Who is Eduardo Bolsonaro?
Eduardo Bolsonaro, a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, served as federal deputy for São Paulo from 2015. He moved to the United States in early 2025. On 17 December 2025 the Chamber's governing board revoked his mandate for absences: he missed 63 of 78 voting sessions in 2025. On 16 June 2026 the Supreme Court's First Panel unanimously convicted him of coercion in the course of proceedings. On 31 July 2026 he said he would not run in 2026 and gave up his place as first alternate on the PL's Senate ticket in São Paulo. He holds no public office as of the as-of date.
Previously: Federal deputy for São Paulo (2015-2025) · Federal Police clerk (post lost by Supreme Court decision, June 2026)
Documented positions
- Co-authored constitutional amendments to widen Congress's power to override or suspend Supreme Court decisions.Source: apublica.org
- Co-authored legislative decrees to suspend a Health Ministry note on legal abortion for teenagers and a children's rights council resolution on referring pregnant children under 14 to abortion services.Source: apublica.org
- Proposed a ban on hormone blockers for minors in gender transition, a homeschooling law and a bill criminalizing apology for communism.Source: apublica.org
- Wrote 15 firearms proposals, and in December 2020 filed a bill to allow firearm advertising nationwide, citing self-defence and the Bible.Source: metropoles.com
- Filed a bill in 2022 for an amnesty for political acts committed from 2019 to 2022, and another to cut the Ficha Limpa ineligibility period from eight years to two.Source: apublica.org
- Said in June 2026 that he personally asked President Trump to reinstate Magnitsky Act sanctions on Justice Alexandre de Moraes, and denied asking for new tariffs on Brazil.Source: gazetadopovo.com.br
- Said Flávio Bolsonaro would negotiate a free trade agreement with the United States "as equals", and suggested rare earths and manganese as bargaining chips.Source: gazetadopovo.com.br
Record
Over about ten years in the Chamber he authored or co-authored 116 proposals, of which three became rules; public security was the main theme. He is not eligible to run: the First Panel's June 2026 sentence is 4 years and 2 months, starting in semi-open regime, with 50 day-fines, loss of his Federal Police clerk post and ineligibility until eight years after the sentence is served. The court said his efforts to seek US sanctions against Brazilian officials were meant to pressure the judges in his father's trial. On 18 September 2026 the panel unanimously rejected an appeal filed by the public defender on his behalf. He says the conviction is void and politically motivated.
Supporters, including Eduardo himself, call the case political persecution. Critics, including the prosecutors and the court, charge that he worked abroad to coerce Brazilian judges.
