Márcio Melo
| Márcio Melo | |
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President of Brazil Member of the Military Junta |
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In office 31 August 1969 – 30 October 1969 |
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| Co-Members |
Augusto Rademaker Aurélio de Lira Tavares |
| Preceded by |
Artur da Costa e Silva (President of Brazil) |
| Succeeded by |
Emílio Garrastazu Médici (President of Brazil) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Márcio de Sousa Melo 26 May 1906 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| Died | 31 January 1991 (aged 84) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Márcio de Sousa e Melo (May 26, 1906, Florianópolis – January 31, 1991) 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.
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