The Bolsonaro family and its network, file by file.
Who each person is, what they did and where they stand with the courts: jailed, convicted, defendant or under investigation, and for which crimes. All sourced.
convicteddefendant, not convictedinvestigated or named as suspect
The traditional Brazilian family
PDCPPRPPBPTBPFLPPPSCPSLsem partidoPLJair Bolsonaro- Former President of the Republic (2019–2022)
ex-Catholic, evangelical, anointed, Messiah, God on Earth
3 traditional mothers
Mother 01PPBPMDBREPUBLICANOSPLRogéria BolsonaroAt 37, she was swapped for a younger one, aged 30: Cristina Bolsonaro.- Former Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman (elected in 1992 and 1996)
Mother 02PPBPODEPPCristina BolsonaroAt 40, she was swapped for a younger one, aged 25: Michelle Bolsonaro.Investigated
Mother 03PLMichelle BolsonaroThe latest wife: 27 years younger than Jair.- Senator-elect for the DF (term from 2027)
4 traditional sons
Son 01PPBPPPSCPSLsem partidoPATRIOTAPLFlávio Bolsonaro- Senator for RJ (term until 2027)
- Candidate for President of the Republic (2026)
Son 02PPBPTBPPPSCREPUBLICANOSPLCarlos Bolsonaro- Senator-elect for SC (term from 2027)
- Former Rio de Janeiro city councilman (2001–2025)
Son 03PSCPSLUNIÃOPLEduardo Bolsonaro- Former federal deputy for SP (lost his seat in 2025)
Son 04PLJair Renan Bolsonaro- City councilman of Balneário Camboriú (SC)
- Federal deputy-elect for SC (term from 2027)
The party boss
PLPRPLValdemar Costa Neto- National president of the Liberal Party (PL)
- Federal deputy for SP for six terms (1991–2015); resigned on 01/08/2005 and on 05/12/2013
In the press
The Bolsonaro squad
Military officers
PTPFLPRTBPLAilton BarrosImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plotCriminal associationIdeological forgeryEntering false dataCriminal organization
Almir Garnier- Navy commander (2021–2022)
Ângelo Martins DenicoliImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plotCriminal organization
Augusto Heleno- Chief Minister of the Institutional Security Office (2019–2022)
Bento Albuquerque- Minister of Mines and Energy
Bernardo Romão Corrêa NettoImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plotCriminal organization
PLBraga Netto- Minister of Defense (2021–2022)
- Chief of Staff (2020–2021)
Estevam TheophiloArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCriminal organization
Fabrício Moreira de BastosImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plotCriminal organization
Giancarlo Gomes RodriguesImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plotCriminal organizationIllegal interceptionBreach of official secrecyEmbezzlement (peculato)Malfeasance in office
Guilherme Marques AlmeidaImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plotCriminal organization
Hélio Ferreira LimaImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plotCriminal organization
Marcelo Câmara- Special adviser at the President's Personal Office (2019–2022)
Márcio Nunes de Resende JúniorArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage property
Mário Fernandes- Executive secretary of the Presidency's General Secretariat (2021–2022)
Mauro Cid- Head of the President's Aide-de-Camp Office (2018–2022)
Mauro Lourena Cid- Post at the Apex-Brasil office in Miami (from 2019)
Osmar Crivelatti- Aide to President Jair Bolsonaro
Paulo Sérgio Nogueira- Minister of Defense (2022)
