Birth Name: Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of Birth: August 12, 1949
Ethnicity:
*75% Brazilian (Portuguese, possibly other)
*25% German
Fernando Collor is a Brazilian politician. A member of the Party of the National Reconstruction, he served as President of Brazil, from 15 March, 1990 to 29 December, 1992. He was also the 57th Mayor of Maceio, from January 1, 1979 to January 1, 1983, and the 55th Governor of Alagoas, from March 15, 1987 to May 14, 1989, among other duties.
President Collor is the son of Leda (Collor) and Arnon Affonso de Farias Mello. His maternal grandfather was of German descent. The rest of President Collor’s ancestry is Portuguese-Brazilian (and possibly other).
President Collor’s paternal grandparents were Manuel Affonso Calheiros de Mello and Lúcia de Farias.
President Collor’s maternal grandparents were Lindolfo Leopoldo Boeckel Collor (the son of João Boeckel and Leopoldina Schreiner) and Hermínia Bartolomeu de Souza e Silva (the daughter of Luis Bartolomeu de Souza e Silva). President Collor de Mello’s great-grandparents João and Leopoldina had German ancestry.
Source: Genealogy of Fernando Collor de Mello – https://www.geni.com