Jair Bolsonaro
President of Brazil from 2019 to 2023
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| November 2024 | In November 2024, Bolsonaro and 36 others were formally charged with plotting a coup d'état, violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, and criminal organization. |
| November 21 2024 | Brazil’s federal police indicted Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people related to Bolsonaro's defeat in the 2022 presidential elections, alleging he knew of a plot to assassinate his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and to overturn the election result. |
| July 2024 | Brazil's Federal Police charged Jair Bolsonaro with money laundering and criminal conspiracy related to undeclared diamonds that he allegedly received from Saudi Arabia while he was in office. |
| March 2024 | In March 2024, witness documents were released indicating that Bolsonaro had plotted to overturn the 2022 election results and had presented plans for a coup to top military officials. |
| March 19 2024 | On March 19, 2024, federal police formally accused Bolsonaro of fraud concerning his COVID-19 vaccine records. |
| February 2024 | In February 2024, the Brazilian Federal Police raided former government officials and ordered Bolsonaro to hand in his passport over accusations of attempting to overturn the 2022 election results and plotting a coup d'état. |
| October 31 2023 | On October 31, 2023, Bolsonaro was convicted by the Superior Electoral Court for abuse of power related to using Brazil's Independence Day ceremony to promote himself, resulting in an eight-year disqualification from running for office. |
| June 30 2023 | The Superior Electoral Court blocked Bolsonaro from seeking office until 2030 due to attempts to undermine the election's validity and abuse of power. |
| April 14 2023 | On April 14, 2023, Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to submit himself for questioning with the Brazilian Federal Police over the January 8 storming of the Congress. |
| March 2023 | Bolsonaro returned to Brazil in March 2023 for the first time since the January attacks by his supporters on federal government buildings. |
| February 2023 | In February 2023, Bolsonaro announced his intention to return to Brazil in March for the first time since leaving in December 2022. |
| January 9 2023 | On January 9, 2023, Bolsonaro condemned the protesters in a tweet and denied any responsibility for the attacks on government buildings. |
| January 8 2023 | Supporters of Bolsonaro stormed federal government buildings, calling for a coup d'état. |
| January 1 2023 | Bolsonaro's presidential term officially ended, marking the conclusion of his single four-year term in office. |
| 2022 | Bolsonaro ended his term with Brazil's public debt reaching $5.87 trillion reais (approximately US$1.12 trillion), marking the largest federal debt in the country's history. |
| 2022 | Bolsonaro advocated for the use of paper ballots in the upcoming election and stated he would not accept the results if electoral reforms were not implemented. |
| 2022 | The 2022 election occurred shortly after far-right politician Giorgia Meloni's success in the Italian general election, with Bolsonaro performing better than expected in the first round. |
| December 30 2022 | On December 30, 2022, one day before his term ended, Jair Bolsonaro arrived in Florida and resided in Kissimmee for a couple of months. |
| December 30 2022 | Bolsonaro left for the United States to avoid attending the swearing-in ceremony of Lula, leaving Vice President Hamilton Mourão as the acting President. |
| November 1 2022 | In a press conference, Bolsonaro did not acknowledge his defeat but stated he would 'comply with the Constitution' in the wake of the election results. |
| October 30 2022 | In a runoff presidential election, Bolsonaro was defeated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who received 50.9% of the votes cast. |
| July 19 2022 | A director at Caixa's internal affairs committee was found dead at the bank's headquarters, leading to a local police investigation. |
| June 2022 | Bolsonaro downplayed the disappearance of indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Amazon, calling their trip an 'unrecommended adventure'. |
| June 2022 | Following the disappearance of indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and journalist Dom Phillips in the Javari Valley, Brazil's government response was criticized as 'extremely slow' by the United Nations Human Rights Committee. |
| June 29 2022 | Pedro Guimarães stepped down as CEO of Caixa Econômica Federal amid accusations of sexual harassment, following concerns from Bolsonaro's allies regarding the impact on his re-election campaign. |
