Jair Messias Bolsonaro (Brazilian Portuguese: born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1January 2019. He served in the country's Chamber of Deputies, representing the state of Rio de Janeiro in several parties between 1991 and 2018. He was elected president as a member of the conservative Social Liberal Party (before cutting ties with them in 2019).