- Army commander (2021–2022)
Rafael Martins de OliveiraImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plotCriminal organization
Reginaldo Vieira de AbreuFugitiveConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatCoup plotAggravated damageHeritage propertypartial list
Rodrigo Bezerra de AzevedoImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plot
Ronald Ferreira de Araújo JúniorArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCriminal organization
Sérgio Ricardo Cavaliere de MedeirosImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plotCriminal organization
Police officers and former police officers
Adriano da Nóbrega✝ Killed by police (2020)HomicideCriminal organization
PLAlexandre Ramagem- Federal deputy for RJ (2023–2025)
- Director-general of Abin (2019–2022)
Anderson Torres- Minister of Justice and Public Security (2021–2022)
PTBPLFabrício Queiroz- Parliamentary aide to Flávio Bolsonaro at Alerj (until 2018)
Major RonaldImprisonedConvictedAggravated homicideAttempted aggr. homicideConcealing a corpseCriminal organizationHomicide
Marcelo Araújo BormevetImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoup plotCriminal organizationIllegal interceptionBreach of official secrecyEmbezzlement (peculato)Malfeasance in office
Silvinei Vasques- Director-general of the Federal Highway Police (2021–2022)
Wladimir Matos SoaresImprisonedConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup d'étatCoup plotAggravated damageHeritage propertyCriminal organizationpartial list
Politicians
PSLPSDBPROSPDTAlexandre Frota- Federal deputy for SP (2019–2023)
- City councilman of Cotia (SP); lost his seat in 2025 after the criminal conviction became final (Clean Record Law), according to a news report of 03/12/2025; the defense said it would seek reinstatement
PSLPLAndré Fernandes- Federal deputy for CE (since 2023, PL)
- State deputy in Ceará (legislature begun in 2019)
PRPPSLUNIÃOPLBia Kicis- Federal deputy for DF (since 2019; re-elected in 2022)
PMDBPDTPSDPMDBPSLUNIÃOPLBibo Nunes- Federal deputy for RS (since 2019; PSL, União and PL)
PDSPPRPPBPSDBPDTPROSPRPLBosco Costa- Federal deputy for SE (full member 2003–2007 and 2019–2023; alternate in office in 2016 and from 08/07/2024 to 04/11/2024)
PRBREPUBLICANOSPLCapitão Alberto Neto- Federal deputy for AM (since 2019; PRB/Republicanos and PL)
PSLUNIÃOPLCarla Zambelli- Federal deputy for SP (2019–2025; resigned on 14/12/2025)
PSCPSLUNIÃOPLCarlos Jordy- Senator-elect for RJ (election of 04/10/2026, PL)
- Federal deputy for RJ (since 2019; PSL, União and PL)
- City councilman of Niterói (elected in 2016)
PSDBPPBPPPRBREPUBLICANOSCelso Russomanno- Federal deputy for SP (in office in the 2023–2027 legislature; also in the 2003–2011 and 2015–2023 legislatures, according to the Chamber)
PMDBAVANTEUNIÃOS.PART.Chiquinho Brazão- Federal deputy for RJ (2019–2025; loss of seat by act of the Chamber's Board on 24/04/2025)
PSLUNIÃOPLChris Tonietto- Federal deputy for RJ (since 2019; re-elected in 2022)
PFLPPCiro Nogueira- Senator for PI (2011–2027; on leave from 27/07/2021 to 29/12/2022 to head the Chief of Staff's Office); not re-elected on 04/10/2026
- Chief of Staff of the Bolsonaro government (sworn in on 04/08/2021)
- Federal deputy for PI (until 2011)
PLCláudio Castro- Governor of Rio de Janeiro (re-elected in 2022; resigned on 23/03/2026)
PPSPSCREPUBLICANOSCleitinho- Senator for MG (term 2023–2031)
