| Honorific-Prefix: | General |
| Paulo Sérgio Nogueira | |
| Office: | Minister of Defence |
| Term Start: | 31 March 2022 |
| Term End: | 1 January 2023 |
| President: | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Predecessor: | Walter Braga Netto |
| Successor: | José Múcio |
| Office1: | Commander of the Brazilian Army |
| Term Start1: | 31 March 2021 |
| Term End1: | 31 March 2022 |
| President1: | Jair Bolsonaro |
| Minister1: | Walter Braga Netto |
| Predecessor1: | Edson Leal Pujol |
| Successor1: | Marco Antônio Freire Gomes |
| Office2: | Commander of the Northern Military Command |
| Term Start2: | 23 April 2018 |
| Term End2: | 26 August 2020 |
| Predecessor2: | Carlos Alberto Neiva Barcellos |
| Successor2: | Sérgio de Costa Negraes |
| Birth Name: | Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira |
| Birth Date: | 28 August 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Iguatu, Ceará, Brazil |
| Allegiance: |  Brazil |
| Serviceyears: | 1974–2022 |
| Rank: | Army general |
Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira (born 28 September 1958, in Iguatu) is a Brazilian Army general who served as minister of defence of Brazil.[1]
From the Military School of Fortaleza, he started his military career on 4 March 1974, at the Brazilian Army Preparatory School for Cadets (EsPCEx), moving in 1977 to the Agulhas Negras Military Academy, where he was promoted to aspirant on 15 December 1980.[2]
During his military life, Nogueira was instructor at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy in three opportunities, being, in one of them, Commander of the Infantry Class.[3]
In 1994, he was Sub-Commander of the 2nd Battalion of Jungle Infantry, in Belém. He was also Staff Official of the 12th Military Region, in Manaus. Commander the 10th Battalion of Light Infantry-Mountain, in Juiz de Fora. Nogueira was head of the 5th Section of Command of the 10th Military Region, in Fortaleza.[3]
Also, as Colonel, he was attache of the Brazilian Army and Air Force Naval Defence in Mexico, Head of the Section of Official Promotions and Sub-Director of the Board of Evaluations and Promotions.[1]
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