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Carlos Bolsonaro | |
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Bolsonaro in 2022 | |
| Senator-elect for Santa Catarina | |
| Assuming office 1 February 2027 | |
| Succeeding | Ivete da Silveira |
| Councillor of Rio de Janeiro | |
| In office 1 January 2001 – 15 December 2025 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carlos Nantes Bolsonaro 7 December 1982 Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Party | PL (2024–present) |
Other political affiliations | |
| Children | 1 |
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| Education | Universidade Estácio de Sá |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www |
Carlos Nantes Bolsonaro (born 7 December 1982), is a Brazilian politician who is the second son of the 38th President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro.
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.
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.
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.
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| Party | Votes | % | Position in Rio de Janeiro Municipality |
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| 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 |