page_title: Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco / Death
caption_attribution_description: Português: Mausoleo do presidente Castelo Branco na cidade de Fortaleza
context_page_description: Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was a Brazilian military leader and politician. He served as the first President of the Brazilian military dictatorship after the 1964 military coup d'etat. Castelo Branco was killed in an aircraft collision in July 1967, soon after the end of his Presidency.
context_section_description: Four months after leaving the Presidency, Castelo Branco died in a midair collision of small aircraft near Fortaleza.
caption: Mausoleum of Castelo Branco in his native Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil
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