POLITICIAN

Jair Bolsonaro

1955 - Today

Photo of Jair Bolsonaro

Icon of person 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jair Bolsonaro is the 1,046th most popular politician (down from 723rd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 11th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Brazilian Politician.

Jair Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician who has been a member of the Brazilian Social Liberal Party since 1990. He was elected to the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in 1991 and served as a congressman for Rio de Janeiro from 1991 to 1994, from 1995 to 1999, and from 2003 to 2007. In 1998, he was elected to the Federal Senate and served until 2018. In 2018, he was elected president of Brazil.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Jair Bolsonaro by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jair Bolsonaro ranks 1,046 out of 19,576. Before him are Adolphe Thiers, Edmund Burke, Constantine II, Maria Luisa of Spain, Eleanor of Austria, and John I Tzimiskes. After him are Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Tiberius Gracchus, Seqenenre Tao, William III of the Netherlands, Galla Placidia, and Gordian II.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Jair Bolsonaro ranks 13. Before him are Friedrich Merz, Michel Platini, Kevin Costner, Rowan Atkinson, Pietro Parolin, and Bill Paxton. After him are Tim Berners-Lee, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Ornella Muti, Akira Toriyama, and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

Others Born in 1955

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro ranks 12 out of 2,236. Before him are Oscar Niemeyer (1907), Zico (1953), Ronaldo (1976), Dilma Rousseff (1947), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), and Mário Zagallo (1931). After him are Sebastião Salgado (1944), Jairzinho (1944), Sócrates (1954), Didi (1928), Rivellino (1946), and Nelson Piquet (1952).

Others born in Brazil

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro ranks 4. Before him are Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (1945), Dilma Rousseff (1947), and Pedro II of Brazil (1825). After him are Getúlio Vargas (1882), Michel Temer (1940), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), João Goulart (1918), and Deodoro da Fonseca (1827).

Brazilian born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous