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BRAZIL
PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL
Jair Messias Bolsonaro ... President from 2019 to 2023
PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL
Jair Messias Bolsonaro ... President from 2019 to 2023
Original article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Bolsonaro
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒaˈiʁ meˈsi.ɐz bowsoˈnaɾu]; born 21 March 1955) 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 Brazil's Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 2019.
Born in Glicério, São Paulo, Bolsonaro began serving in the Brazilian Army in 1973 and graduated from the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras in 1977. He rose to publicity in 1986 after he wrote an article for Veja magazine criticizing low wages for military officers, after which he was arrested and detained for fifteen days. He left the army and was elected to the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro two years later. In 1990, Bolsonaro was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a representative for the state of Rio de Janeiro. During his 27-year tenure as a congressman, he became known for his national conservatism. Bolsonaro entered the 2018 Brazilian presidential election, during which he began advocating economically liberal and pro-market policies.[1] He led in the 7 October first round results and defeated Fernando Haddad in the 28 October runoff.
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Bolsonari with Macron and MBS at conference
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