Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco

His Excellency Castelo Branco
Official portrait, 1964
President of Brazil
In office April 15, 1964 – March 14, 1967
Vice President	José Maria Alkmin
Preceded by	Ranieri Mazzilli (acting)
Succeeded by	Costa e Silva
Chief of the Army General Staff
In office September 13, 1963 – April 14, 1964
President	João Goulart Ranieri Mazzilli (acting)
Preceded by	José Machado Lopes
Succeeded by	Décio Palmeiro Escobar
Personal details
Born	Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897-09-20)20 September 1897 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Died	July 18, 1967(1967-07-18) (aged 69) Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Resting place	Castelo Branco Mausoleum, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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	3rd General Staff Operations Section of the 1st Expeditionary Infantry Division Brazilian Expeditionary Force General Staff 11th Infantry Regiment 3rd Army General Staff Section 10th Military Region School of General Staff Garrison of the Amazon 8th Military Region
Battles/wars	Prestes Column Brazilian Revolution of 1930 Second World War 1964 Brazilian coup d'état

Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (Portuguese pronunciation: [ũˈbɛʁtu dʒi alẽˈkaʁ kasˈtɛlu ˈbɾɐ̃ku]) (September 20, 1897 – July 18, 1967) was a Brazilian military leader and statesman. He served as the first president of the Brazilian military dictatorship after the 1964 military coup d'etat. He was a member of a more liberal "legalist" faction within the regime,^[1] as opposed to his more authoritarian successors.