| June 28 2022 | Several female employees accused Pedro Guimarães, CEO of Caixa Econômica Federal, of sexual harassment, prompting a journalistic investigation. |
| June 22 2022 | As a result of ongoing investigations, former Education Minister Milton Ribeiro and several pastors were arrested on corruption charges. However, the next day, Ribeiro and four other suspects were released from jail. |
| May 2022 | Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns warned Bolsonaro against further attacks on Brazil's electoral system. |
| March 30 2022 | Another significant cabinet reorganization took place, with several ministers being replaced across different portfolios |
| March 22 2022 | Milton Ribeiro, the then-Minister of Education, admitted during a conversation with pastors involved in a corruption scheme that he misused ministry funds at the request of President Jair Bolsonaro. |
| January 21 2022 | Jair Bolsonaro's mother, Olinda Bonturi Bolsonaro, passed away at the age of 94. |
| January 13 2022 | Human Rights Watch criticized the Bolsonaro administration for promoting anti-human rights policies and urged Brazil's democratic institutions to protect voting and speech rights ahead of the October 2022 presidential elections. |
| 2021 | Brazil broke a record with more than 4 million companies being opened by the private sector during this year, although 1.4 million of those companies ended up closing, representing an increase of 34.6% compared to 2020. |
| 2021 | During the Leaders Summit on Climate, Bolsonaro pledged that Brazil would achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, ten years earlier than previously promised. |
| 2021 | During Bolsonaro's presidency, the national grain harvest was estimated to break its third consecutive production record, reaching 260.5 million tons, a 2.5% increase from the previous year's production of 254.1 million tons. |
| November 2021 | At the COP26 climate summit, Bolsonaro vowed to end and reverse deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by 2030. |
| November 30 2021 | Bolsonaro and his son Senator Flávio Bolsonaro joined the Liberal Party in preparation for the 2022 Brazilian general election. |
| October 2021 | In October 2021, climate lawyers from the Austrian group AllRise filed a complaint regarding a widespread attack on the Amazon and its defenders, attributing serious humanitarian consequences to Bolsonaro's policies. |
| October 26 2021 | A senate committee approved a report calling for Bolsonaro to face criminal charges, including crimes against humanity, for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| October 25 2021 | He was recognized as an honorary citizen by the city council of Anguillara Veneta, Italy. |
| August 2021 | Bolsonaro threatened to take unconstitutional measures in response to an investigation into his allegations regarding the Brazilian electronic voting system, which he claimed was unconstitutional. |
| August 2021 | Bolsonaro warned of a potential 'institutional rupture' while calling for the Brazilian Senate to charge Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and another Justice, Luis Roberto Barroso. |
| August 2021 | In mid-August 2021, a military parade featuring tanks took place in Brasília with Bolsonaro in attendance. This event was notable as it was the first time tanks had been sent to the capital for the parade in 30 years and coincided with a pivotal vote on Bolsonaro's proposed election-related changes. |
| July 2021 | In July 2021, YouTube removed 15 videos posted by Bolsonaro for spreading false information about COVID-19, including one featuring remarks from Brazil's former health minister. |
| July 2021 | In July 2021, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil filed an ICC complaint against Bolsonaro for crimes against humanity, genocide, and ecocide concerning the devastation of the Amazon rainforest. |
| July 2021 | A scandal emerged known as 'vaccine-gate', leading to a criminal investigation authorized by the Brazilian Supreme Court into Bolsonaro's government regarding the purchase of an unapproved vaccine. |
| July 2021 | Bolsonaro claimed on Brazilian radio that his government's greatest achievement was 'two and a half years without corruption'. |
| June 2021 | In June 2021, the Brazil Lawyers Order continued their actions against Bolsonaro at the ICC for his management of the COVID-19 pandemic and alleged corruption in vaccine procurement. |
| June 2021 | Nationwide protests erupted against Bolsonaro’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an estimated 100,000 protesters in São Paulo. |
| June 15 2021 | Brazil officially joined NASA's Artemis space program, with Bolsonaro announcing the commitment to collaborate with the United States on deep space exploration. |
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