This is the list of the Top Graduates formed by the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras. Data were extracted from the Statistical Yearbook of AMAN. The classes formed by the Academy since 1945 were considered. The course of AMAN was originally done in three years. From the group who entered the Academy in 1964, the course began to be done in four years. Therefore, there was no graduation in 1966.

Date of graduation	Name of top graduate	Grade	Branch	Promotion's name
11 Aug 1945	José Maria Couto de Oliveira	-	Corps of Engineers	Realengo Realengo Realengo is a neighborhood in northern Rio de Janeiro. The lower and middle class neighborhood is between the Mendanha and Pedra Branca mountains...
28 Dec 1946	Ruy Collares Machado	8,011	Artillery	Escola Militar de Resende
24 Dec 1947	Harry de Freitas Barcelos	7,827	Infantry	Agulhas Negras Pico das Agulhas Negras Pico das Agulhas Negras is the fifth highest mountain in Brazil, standing at above sea level, making it one of the highest in the Brazilian Highlands...
17 Dec 1948	Ary Capella	8,257	Infantry	General Ciro do Espírito Santo
15 Dec 1949	Carlos Nicosi da Costa	8,903	Quartermaster Corps	General José Pessoa
14 Dec 1950	Merio Magalhães	8,314	Corps of Engineers	General Ciro do Espírito Santo Cardoso
14 Dec 1951	Leônidas Serejo Pinto de Abreu	8,617	Artillery	Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras
6 Nov 1952	Roberval Rocha Moreira Filho	7,991	Corps of Engineers	Rio Branco Barão do Rio Branco José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Jr., 1st Baron of Rio Branco was a Brazilian diplomat, geographer, historian, politician and professor, considered to be the "father of Brazilian diplomacy". He was the son of famous statesman José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Sr....
13 Aug 1953	João Luiz Pascal Rolhe	9,006	Corps of Engineers	Tamandaré
8 May 1954	Joubert de Oliveira Brízida	8,608	Artillery	Santos Dumont
15 Feb 1955	Hermann Cavalcante Suruagy	8,586	Corps of Engineers	Aspirante Mega
6 Jan 1956	Antonio Máximo Rego Filho	8,539	Artillery	Avaí
20 Dec 1956	Almir Paz de Lima	8,760	Corps of Engineers	Monte Castelo Battle of Monte Castello The Battle of Monte Castello was an engagement which took place from 25 November 1944 to 22 February 1945 during the Italian campaign. It was fought between the Allied forces advancing into northern Italy and dug-in German defenders. The battle marked the Brazilian Expeditionary Force's entry into...
19 Dec 1957	Paulo Schwingel	8,858	Infantry	Antônio João
19 Dec 1958	Sebastião de Carvalho	8,571	Quartermaster Corps	Montese Montese Montese is a town in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.During World War II, the town was liberated by Brazilian forces on April 17, 1945, after three days of battle against German forces....
17 Dec 1959	Leo Ferreira de Vasconcellos	8,464	Artillery	Rondon Cândido Rondon Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon, or Marechal Rondon was a Brazilian military officer who is most famous for his exploration of Mato Grosso and the Western Amazon Basin, and his lifelong support of Brazilian indigenous populations...
4 Dec 1960	Carlos Roberto Torres	9,301	Ordnance Corps	Marechal Floriano Floriano Peixoto Floriano Vieira de Araújo Peixoto , April 30, 1839, Maceió, Brazil — July 29, 1895, Rio de Janeiro; born in Ipioca , was a Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the War of the Triple Alliance, and the second President of Brazil.-Election and Succession as President:Floriano Peixoto...
30 Dec 1961	Adalberto Imbrósio	9,275	Ordnance Corps	Academia Real Militar
20 Dec 1962	Fernando Raimundo Aranha Simão	9,130	Ordnance Corps	Duque de Caxias Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias , nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Caxias pursued a military career, as had his father and many relatives before him. In 1823, he fought as a young officer during most of...
