Francisco Xavier Marcelino (died 11 June 2006), nom de guerre José de Castro, was a Mozambican politician and former rebel leader who served as the director of external relations for the anti-communist RENAMO political movement, and later as a member of Mozambique's Assembly of the Republic (parliament).
Originally Marcelino was a clerk in the Zambezia Provincial Tribunal,[1] but he was captured by RENAMO forces,[2] took the name José de Castro, and eventually worked his way up in the hierarchy.
His rejection of the FRELIMO proposed election law drew support from unaligned delegates, but stymied the conference which was adjourned sine die.
[4] De Castro was General Secretary of RENAMO from 1995[5] to January 1998, when he was removed because Dhlakama said he wanted the party to be "more flexible".
[4] In the 2004 elections de Castro, as Francisco Marcelino, won a seat in the Assembly of the Republic from Nampula Province.