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Castelo Branco | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 1964 | |
| 26th President of Brazil | |
| In office 15 April 1964 – 15 March 1967 | |
| Vice President | José Maria Alkmin |
| Preceded by | Ranieri Mazzilli |
| Succeeded by | Costa e Silva |
| Chief of the Army General Staff | |
| In office 13 September 1963 – 14 April 1964 | |
| President | João Goulart Ranieri Mazzilli |
| Preceded by | José Machado Lopes |
| Succeeded by | Décio Palmeiro Escobar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1897 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil |
| Died | 18 July 1967 (aged 69) Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil |
| Cause of death | Plane crash |
| Resting place | Castelo Branco Mausoleum |
| Political party | ARENA (1966–1967) |
| Spouse |
Argentina Viana
(m. 1922; died 1963) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Cândido Borges Castelo Branco (father) Antonieta de Alencar Gurgel (mother) |
| Alma mater | Military School of Realengo Officers Improvement School Army General Staff School |
| Signature |  |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Brazil |
| Branch/service | Brazilian Army |
| Years of service | 1918–1964 |
| Rank | Field marshal |
| Commands | See list
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| Battles/wars | |
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco[a] (20 September 1897 – 18 July 1967) was a Brazilian military officer and politician who served as the 26th president of Brazil, the first of the Brazilian military dictatorship following the 1964 coup d'état. He was a member of a more liberal "legalist" faction within the regime,[1] as opposed to his more authoritarian successors.
His administration was marked by the consolidation of the military regime. One of his first acts was the enactment of Institutional Act No. 2, which abolished the multi-party system in the country and granted the President of the Republic the power to revoke the mandates of congressmen and call for indirect elections.[2] In Brazilian foreign policy, he began to seek economic, political, and military support from the United States. He was the son of General Cândido Borges Castelo Branco, the sixth grandson of the eleventh Lord of Pombeiro and his wife, the ninth Lady of Belas, and his wife Antonieta de Alencar Gurgel, a member of the family of the writer José de Alencar.[3]
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- ^ "Brazil: Five Centuries of Change: Castelo Branco". library.brown.edu. Brown University Library. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ Napolitano, Marcos (2014). História do Regime Militar Brasileiro. [S.l.]: Contexto publisher. pp. 70–71
- ^ DULLES, John W. F., Castelo Branco - O Caminho para Presidência, José Olympio publisher, 1979.