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Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco

1897 - 1967

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Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (20 September 1897 – 18 July 1967) was a Brazilian military officer and politician who served as the 26th president of Brazil, the first leader of the Brazilian military dictatorship following the 1964 coup d'état. He was a member of a more liberal "legalist" faction within the regime, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is the 3,189th most popular politician (up from 3,827th in 2019), the 59th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 66th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Brazilian Politician.

Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was a Brazilian writer who is most famous for his novel "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands."

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ranks 3,189 out of 19,576. Before him are Edward Stettinius Jr., Stefan Dečanski, Duqaq, Boris Tadić, Joseph Babinski, and Jehoahaz of Israel. After him are Wilhelm Miklas, Abdul Salam Arif, Shigeru Yoshida, Jacques Santer, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Carin Göring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ranks 46. Before him are Hasso von Manteuffel, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, John Cockcroft, Ivan Bagramyan, Paul Delvaux, and John Franklin Enders. After him are Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Margaret Mahler, Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, and Joseph Berchtold. Among people deceased in 1967, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ranks 39. Before him are Woody Guthrie, Hermann Joseph Muller, Norman Angell, John Cockcroft, Ejnar Hertzsprung, and Françoise Dorléac. After him are Shigeru Yoshida, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Héctor Scarone, Jayne Mansfield, Ossip Zadkine, and Harald Quandt.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ranks 59 out of 2,236. Before him are Dunga (1963), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Tostão (1947), Ademir de Menezes (1922), Paulo Roberto Falcão (1953), and Leônidas (1913). After him are João Goulart (1918), Pepe (1983), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Anita Garibaldi (1821), Gérson (1941), and Zizinho (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco ranks 10. Before him are Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Getúlio Vargas (1882), Michel Temer (1940), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), and Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931). After him are João Goulart (1918), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Anita Garibaldi (1821), Tancredo Neves (1910), Ernesto Geisel (1907), and João Figueiredo (1918).

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