Commander of the Armed Forces (Paraguay)
# Commander of the Armed Forces (Paraguay)

The Commander of the Armed Forces (Spanish: Comandante de las Fuerzas Militares) is the professional head of the Armed Forces of Paraguay.

## Commanders

| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Defence branch | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
| 1 | | Vicealmirante Eduardo Dionicio A. Gonzalez Petit | 14 April 1993 | 3 February 1995 | 1 year, 295 days | Paraguayan Navy | |
| 2 | | General de ejército Silvio Rafael Noguera Ramirez | 3 February 1995 | 5 August 1998 | 3 years, 183 days | Paraguayan Army | |
| 3 | | General de ejército Eligio Ramon Torres Heyn | 5 August 1998 | 1 November 1999 | 1 year, 88 days | Paraguayan Army | |
| 4 | | Almirante Jose Ramon Ocampos Alfaro (?–2014) | 1 November 1999 | 21 August 2000 | 294 days | Paraguayan Navy | |
| 5 | | Almirante Miguel Angel Candia Fleitas | 21 August 2000 | 14 March 2001 | 205 days | Paraguayan Navy | |
| 6 | | General de ejército Expedito Adriano Garrigoza Vera | 14 March 2001 | 29 August 2003 | 2 years, 168 days | Paraguayan Army | |
| 7 | | General de ejército Jose Key Kanazawa Gamarra | 17 September 2003 | 28 November 2006 | 3 years, 72 days | Paraguayan Army | |
| 8 | | General de ejército Bernardino Soto Estigarribia (born 1952) | 28 November 2006 | 19 November 2008 | 1 year, 357 days | Paraguayan Army | |
| 9 | | Contraalmirante Cibar Benitez Caceres | 19 November 2008 | 6 November 2009 | 352 days | Paraguayan Navy | [1][3] [4] |
| 10 | | General de brigada Juan Oscar Velazquez Castillo | 6 November 2009 | 20 September 2010 | 318 days | Paraguayan Army | [1][4] [5] |
| 11 | | General de ejército Felipe Benicio Melgarejo Recalde | 21 September 2010 | 10 September 2012 | 1 year, 356 days | Paraguayan Army | [1][5] [6] |
| 12 | | General de fuerza aerea Miguel Christ Jacobs | 10 September 2012 | 11 October 2013 | 1 year, 31 days | Paraguayan Air Force | |
| 13 | | General de ejército Jorge Francisco Ramirez Gomez | 11 October 2013 | 23 October 2014 | 1 year, 12 days | Paraguayan Army | |
| 14 | | General de ejército Luis Gonzaga Garcete | 23 October 2014 | 3 November 2016 | 2 years, 11 days | Paraguayan Army | |
| 15 | | General de fuerza aerea Braulio Piris Rojas | 3 November 2016 | 9 August 2017 | 279 days | Paraguayan Air Force | |
| 16 | | Almirante Hugo Milciades Scolari Pagliaro | 9 August 2017 | 30 October 2018 | 1 year, 82 days | Paraguayan Navy | |
| 17 | | General de fuerza aerea Eladio Casimiro González Aguilar | 30 October 2018 | 13 October 2022 | 3 years, 348 days | Paraguayan Air Force | |
| 18 | | General de ejército Óscar Arnaldo Cardozo | 13 October 2022 | Incumbent | 287 days | Paraguayan Army | |
