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Revision as of 18:27, October 30, 2015
Humberto Castelo Branco (1897-1967) was the Conservative president of Brazil from 1964 to 1967.
Biography
During the Second World War Branco fought in Italy against the Germans.
Branco took power on March 31, 1964, after he removed unpopular president João Goulart. On April 11, 1964 Branco was officially declared as interim-president. He resigned in July 1967.[1]
Branco died in an plane crash on July 18, 1967.