Arnon de Melo

Arnon de Melo
Senator for Alagoas
In office
1 February 1963  6 August 1981
Governor of Alagoas
In office
31 January 1951  31 January 1956
Vice GovernorGuedes de Miranda
Preceded bySilvestre Péricles
Succeeded byMuniz Falcão
Personal details
Born
Arnon Afonso de Farias Melo

(1911-09-19)19 September 1911
Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil
Died29 September 1983(1983-09-29) (aged 72)
Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Political party
  • UDN (1945–1956)
  • PDC (1956–1965)
  • ARENA (1966–1979)
  • PDS (1980–1983)
Children5, including Fernando and Pedro
Alma materFederal University of Rio de Janeiro

Arnon Afonso de Farias Melo (19 September 1911 — 29 September 1983) was a Brazilian journalist, lawyer, politician and businessperson. He is the father of the ex-president of Brazil Fernando Collor de Mello.