Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Bolsonaro | |
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| 38th President of Brazil | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2019 | |
| Vice President | Hamilton Mourão |
| Preceded by | Michel Temer |
| Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 1 February 1991 – 1 January 2019 | |
| Alderman of Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 1 January 1989 – 1 February 1991 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 21, 1955 Glicério, São Paulo, Brazil |
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born March 21, 1955) is a Brazilian politician. He is the 38th and current President of Brazil since 2019.[1] He has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 1991. He is a member of the Social Liberal Party (PSL). He is known for his far-right and populist political views.[2][3][4][5]
Bolsonaro is the PSL's presidential candidate in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election.[5]
Bolsonaro came in first place in the first round of the general election on 7 October 2018, with PT candidate Fernando Haddad coming in second place. The two candidates faced again on 28 October with Bolsonaro winning the election.[6]
On September 6, 2018, Bolsonaro was stabbed multiple times while at a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora.[7] Parts of Bolsonaro's liver, lung and intestine were damaged.[8] He was hospitalized under "extremely stable" condition and released almost a month later on September 29.[9]
Controversy[change | change source]
Bolsonaro is a open supporter of dictatorship, in the impeachment voting session of former President Dilma Rousseff, in his speech, Bolsonaro honored Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, a widely known military colonel in Brazil by have been a torturer of militants and protesters in the Brazilian military dictatorship period. [10][11]
In a television interview in the 1990s, he also made controversial declarations about the Pinochet's military dictatorship in Chile, praising the Chilean dictator and stating that "the only mistake of the Chilean dictatorship was to not kill more people". [12]
Bolsonaro is also notorious for his public speeches, which are perceived as being racist, sexist, intolerant and/or extremist. He already spoke against minorities in certain occasions, particularly the LGBT (gay) community, black people and women. In an interview for the documentary Out There, made by British actor and comedian Stephen Fry, which deals with the rise of homophobia in the world, and aired on the BBC in 2013, the then congressman stated: "No father is proud to have a gay son... We, Brazilians, don't like homosexuals.", he added. In a comment about what he heard, Fry said: "Bolsonaro is the typical homophobic that I found around the world, with his mantra that gays want to dominate society, recruit children or abuse them. Even in a progressive country like Brazil, its lies create hysteria among the ignorant, from where violence can arise." [13]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Right-wing nationalist Jair Bolsonaro sworn in as president of Brazil". Sky News. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
- ↑ Conversations/Jair Bolsonaro; A Soldier Turned Politician Wants To Give Brazil Back to Army Rule
- ↑ "Brazil's Trump? A congressman with presidential ambitions is being compared to Donald Trump. Can he win?". USnews.com. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ↑ "O inquietante 'fenômeno Bolsonaro'". brasil.elpais.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Brazil's congress starts to reform itself". The Economist. 14 October 2017.
- ↑ "Brazil's far-right candidate takes big lead in presidential election". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ Londoño, Ernesto (6 September 2018). "Brazil Presidential Candidate Jair Bolsonaro Is Stabbed at Campaign Rally". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ Flávio, Bolsonaro (6 September 2018). "Flávio Bolsonaro 177 Senador_RJ Verified account". Twitter. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ↑ "Jair Bolsonaro é internado no Hospital Albert Einstein, em SP". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ "Brazil: tortured dissidents appalled by Bolsonaro's praise for dictatorship". TheGuardian. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ↑ "Brazil's Bolsonaro extols convicted torturer as a 'national hero'". Reuters. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ↑ "As homenagens de Bolsonaro a Pinochet e por que o general ainda divide o Chile". BBCBrasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ↑ "Há cinco anos, Stephen Fry encontrava Jair Bolsonaro". RevistaForum (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 August 2019.
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