Márcio Melo Explained

Márcio Melo
Office:Member of the Brazilian Military Junta
Term Start:31 August 1969
Term End:30 October 1969
Predecessor:Artur da Costa e Silva
(as President)
Successor:Emílio Garrastazu Médici
(as President)
Alongside:Augusto Rademaker, Lira Tavares
Office1:Minister of Aeronautics
Term Start1:15 March 1967
Term End1:29 November 1971
Predecessor1:Eduardo Gomes
Successor1:Joelmir Campos de Araripe Macedo
Term Start2:15 December 1964
Term End2:11 January 1965
President2:Castelo Branco
Predecessor2:Nelson Freire Lavanère-Wanderley
Successor2:Eduardo Gomes
Birth Name:Márcio de Sousa Melo
Birth Date:26 May 1906
Birth Place:Florianópolis,, Brazil
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro,, Brazil
Spouse:Zilda Andrade
Children:2
Parents:Francisco Agostinho de Sousa (father)
Maria dos Anjos Malheiros (mother)
Allegiance: Brazil
Battles:
Rank: Marshal of the Air
Mawards: Grand Cross of the Military Order of Aviz
Commander of the Order of Aeronautical Merit

Márcio de Sousa e Melo (26 May 1906 – 31 January 1991[1]) was a general with the Brazilian Air Force. Melo was one of the military in the joint military board that ruled Brazil between the illness of Artur da Costa e Silva in August 1969 and the investiture ceremony of Emílio Garrastazu Médici in October of that same year.

During the government of the junta, the American Ambassador to Brazil Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the communist guerilla group Revolutionary Movement 8th October — radical opposition to the military dictatorship.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Márcio de Sousa Melo. presidentes.an.gov.br.