[1] Before pursuing a career in politics, Braga graduated in law at Federal University of Paraíba.

[1] In 1954, Braga was elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba and held the post from 1955 to 1967.

[1] In 2006, he was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies from Paraíba for the third and last time, keeping the post from 2007 to 2011.

[1] In 2010, he was again elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Paraíba and held the post from 2011 to 2015, retiring from politics afterwards.

[2] On 17 May 2020, Braga died in João Pessoa, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil at the age 88, only ten days after his wife Lúcia, who also succumbed to the same illness.