Jair Bolsonaro Bio, Parents, Wife, Children, Siblings, Net Worth

Jair Bolsonaro Bio, Parents, Wife, Children, Siblings, Net Worth: Jair Bolsonaro, officially known as Jair Messias Bolsonaro was born on March 21, 1955.

He’s a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 until 2022.

Bolsonaro graduated from the Agulhas Negras Military Academy in 1977 and served in the Brazilian Army’s field artillery and parachutist units.

In 1986, he became famous after he was arrested and detained for 15 days for writing an article for Veja magazine criticizing low wages for military officers.

A year later, the Veja magazine accused him of planning to plant bombs in military units, which he denied. A lower court convicted him, but the Brazilian Superior Military Court acquitted him in 1988.

After eventually leaving the military, Bolsonaro announced his candidacy for president in March 2016 as a member of the Social Christian Party

In 2018, he left the party (Social Christian Party) and joined the Social Liberal Party, and then launched his presidential campaign in August of that year

Bolsonaro was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turned into a conservative party before cutting ties with it. In 2021, he joined the conservative Liberal Party

From 1991 to 2018, Bolsonaro served in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro.

During the general election on 7th October 2018, Bolsonaro came in first place in the first round with Workers’ Party candidate, Fernando Haddad coming in second.

The two candidates had a runoff on 28 October 2018, and Bolsonaro was elected with 55.1% of the popular vote. He placed many army officers in key positions in his cabinet.

Before his inauguration, he said he would fill positions in his government based only on technical qualifications and skills rather than ideological sympathy.

On October 30, 2022, in the runoff of the 2022 Brazilian general election, Bolsonaro lost to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, becoming the first president in Brazil to lose his re-election bid.

On January 8, 2023, his supporters stormed the nation’s highest institutions, including Congress, calling for a coup d’état. Bolsonaro eventually condemned the protesters and denied responsibility.

In March 2023, Jair Bolsonaro hit the headlines after it was reported that he would be returning to Brazil for the first time since the January 8 riots.

The former Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro is on his way back to Brazil after spending a couple of months in the United States of America.

Jair Bolsonaro is returning for the first time since supporters stormed the Supreme Court, Congress, and the presidential palace in January 2023.

The riots came after weeks of protests claiming fraud in his (Jair Bolsonaro) defeat to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Jair Bolsonaro Age

Jair Bolsonaro was born on March 21, 1955 in Glicério, State of São Paulo, Brazil. He celebrated his 68th birthday in March this year (2023).

Jair Bolsonaro Height & Weight

Jair Bolsonaro stands at a height of 1.85 and weighs around 75 kg

Jair Bolsonaro Parents

Jair Bolsonaro was born in Glicério, São Paulo in southeast Brazil, to Geraldo Bolsonaro (father) and Olinda Bonturi (mother). His family is mostly of Italian descent, with German ancestry as well. In 1995, his father died while his mother died in 2022 at the age of 94.

Jair Bolsonaro Wife

As of March 2023, Jair Bolsonaro had been married three times and had five children.

His first wife was Rogéria Nantes Braga (with whom he has three sons: Flávio, Carlos, and Eduardo). The couple got married in 1978 and separated in 1997.

His second marriage was with Ana Cristina Valle (with whom he has a son, Renan). However, the duration of their union was not available at the time of this writing.

In 2007, he married his third and current wife, Michelle de Paula Firmo Reinaldo (with whom he has a daughter, Laura). As of 2018, Bolsonaro and his wife lived in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro.

Jair Bolsonaro Children

Jair Bolsonaro has been blessed with five children; Eduardo Bolsonaro, Flávio Bolsonaro, Carlos Bolsonaro, Laura Bolsonaro, and Renan Bolsonaro.

The former president shares three sons; Flávio Bolsonaro, Carlos Bolsonaro, and Eduardo Bolsonaro with his first wife, Rogéria Nantes Braga.

He again shares another son, Renan Bolsonaro with his second wife, Ana Cristina Valle, and also a daughter, Laura Bolsonaro with his current spouse, Michelle de Paula Firmo Reinaldo.

Jair Bolsonaro has three granddaughters, two by his son Flávio and the other by Eduardo.

Jair Bolsonaro Siblings

Jair Bolsonaro is not the only child of his parents; Geraldo Bolsonaro (father) and Olinda Bonturi (mother). He has a brother called; Renato Antônio Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro Net Worth

As of March 2023, Jair Bolsonaro had an estimated net worth of about $8.1 million.

Jair Bolsonaro Honours And Awards

Jair Bolsonaro is a recipient of various honors and awards including;

National Honors

• Grand Master and Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco (1 January 2019)
• Grand Master and Grand Cross of the Order of Defence Merit (8 January 2019)
• Grand Master and Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit (16 June 2019)
• Grand Master and Grand Cross of the Order of Naval Merit (8 January 2019)
• Grand Master and Grand Cross of the Order of Aeronautical Merit (3 January 2019)
• Grand Collar of the Order of Labor Judicial Merit (13 August 2019)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Military Judicial Merit (28 March 2019)
• The Mauá Medal of Merit (15 August 2019)
• The Peacemaker Medal (5 December 2018)

Awards

• One of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2019 and 2020
• Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 Person of the Year
• OCCRP’s 2020 Person of the Year “for his role in promoting organized crime and corruption”
• On 25 October 2021, Bolsonaro was recognized as an honorary citizen by the city council of Anguillara Veneta, Italy, his paternal grandfather’s hometown.