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Flavio Bolsonaro: political heir in his father's shadow

Scandals and a corruption probe have hit his campaign, even as the Bolsonaro name keeps him in a statistical dead heat with Lula, polls show.

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The 45-year-old senator was little known nationally before his jailed father anointed him as his political heir, and he had never expressed ambition to follow in his footsteps. Despite a campaign marred by scandal and a corruption investigation, the Bolsonaro name helped propel him into a statistical dead heat with leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in polls before the October 4 election. In interviews, Flavio Bolsonaro describes himsel…

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Flavio Bolsonaro, Jair's political heir, presents himself as a 'more moderate Bolsonaro' and confronts Lula. Despite the scandals and tensions... The article Flavio Bolsonaro, the heir who defies Lula despite the shadows of the father appeared first on Le Singulier.

That doesn't prevent him from being at the elbow with Lula in the presidential race.This 45-year-old senator was little known at the national level before the former president (2019-2022), who is now imprisoned for attempted coup d'état, did not...

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rtl.lu broke the news in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on Monday, September 28, 2026.
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