Eduardo Bolsonaro

He sat in the Chamber of Deputies for São Paulo from 2015 until his removal in December 2025 and belongs to the Liberal Party. In June 2026 the Supreme Federal Court convicted him of coercion. He is named among the possible contenders for the 2026 Brazilian presidential election.

Career

He worked as a federal police officer and practised law. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies from 2015 to 2025, winning a record 1.8 million votes in 2018, and chaired its International Affairs and National Defense Committee. He moved from the PSC (2013–2018) to the PSL (2018–2022) and then the Liberal Party. From March to July 2025 he took leave from Congress while living in the United States. In December 2025 he lost his seat for absence from more than 80% of sessions.

Controversies

On 16 June 2026 the first panel of the Supreme Federal Court unanimously convicted him of coercion in the course of proceedings, finding that his political activity in the United States pressured the court during the trial of his father for an attempted coup. It set four years and two months in a semi-open regime and a fine, and declared him ineligible for eight years after the sentence. The conviction is not final and internal appeals remain possible. In 2019 he said a new AI-5, the dictatorship-era decree, might be needed if left-wing radicalisation grew, which drew criticism from several parties.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia · Congresso em Foco · Wikipedia

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