Historical Figure
Jair Bolsonaro
b. 1955
President of Brazil from 2019 to 2023
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Biography
Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and former military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 2019.
In Their Own Words (5)
We even have a gay pride march and we're thinking of having a heterosexual pride also. You'll not be invited.
Interview to Stephen Fry in October 2013. Jair Bolsonaro provoca polêmica em documentário do ator Stephen Fry sobre homofobia. Veja SP (23 October 2013). , 2013
To not like is not the same as to hate. You don't like the Taliban, do you? We Brazilian people don't like homosexuals, but we don't persecute and hunt homosexuals.
Interview to Stephen Fry in October 2013. Jair Bolsonaro provoca polêmica em documentário do ator Stephen Fry sobre homofobia. Veja SP (23 October 2013). , 2013
I will not fight against it nor discriminate, but if I see two men kissing on the street, I'll beat them up.
Apoio de FHC à união gay causa protestos. Folha de S.Paulo (19 May 2002). , 2002
The Military Police should have killed 1,000 rather than 111 prisoners in the Carandiru massacre.
Coronel Ubiratan deve perder a imunidade. Folha de S.Paulo (3 October 1997). , 1997
It's my advice and I do it: I evade all the taxes I can.
At the program Câmera Aberta at Band on 23 May 1999. O dia que Bolsonaro quis matar FHC, sonegar impostos e declarar guerra civil. Gazeta do Povo (10 October 2017). , 1999
Timeline
The story of Jair Bolsonaro, told in moments.
Elected to Rio de Janeiro city council. Began a political career defined by provocative statements about minorities, women, and the military dictatorship. He served seven terms in Congress over 27 years.
Stabbed at a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora. The knife pierced his intestine. He nearly died. He campaigned from a hospital bed and won the presidency two months later.
Took office as president of Brazil. Amazon deforestation accelerated sharply. He dismissed climate scientists and fired the head of the space agency for publishing satellite data showing the destruction.
His supporters stormed Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace. Bolsonaro was in Florida. He'd left the country two days before his term ended without attending the inauguration of his successor.
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