Carlos Bolsonaro

Carlos Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro in 2022
Senator-elect for Santa Catarina
Assuming office
1 February 2027
SucceedingIvete da Silveira
Councillor of Rio de Janeiro
In office
1 January 2001 – 15 December 2025
ConstituencyAt-large
Personal details
BornCarlos Nantes Bolsonaro
(1982-12-07) 7 December 1982 (age 43)
Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PartyPL (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Children1
Parents
Relatives
EducationUniversidade Estácio de Sá
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.bolsonarocarlos.com.br

Carlos Nantes Bolsonaro (born 7 December 1982), is a Brazilian politician who is the second son of the 38th President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro.

Background

Bolsonaro was born on 7 December 1982 in Resende, at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy. However, he did not study at the military schools there because he alleged that high-ranking officers blocked his siblings' access to the Armed Forces schools in a reprisal against his father. After finishing his education there, he first started studying law for six months but eventually dropped out in order to pursue aeronaturical science.

He graduated in Aeronautical Science from Estácio de Sá University and has been a member of the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro since 2001, being affiliated to the Republicans.

His brothers are Flávio Bolsonaro, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro from 2003 until 2019 and current member of the Federal Senate of Brazil who was defeated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the 2026 presidential election, and Eduardo Bolsonaro, a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2015 to 2025 who lives in self-imposed exile in the United States to avoid punishment after being sentenced to prison for obstruction of justice.

Politics

In 2000, Carlos Bolsonaro was the youngest councillor elected in Brazil's history, having received 16,053 votes. In 2016, he was re-elected to a fifth term, being the most voted councillor of Rio de Janeiro with 106,657 votes.

Carlos is credited with having created and coordinated a "hate cabinet", a virtual militia designed to create and spread through social media malicious content in support of his father.

Personal life

In 2023, it was reported that Carlos is in a relationship with the economist and representative of Brazil at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Martha Seillier. Their first daughter, named Júlia, was born on 13 February 2023. She is the fourth granddaughter of the former President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro.

Electoral history

Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro

Election
Party Votes % Position in
Rio de Janeiro Municipality
Result
2024 PL 130,480 4.30 No. 1 Elected
2020 Republicans 71,000 2.69 No. 2 Elected
2016 PSC 106,657 3.65 No. 1 Elected
2012 PSC 23,679 0.76 No. 20 Elected
2008 PP 28,209 0.71 No. 12 Elected
2004 PTB 22,355 0.66 No. 29 Elected
2000 PPB 16,053 0.50 No. 29 Elected

References

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  2. ↑ "Quem é Carlos Bolsonaro, o filho 'barulhento' do presidente eleito". Gazeta Do Povo. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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  5. ↑ Badshah, Nadeem (16 June 2026). "Jair Bolsonaro's son sentenced to four years in jail for seeking US interference in father's Brazil coup trial". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
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  17. ↑ "Resultado da Eleição 2000 — Tribunal Superior Eleitoral". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral - TSE. 2000. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2023.