[1] Pujol graduated in 1977 from the Brazilian Military Academy Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras (AMAN), ranked first in his class in the Cavalry branch.

He has been awarded the silver Hermes medal with three gold crowns.

[citation needed] As a general officer, he commanded the 1st Mechanized Cavalry Brigade,[2] located in Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul and between 25 April 2009 and 29 April 2011 was the Commander of AMAN.

[3] He was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General as Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) on 27 March 2013.

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