Son of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), Carlos Bolsonaro (PL) announced this Thursday (11) his resignation from his mandate as advisor to Rio de Janeiro. Carlos confirmed that he will run for Senate for Santa Catarina.
The son of the former president announced his resignation from the podium of the House, during a plenary session this Thursday.
“I love Rio de Janeiro, I grew up here and I built a history, here I leave an important part of who I am. I leave this city with a heart full of nostalgia, but with the serenity of someone who knows that he serves a greater mission, of which I have always been part,” Carlos said.
“I am going to Santa Catarina to fulfill a vocation that I could not fulfill here, because I made a choice always guided by my heart. It is not an escape, it is the continuation of a fight.”
Carlos, 43, was serving his seventh consecutive term on the city council. His first election took place in 2000, at the age of 17. He took over at 18.
In the last municipal elections, Carlos was the most voted municipal councilor in the city, with 130,480 votes, more than double the runner-up, Márcio Ribeiro (PSD), with 56,770 votes.
With Carlos’ departure, PL’s top deputy, Alana Passos, a former state assemblywoman, will fill that seat next year. The legislative year in the Rio Chamber ends next Tuesday (16).
The departure of Carlos Bolsonaro to run for a Senate seat in Santa Catarina has generated a split on the right of the state since October.
The fight involves, on the one hand, the state deputy Ana Campagnolo (PL), the most voted in the Santa Catarina legislature, and Carol de Toni (PL-SC), federal deputy with the most votes in the state; on the other, Governor Jorginho Mello (PL) and Senator Espiridão Amin (PP-SC).
The right of Santa Catarina has been organizing for more than a year to launch two candidacies: that of deputy Carol de Toni and senator Amin.
At the beginning of December, the councilor was present in Chapecó (SC) alongside federal deputy Carol de Toni (PL-SC). The two men are leading a statewide conflict for the party’s Senate seat in 2026.
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