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Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer, serving as the 38th President of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He served in the country's Chamber of Deputies, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro, between 1991 and 2018. He is currently a member of the nationalist conservative Social Liberal Party.Bolsonaro was born in the small town of Glicério, in the northwest area of the state of São Paulo.