Brazilian air marshal (1906–1991)In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Sousa and the second or paternal family name is Melo.

Márcio de Sousa e Melo (26 May 1906 – 31 January 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 inves*ure ceremony of Emílio Garrastazu Médici in October of that same year.

During the government of the junta, the American Amb*ador 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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