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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 06 May, 2019: Brazilian President Bolsonaro attends the celebration of 130 years of the military college of Rio de Janeiro, Celso Pupo /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Jair Messias Bolsonaro
Place of Birth: Glicério, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of Birth: 21 March, 1955
Ethnicity: Italian (81.25%), as well as one eighth German, 1/16th Brazilian [Portuguese, distant African]
Jair Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician. He was President of Brazil , from 1 January, 2019 to 1 January, 2023; as well as, a Councillor of Rio de Janeiro at-large, from 1 January, 1989 to 31 January, 1991, and a Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Rio de Janeiro, from 1 February, 1991 to 1 January, 2019.
His father, Percy Geraldo Bolsonaro, was a dentist, from Campinas, São Paulo. His mother, Olinda (Bonturi), was the daughter of Italian emigrants, from Lucca, Tuscany.
Jair is married to Michelle Bolsonaro (born Michelle de Paula Firmo Reinaldo). He has three children with his former wife Rogéria Nunes Nantes Braga, including politicians Flávio Bolsonaro and Eduardo Bolsonaro; a son with his former wife Ana Cristina Siqueira Valle Mendes; and a daughter with Michelle.
Jair’s paternal line can be traced back to his fourth great-grandfather, Agostino Bolzonaro.
Jair’s paternal grandfather was Angelo Bolsonaro (the son of Vittorio Bolzonaro, later João Bolsonaro, and of Filomena Lodia, later Lucia, D’Agostini). Angelo was born in Pedreira, São Paulo, to Italian emigrants, from Anguillara Veneta and Masi, respectively both in Padua. João was the son of Angelo Bolzonaro and Francesca Remo. Jair’s great-grandmother Filomena was the daughter of Giovanni Antonio D’Agostini and Regina Borin.
Jair’s paternal grandmother was Elza Hintze (the daughter of Carl Friedrich Edmund, later Carlos Frederico Edmundo, Hintze and Luzia Caliò). Elza was born in Mococa, São Paulo. Carlos was a German emigrant, from Hamburg, the son of Julius Carl Hermann, or Júlio Carlos Germano in Portuguese, Hintze; and of Dorothea Winter. Jair’s great-grandmother Luzia was the daughter of an Italian emigrant, Gaetano, or Caetano in Portuguese, Caliò, of Spezzano Albanese, Cosenza; and of Maria Rodrigues Constantino, who was Brazilian. Maria was evidently descended from a couple listed as “pardos forros” (freed mixed race).
Jair’s maternal grandfather was Guido Sabatino Giovanni Bonturi (the son of Maurizio Bonturi and Amalia Lenzi). Maurizio was the son of Sabatino Bonturi and Maria Cavalletti. Amalia was the daughter of Alcibiade Lenzi and Maria Bonturi.
Jair’s maternal grandmother was Argentina Pardini (the daughter of Gervasio Pardini and Caterina Vannucci). Gervasio was the son of Serafino Pardini and Florinda Lenzi. Caterina was the daughter of Conforto Vannucci and Maria Anna Rosa Andreini.
Sources: Genealogy of Jair Bolsonaro – http://www.insieme.com.br
Genealogy of Jair’s father – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Jair’s maternal grandfather, Guido Sabatino Giovanni Bonturi – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Jair’s maternal grandmother, Argentina Pardini – https://www.familysearch.org