Golbery do Couto e Silva

Golbery do Couto e Silva
Chief of Staff of the Presidency
In office
15 March 1974  6 August 1981
PresidentErnesto Geisel
João Figueiredo
Preceded byJoão Leitão de Abreu
Succeeded byJoão de Carvalho Oliveira
Justice of the Federal Court of Accounts
In office
30 March 1967  18 September 1968
Appointed byCosta e Silva
Preceded byAntônio Brochado da Rocha
Succeeded byGuilhermino de Oliveira
Head of the National Information Service
In office
25 June 1964  15 March 1967
PresidentCastelo Branco
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byEmílio Garrastazu Médici
Personal details
Born(1911-08-21)21 August 1911
Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died18 September 1987(1987-09-18) (aged 76)
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Political partyARENA
Spouse
Esmeralda Fierro
(m. 1935)
Children3
Alma materMilitary School of Realengo
Military service
AllegianceBrazil
Branch/service Brazilian Army
Years of service1927–1961
RankDivisional general
Battles/warsConstitutionalist Revolution
Second World War

Golbery do Couto e Silva (21 August 1911 – 18 September 1987) was a Brazilian general and politician.