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Jair Messias Bolsonaro, 67, is a retired military officer and Brazilian politician, affiliated with the Liberal Party (PL). He is the 38th president of Brazil as of January 1, 2019, having been elected by the Social Liberal Party (PSL).

He was born in the city of Glicério, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, but lived in several other cities throughout his childhood. In 1966, his family settled in Eldorado, in Vale do Ribeira, where he spent his adolescence with his five brothers.

In his political career, he was also a federal deputy for Rio de Janeiro between 1991 and 2018, always presenting himself as an anti-establishment, pro-market, gun owner and defender of family and conservative values.

In the House of Representatives, Bolsonaro was a member of the Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee and the Public Security and Combating Organized Crime Committee. In 2005, he was decorated by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with the Order of Military Merit in the degree of Special Grand Officer.