20 Dec 1963	Sérgio Gilberto Taboada	8,810	Ordnance Corps	Sesquicentenário da Academia Militar
19 Dec 1964	Guy Ubirajara Meyer	9,439	Ordnance Corps	Nações Unidas United Nations The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
18 Dec 1965	Antonio Domingos Sanson	9,327	Ordnance Corps	IV Centenário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
16 Dec 1967	Raymundo Nonato de Cerqueira Filho	9,034	Infantry	Independência
21 Dec 1968	Ronaldo Glicério Cabral	9,163	Ordnance Corps	Humaitá Passagem de Humaitá The Siege of Humaitá was a naval battle and later siege which occurred at the fortress of Humaitá, on the Paraguay River beginning on February 19, 1867, as a part of the War of the Triple Alliance, and ending on July 25, 1868....
20 Dec 1969	Pedro Paulo Leite do Prado	9,053	Signal Corps	Jubileu de Prata
19 Dec 1970	Geraldo Silvino Soares da Silva	8,986	Corps of Engineers	Força Expedicionária Brasileira
18 Dec 1971	José Alencar de Ávila	9,115	Corps of Engineers	Marechal Castelo Branco Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was a Brazilian military leader and politician.He was President of Brazil, as a military dictator, after the 1964 coup d'etat...
16 Dec 1972	João Francisco Ferreira	9,145	Infantry	Marechal Mascarenhas de Morais
15 Dec 1973	Denivart Alves da Cruz	9,058	Signal Corps	Marechal Arthur da Costa e Silva
17 Dec 1974	Paulo César do Amaral Pereira	8,986	Signal Corps	Integração Nacional
12 Dec 1975	Paulo Davi de Barros Lima	9,235	Artillery	Sesquicentenário da Independência
14 Dec 1976	Vicente Gonçalves de Magalhães	9,201	Corps of Engineers	31 de março
15 Dec 1977	Emílio Carlos Acocella	9,473	Artillery	Tiradentes Tiradentes Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as Tiradentes , was a leading member of the Brazilian revolutionary movement known as the Inconfidência Mineira whose aim was full independence from the Portuguese colonial power and to create a Brazilian republic. When the plan was discovered, Tiradentes was...
14 Dec 1978	Paulo Sérgio Melo de Carvalho	9,552	Signal Corps	Marechal Eurico Gaspar Dutra Eurico Gaspar Dutra Eurico Gaspar Dutra , was a Brazilian marshal, politician and president of Brazil from 1946–1951.He was born in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, and like many other Brazilians, was from Azorean-Portuguese origin...
15 Dec 1979	Décio Luís Schons	9,309	Cavalry	Marechal Juarez Távora Juarez Távora Juarez Távora is a town and municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.-References:...
15 Dec 1980	João Ricardo Carvalho de Souza	9,440	Signal Corps	Olavo Bilac Olavo Bilac Olavo Brás Martins dos Guimarães Bilac was a Brazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator. Alongside Alberto de Oliveira and Raimundo Correia, he was a member of the "Parnassian Triad"...
12 Dec 1981	Lourival Carvalho Silva	9,200	Cavalry	Benjamin Constant
11 Dec 1982	Joarez Alves Pereira Júnior	9,256	Cavalry	Felipe Camarão
10 Dec 1983	Francisco Mamede de Brito Filho	9,278	Infantry	Itororó Battle of Itororó On the morning of December 6, 1868, Marshal of the Brazilian Army, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Marquis of Caxias, moved with 13,000 men in two columns to take Villeta, a Paraguayan city, as a plan to make further attacks on the Paraguayan Army rear....
15 Dec 1984	Edmir Rodrigues	9,598	Ordnance Corps	Jubileu de Ouro do Espadim
7 Dec 1985	Edson Diehl Ripoli	9,522	Artillery	Fornovo Battle of Fornovo The Battle of Fornovo took place 30 km southwest of the city of Parma on 6 July 1495. The League of Venice was able to temporarily expel the French from the Italian Peninsula. It was the first major battle of the Italian Wars.-Antecedents:...
6 Dec 1986	Walter da Costa Ferreira	9,521	Infantry	Marechal Mário Travassos
12 Dec 1987	Miriano Valdoni Eder	9,603	Artillery	Missão Indígena
10 Dec 1988	João Alfredo Zampieri	9,401	Signal Corps	Marechal Trompowski
9 Dec 1989	Adelson Robbi	9,399	Quartermaster Corps	Centenário da República
24 Nov 1990	Marcos Mendonça Carneiro	9,461	Corps of Engineers	Cidade de Resende Resende, Rio de Janeiro Resende is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 119,801 and its area is 1,144 km².Resendense refers to people or things from Resende, RJ. Its territory boundaries to the state of São Paulo and Minas Gerais...
