Jair Bolsonaro was born on 21 March 1955 in Glicério. A Brazilian politician and former army captain, Bolsonaro served in Congress from 1991 and rose to national prominence as an outspoken far-right figure. He won the presidency in 2018 and governed from 2019 to 2022, with policies favouring deregulation, agribusiness and a strong stance on crime. His government was criticized for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and for rising deforestation in the Amazon. He lost the 2022 election to Lula da Silva, and on 8 January 2023 his supporters stormed government buildings in Brasília. Electoral courts barred him from office, and in 2025 the Supreme Court convicted him of plotting to keep power.
Before and after
- 28 January 1955Birth of Nicolas Sarkozy
- 17 February 1955Birth of Mo Yan
- 24 February 1955Birth of Steve Jobs
- 11 March 1955Death of Alexander Fleming
- 21 March 1955Birth of Jair Bolsonaro
- 27 March 1955Birth of Mariano Rajoy
- from 1 April 1955 to 1 January 1959Cyprus Emergency
- 12 April 1955Salk's polio vaccine is declared safe
- 16 April 1955Birth of Henri I, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
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