Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco Portuguese pronunciation: [ ũbɛʁtu dʒi alẽkaʁ kastɛlu bɾɐku] (September 20 1897 – July 18 1967) was a Brazilian military leader and politician.He served as President of Brazil after the 1964 military coup d’etat. He was killed in an aircraft collision in July 1967 soon after resigning his office.