30 Nov 1991	Célio Augusto Dias	9,423	Infantry	General Ernani Ayrosa
28 Nov 1992	Eduardo Xavier Ferreira Migon	9,291	Cavalry	Batalha dos Guararapes First Battle of Guararapes The First Battle of Guararapes was a battle in a conflict called the Pernambucana Insurrection, between Dutch and Portuguese forces in Pernambuco, in a dispute for the dominion of that part of Brazil.-The Beginnings:...
4 Dec 1993	Guilherme Stagi Hossmann	9,245	Corps of Engineers	Castelnuovo Spring 1945 offensive in Italy The Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, codenamed Operation Grapeshot, was the Allied attack by Fifth United States Army and British 8th Army into the Lombardy Plain which started on 6 April 1945 and ended on 2 May with the surrender of German forces in Italy....
3 Dec 1994	Eron Pacheco da Silva	9,568	Ordnance Corps	General Penha Brasil
2 Dec 1995	Gelson de Souza	9,439	Infantry	General Fernando Valente Pamplona
30 Nov 1996	Jean Lawand Junior	9,517	Artillery	Bicentenário da Inconfidência Mineira Inconfidência Mineira The Inconfidência Mineira of 1789 was an unsuccessful Brazilian independence movement.It was a result of the confluence of external and internal causes...
29 Nov 1997	Flávio Eduardo Brandalise	9,475	Infantry	Cinquentenário da Escola Militar de Resende
28 Nov 1998	Vitor Hugo de Araújo Almeida	9,274	Infantry	Cinquentenário da FEB
27 Nov 1999	André Luiz de Melo Franco	9,243	Infantry	Marechal Zenóbio da Costa
25 Nov 2000	Jeferson Nascimento Aquilar Pey	9,234	Quartermaster Corps	Maestro Carlos Gomes
24 Nov 2001	Marcelo Dias Monteiro	9,490	Cavalry	Marechal Carlos Machado Bittencourt
23 Nov 2002	Caio de Vargas Lisbôa	9,215	Infantry	Voluntários da Pátria
26 Nov 2003	Giovani Frondana	9,277	Artillery	Antônio Dias Cardoso Antonio Dias Cardoso Antonio Dias Cardoso served as the President of the Democratic Movement of Angola until he joined the MPLA in 1975.Cardoso was born in Luanda. He was arrested in 1961 by the Portuguese Secret Police and exiled to Cape Verde....
27 Nov 2004	Cleidilson Marcelo Ferreira Siqueira	9,221	Infantry	Brasil 500 anos
26 Nov 2005	Diogo Luiz Oliveira de Andrade	9,247	Artillery	Tenente General Carlos Antônio Napion
25 Nov 2006	Heverton Medeiros de França	9,264	Corps of Engineers	Compromisso Imortal de 1645 History of Pernambuco The history of Pernambuco begins before the discovery of Brazil, when the current state of the territory was populated by Tabajara Indians.- Colonial Period: the province of Pernambuco :...
24 Nov 2007	Bruno Lion Gomes Heck	9,294	Cavalry	Bicentenário de Caxias Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias , nicknamed "the Peacemaker" and "Iron Duke", was an army officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. Caxias pursued a military career, as had his father and many relatives before him. In 1823, he fought as a young officer during most of...
29 Nov 2008	Lucas Sanchez Assumpção	9,213	Quartermaster Corps	Capitão-Mor Pedro Teixeira Pedro Teixeira Pedro Teixeira was a Portuguese explorer who became, in 1637, the first European to travel up the entire length of the Amazon River....
28 Nov 2009	Marcelo Bicalho Lara	9,308	Artillery	Heróis da Força Expedicionária Brasileira
04 Dec 2010	Pedro Cardoso da Silva Alvim	9,286	Infantry	General Emílio Garrastazu Médici Emílio Garrastazu Médici Emílio Garrastazu Médici, was a Brazilian military leader and politician. His rightist rule from 1969 to 1974, marked the apex of military governments in Brazil.-Early life:...