# Bolsonaro inaugurated as Brazilian president

Date: 2019

During and after the 2022 Brazilian general election, a network of members of former [president Jair Bolsonaro](/people/jair-bolsonaro)'s government and of the Brazilian Armed Forces planned to subvert the transition of power to newly elected president [Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva](/people/env-person-lula), arrest Supreme Federal Court (STF) justice [Alexandre de Moraes](/people/alexandre-de-moraes) and Federal Senate president Rodrigo Pacheco, and shut down several government institutions, such as the National Congress, the Superior Electoral Court and the STF, in an attempt to keep Bolsonaro in…

## Drivers

- Bolsonaro 2018 election and Brazilian conservative realignment: https://factrail.ai/drivers/bolsonaro-2018-election-and-brazilian-conservative-realignment

## Sources

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## Methodology

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