- Governor-elect of Minas Gerais (election of 04/10/2026)
REPUBLICANOSDamares Alves- Senator for DF (2023–2031)
- Minister of Women, Family and Human Rights in the Bolsonaro government (until 30/03/2022)
PSLUNIÃOPTBDaniel Silveira- Federal deputy for RJ (2019–2023)
PSDPLDelegado Éder Mauro- Federal deputy for PA (since 2015; in office in the 2023–2027 legislature)
PODENOVODeltan Dallagnol- Federal deputy for PR (sworn in on 01/02/2023; loss of seat by act of the Chamber's Board on 06/06/2023)
ARENAPDSPMDBPRNPRTBPTBPTCPROSPTBFernando Collor- Senator for AL (2007–2023)
- Former President of the Republic
PSLUNIÃOPLGeneral Girão- Federal deputy for RN (since 2019; re-elected in 2022)
PSLPATRIOTAPLGilvan da Federal- Federal deputy for ES (since 01/02/2023; seat suspended from 06/05/2025 to 04/08/2025)
DCPLGustavo Gayer- Federal deputy for GO (since 01/02/2023)
MDBGutemberg Reis- Federal deputy for RJ
PDTPFLPSDBPPSPPIvo Cassol- Senator for RO (2011–2019)
- Former governor of Rondônia
PSDBPFLDEMPSDBPRPSDBPLIzalci Lucas- Senator for DF (2019–2027)
PSLUNIÃOPSDBPODEJoice Hasselmann- Federal deputy for SP (2019–2023)
PRPPSBPATRIOTACIDADANIAPODEPSBJorge Kajuru- Senator for GO (2019–2027)
PLJorge Seif- Senator for SC (term 2023–2031)
- Secretary of Aquaculture and Fisheries in the Bolsonaro government
PLJulia Zanatta- Federal deputy for SC (term 2023–2027)
DEMUNIÃOMISSÃOKim Kataguiri- Federal deputy for SP (since 2019; 2nd term 2023–2027)
PTBsem partidoPLsem partidoPRPLMagno Malta- Senator for ES (2003–2019; 2023–2031)
PPNOVOMarcel van Hattem- Federal deputy for RS (since 2019; 2nd term 2023–2027)
- Senator-elect for RS (election of 04/10/2026), according to a news report
PSCPODEREPUBLICANOSPLMarco Feliciano- Federal deputy for SP (since 2011; PSC, PODE, Republicanos and PL)
- Deputy leader of the Bolsonaro government in Congress (appointed in March 2019)
PPSCIDADANIAPODEPSDBPODEAVANTEMarcos do Val- Senator for ES (since 2019; term until 31/01/2027)
PLMario Frias- Federal deputy for SP
PRTBPLNikolas Ferreira- Federal deputy for MG (since 2023, PL)
- City councilman of Belo Horizonte (before his federal term)
PSDCPENPSCMDBPSDOtoni de Paula- Federal deputy for RJ (since 2019; PSC, MDB and PSD)
- Deputy leader of the Bolsonaro government in the Chamber (asked to step down on 08/07/2020)
PSBPHSPENPATRIOTAPLPSDBPastor Eurico- Federal deputy for PE (since 2011; four terms)
PLPaulo Bilynskyj- Federal deputy for SP (since 2023)
PMDBPDTPVDEMPSDBPlínio Valério- Senator for AM (term 2019–2027)
- Re-elected senator for AM (election of 04/10/2026, term 2027–2035)
PTBRoberto Jefferson- Federal deputy for RJ (until 2005)
PSBPSDBsem partidoPSDBPLRogério Marinho- Senator for RN (2023–2031)
- Minister of Regional Development in the Bolsonaro government (2020–2022)
PSBsem partidoPSBPODEPLsem partidoRomário- Senator for RJ (2015–2023; 2023–2031)
PPRPFLPSDBPMDBMDBRomero Jucá- Senator for RR (1995–2019, three terms)
- Candidate for federal deputy for RR in 2026 (result not checked)
PSDCPSDPLSargento Fahur- Federal deputy for PR (since 2019; 2nd term 2023–2027)
PODEUNIÃOPLSergio Moro- Senator for PR (term 2023–2031)
- Governor-elect of Paraná (election of 04/10/2026)
- Minister of Justice and Public Security in the Bolsonaro government (departure announced on 24/04/2020)
PLPTBPANPTBPANPTBPSCPSDPRBREPUBLICANOSSilas Câmara- Federal deputy for AM (since 2003; PTB, PSC, PSD, PRB and Republicanos)
