Who is Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil: Bipgraphy, Family And Career

Known as the president of Brazil since 2018, Jair Bolsonaro is famous amongst the Political around the world. But to other people out of the circle, the question drawn is how his life was before becoming an influential person as he is nowadays.

Biography of Jair Bolsonaro

Perci Geraldo Bolsonaro and Olinda Bonturi gave birth to their son Jair Messias Bolsonaro on March 21, 1955, in the city of Campinas, So Paulo, in the southeast of Brazil. He has two brothers and three sisters, making him the middle child of a family of six.

After the birth of his children, his father, an unschooled dentist, moved the family to Eldorado because there were not many other dentists in the area. After the arrival of professional dentists, however, he was transferred to the Forum's prosthetics department.

During his senior year of high school, Jair Bolsonaro enrolled in the Brazilian Army's Preparatory School before being transferred to the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras. After graduating in 1977, he spent some time in the army's parachutist units.

Bolsonaro, who served for 17 years and rose to the rank of Captain, first came to public attention in 1986 when he complained to 'Veja' magazine about low salaries and the dismissal of officers. His superiors reprimanded him for his actions, but he became something of a hero to his fellow officers, the spouses of service members, and the far right.

Career of Jair Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro entered politics in 1988, after serving in the military reserve, when he ran for city council in Rio de Janeiro on the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) ticket and won.

He ran for the PDC in the 1990 elections while serving as the party's Vice Leader in the Chamber of Deputies. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1990 and served from February 1991 to February 1995; he was then re-elected for a total of six more terms.

The Reform Progressive Party (RPP) and the newly formed Progressive Party (PP) merged in 1995 to form the Brazilian Progressive Party (PPB), which he began supporting in 1993.

Despite playing down the threat posed by COVID-19, the Brazilian president's popularity is at an all-time high.

After the United States, Brazil has the highest number of coronavirus-related deaths worldwide.

More than four million cases and 135,000 deaths have been caused by the coronavirus, which President Jair Bolsonaro has largely ignored. The economy has declined, and millions of people have lost their jobs.

Bolsonaro's popularity, however, has skyrocketed since he took office in 2018 thanks to the backing he has received from the poor.

He briefly affiliated with Brazil's leading right-wing party in 2005, the Liberal Front Party (PFL).

In 2005, after the party changed its name back to Progressive Party (PP) from Brazilian Progressive Party (PPB) in 2003, he joined the party again. He was re-elected to Congress twice more (in 2007 and 2011) and served until 2016 while maintaining his membership in the same political party.

He joined the Social Christian Party (PSC) and declared his candidacy for president in March of 2016. On the other hand, he switched parties and began running for president under the Social Liberal banner in August of 2018, with retired general Hamilton Mouro as his running mate.

During the first round of the general election on October 7, 2018, he secured 46.03% votes to become the top candidate with a clear lead over opponent Fernando Haddad, who came second with 29.28% votes. He faced the former São Paulo mayor Haddad in the run-off elections on October 28, 2018, as listed in CNN.

Jair Bolsonaro Biography: Facts you should know to enlarge your knowledge

Jair Bolsonaro. Photo: veja.abril.com.br

Achievements

Jair Bolsonaro has been a member of the lower house of Congress for 27 years, having been elected to the position six times. In 2014, he had the most votes of any congressman in Rio de Janeiro, totaling 464,000.

Personal Life and Family

Three sons, Flávio, Carlos, and Eduardo, were born to Jair Bolsonaro and his first wife, Rogéria Nantes Braga. Flávio and Eduardo are political allies who also happen to be lawyers.

After his first marriage ended in divorce, he remarried a woman named Ana Cristina, and she gave birth to their fourth son, Renan.

His only child, the daughter Laura, was born to his wife Michelle de Paula Firmo Reinaldo Bolsonaro after he had "a moment of weakness" in 2013.

While he was in Congress, he hired his current wife to be his secretary; she quickly rose through the ranks and received a substantial pay raise and promotion. A ruling by the Supreme Federal Court outlawing nepotism in government service forced him to fire her a few years later.

Adelio Bispo de Oliveira, a former member of the Socialism and Liberty Party, stabbed Jair Bolsonaro in the stomach while he was interacting with supporters on September 6, 2015, during the presidential election campaign. After spending a month being treated at Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, he was unable to personally campaign until after the first round had concluded.