Michelle Bolsonaro

In the traditional statement by the President of the Republic on Christmas Eve, on the night of December 24, 2019, for the first time in history, a First Lady speaks to the nation alongside the President on national radio and television. Michelle, who wore a red shirt with the name "Jesus", wished a blessed Christmas for all Brazilians and highlighted that "together, with love and dedication, we can build a more just, more inclusive and more supportive Brazil for all ".

Her first public appearance in an electoral ad happened in 25 October 2018, three days before the second round of the 2018 election between Bolsonaro and Fernando Haddad. In the ad, she praised her husband as a "wonderful human being" and "playful". After the attack against Bolsonaro in Juiz de Fora, in 6 September 2018, Bolsonaro followed her husband during his surgical recovery in Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital, in São Paulo.

After the disclosure of the results of the second round of the presidential election, at the night of 28 October 2018, Jair Bolsonaro finished his victory speech thanking for Michelle Bolsonaro's support, for provided "peace, security and strength" for him to reach his objective, pointing out that he couldn't make it without her. He also offered her a minute to talk, but she refused.

The family Bolsonaro lives in a gated community house in Barra da Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro. In this neighborhood, Bolsonaro attends and helps Attitude Baptist Church since she left Advec in 2016, after a temporary misunderstanding between Malafaia and Jair Bolsonaro in the electoral campaign. Despite being a Catholic, Bolsonaro attended the same church with his wife.

In 2011, Bolsonaro gave birth to the couple's daughter, Laura. Her wedding with Bolsonaro, on 21 March 2013, occurred in a party house in Alto da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro. At the request of the bride herself, the 150 guests ceremony was conducted by pastor Silas Malafaia, one of the leader of Assembly of God Victory in Christ (Advec), which Bolsonaro was an active member and attendant until 2016.

When Michelle met Jair Bolsonaro, he was already separated from his former spouse, Ana Cristina Valle, with whom he kept a union for 16 years. This was dissolved after a litigious lawsuit started in 2008.

In 29 August 2008, the Supreme Federal Court prohibited the hiring of relatives as far as the third degree in public administration. This measure affected Mrs. Bolsonaro's job, as the wife of a member of Parliament. Her consequent dismissal occurred on 3 November 2008, with administrative effect counted since 31 October of that year.

On June 2007, Michelle was nominated for the same position in the Progressive Party (PP) leadership, staying until September. In this period, she had the first contact with her future husband, then Federal Deputy from the party, and this later became a date. At the time, she was 25 and he was 52. As she recorded later: "Everything began when we first saw [each other], in Jair's room. It didn't take too long for us to be certain that we wanted to live a life together".

In 18 September 2007, Michelle became parliamentary secretary of Bolsonaro. Only 9 days later, they signed a prenuptial agreement in the 1st Notary Public of Brasília. After around 6 months of relationship, they registered their civil union in November 2007, when she added the last name Bolsonaro to hers. Michelle became, officially, Bolsonaro's third wife - the first had been Rogéria Bolsonaro.

Michelle de Paula worked as an employee of the Chamber of Deputies between 2006 and 2008. She started in the parliamentary office of Deputy Vanderlei Assis (PP-SP), whose term was recommended to be annulled by the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the "Bloodsuckers Scandal" on August 2006. Later, she became secretary to Deputy Marco Aurélio Ubiali (PSB-SP).

Born in Ceilândia, on the outskirts of the Federal District, completed her studies at a public school and worked as a parliamentary secretary between 2004 and 2008 at the Chamber of Deputies, where she met her future husband, Jair Bolsonaro. From northeastern origin and already with a daughter, Letícia, she married in 2007 with the then federal deputy, with whom she had another daughter, Laura.

Born and raised in Ceilândia, administrative region of the Federal District, Michelle de Paula is daughter of Maria das Graças Firmo Ferreira and Vicente de Paulo Reinaldo. Her father, born in Crateús, Ceará, is a retired bus driver, whose nickname, "Paulo Negão", became nationally known in Jair Bolsonaro speeches to defend himself from accusations of racism. She has a younger stepbrother, Diego Torres Reinaldo (b. 1988), who is a member of the Brazilian Air Force. Michelle's father and stepmother Maísa are owners of an event confection and production small business.

Michelle de Paula Firmo Reinaldo Bolsonaro (born 22 March 1982) is a Brazilian activist with social and inclusive causes and the current First Lady of Brazil. She is the third wife of the retired captain and 38th President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro.