Rodolfo Saboia (photo) took office today (12/23) as director general of the ANP. He was approved on 10/20 in the plenary session of the Federal Senate and will occupy, in a four-year term, the vacancy left by Décio Oddone, who resigned in March this year.

From the departure of Décio Oddone until yesterday, when his term of office officially ended, the ANP directorate-general was occupied by Agency officials appointed by the President of the Republic, in a triple list, as determined by Law 9,986, of 2000, with the wording given by the General Law of Agencies (Law No. 13,848, of June 25, 2019).

Admiral Rodolfo Henrique de Saboia holds a bachelor's degree in Naval Science from the Naval School (1978), a master's degree in Command and Staff, a doctor in Maritime Policy and Strategy, both from the Naval War School, and a specialist in International Management from Coppead- UFRJ. He held several positions in the Brazilian Navy, the last being the Environment Superintendent of the Directorate of Ports and Coasts (DPC), until August 2020. With more than 40 years of service to the Navy, he was transferred to reserve in 2012 at the General Rear Admiral.