Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco


Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco Portuguese pronunciation160 was a Brazilian military leader and politician. He served as the first President of the Brazilian military government after the 1964 military coup detat. Castelo Branco was killed in an aircraft collision in July 1967, soon after the end of his Presidency.

Castelo Branco was born in a wealthy Northeastern Brazilian family. His father, Cndido Borges Castelo Branco, was a general. His mother, Antonieta Alencar Castelo Branco, came from a family of intellectuals .

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