum Vitae

Having been promoted to Major General on November 25th, 2020, Gen Galdino is from Malta, Paraíba.

He is the son of José Galdino Fernandes and Aureni de Freitas Fernandes.  He graduated as an electronics engineer from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Campus II, Campina Grande, in 1991. He was commissioned as a 1^st Lieutenant on November 27th, 1992.

Besides having earned a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering and a commission as an Army Officer, Gen Galdino has the main following titles and courses:  Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from IME, 1997; Doctor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), 2002; Captains Careers Course from the Captains Career School, 2003; Direction Course for Military Engineers from the Army Command and General Staff College, 2010; Politics and Strategy Higher Studies Program from the Brazilian War College, 2017.

In addition to having held other positions, he was the Head of the Anti-Aircraft Maintenance Section of the 1^st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group; professor, researcher and coordinator of the Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Course at IME, Executive Officer at the Technological Center of the Brazilian Army; Head of the Technological Management and Innovation Agency and Commander of the Brazilian Army Proving Ground.

He was the first Army officer to earn the Golden Command Badge for having held the position of Research and Development Project Supervisor (Software-defined Radio of the Ministry of Defense) and has around one hundred and thirty scientific publications.  Also, he was Young Researcher of the Rio de Janeiro State and PQ-2 Level Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

He is the recipient of the following awards and decorations: Gold Military Medal, the Peacemaker Medal, Marshal Cordeiro de Farias Merit Medal, Medal of the Order of Military Judiciary Merit and Order of Military Merit Commander Degree.

He is married with Mrs Etelvana Saraiva Magalhães Galdino, and he is the father of Priscila e Patricia.