PSLUNIÃOPODEPSBSoraya Thronicke- Senator for MS (2019–2027)
PSDCPDTPTBPROSTelmário Mota- Senator for RR (2015–2023)
PSCPSDBPMDBMDBWashington Reis- Mayor of Duque de Caxias (elected in 2020)
PSCPMBWilson Witzel- Governor of Rio de Janeiro (elected in 2018; until 2021)
PLZé Trovão- Federal deputy for SC (since 2023, PL)
Ministers, advisers and civil servants
- André PorciúnculaIn the press
Célia Serrano da Silva- Municipal health secretary of Duque de Caxias (in 2024)
Fabio Wajngarten- Special Secretary for Social Communication of the Presidency (2019–2021)
Fernando de Sousa Oliveira- Director of Operations at the Ministry of Justice
- Acting executive secretary of the Federal District Public Security Secretariat (2023)
Filipe Martins- Chief adviser at the Presidency's Special Advisory Office for International Affairs (2020–2023)
João Carlos de Sousa Brecha- Municipal government secretary of Duque de Caxias (according to the PF)
Jorge Luiz Fernandes- Chief of staff to city councilman Carlos Bolsonaro (Rio de Janeiro City Council)
Júlio Cesar Vieira Gomes- Secretary of the Federal Revenue Service
Marcelo da Silva Vieira- Head of the Presidency's Deputy Office of Historical Documentation
Marília Ferreira de Alencar- Intelligence Director of Seopi, Ministry of Justice
- Intelligence Undersecretary of the Federal District Public Security Secretariat (2023)
PFLDEMPSDBNOVOPLNOVORicardo Salles- Federal deputy for SP
- Minister of the Environment (2019–2021)
REPUBLICANOSWalderice Santos da Conceição- Parliamentary secretary in the office of deputy Jair Bolsonaro (until 2018)
Pastors, bishops and apostles
André ValadãoIn the press ×16
Edir MacedoHomophobia
Estevam HernandesConvicted
PMDBPSDFlordelis- Federal deputy for RJ (2019–2021; lost her seat by Chamber resolution in 2021)
PLPMRPRBREPUBLICANOSMarcelo Crivella- Federal deputy for RJ (Republicanos), since 01/02/2023
- Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (2017–2020)
- Senator for RJ (2003–2016; resigned at the end of 2016)
Milton Ribeiro- Minister of Education (2020–2022)
PSCPODEPastor EveraldoDefendantCriminal organization
Pastor LucinhoMisogyny
Silas MalafaiaDefendantIn the pressFalse accusationFalse accusationFake newsInsult (injúria)Slander (calúnia)Coercion in proceedingsObstructing investigationAbolition of the Rule of Law
Sônia HernandesConvicted
Valdemiro SantiagoOffense to honor
Businesspeople and financiers
Antônio Carlos Freixo JúniorIn the press
Carlos Cesar Moretzsohn RochaFugitiveConvictedArmed criminal organizationAbolition of the Rule of LawCoup plotCoup d'étatAggravated damageHeritage propertyCriminal organization
Daniel VorcaroImprisoned (pretrial detention)In the press ×23Investigated
Fabiano ZettelImprisoned (pretrial detention)In the press ×7Investigated
Karina Ferreira da GamaIn the pressInvestigated
Thiago MirandaIn the press ×3
Communicators
Allan dos SantosFugitiveDefendantIn the pressThreatDefamationInsult (injúria)DisobedienceIncitement to crimeCriminal organizationSlander (calúnia)Discrimination (art. 20, §2)Money laundering
Olavo de Carvalho✝ Died in 2022False accusation
Paulo FigueiredoArmed criminal organizationCoup d'étatAbolition of the Rule of LawAggravated damageHeritage propertyCoercion in proceedings
Lawyers
PLFrederick WassefConvicted*Racial insultEmbezzlement (peculato)Money launderingCriminal association- Paulo CalixtoIn the press ×4

