The federal representative from the center-right Progressive Party received an unprecedented 464 votes—far above the 257 needed. Among his priorities is the tax reform.
On Thursday (Apr. 11), President Jair Bolsonaro congratulated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on being re-elected to his post.
In addition to seeing the re-election of a high number of representatives, the October elections in Brazil should bring to the nation’s lower house a number of old-timers in Brazilian politics—among them state deputies, senators, former ministers, mayors and congress members.
The Minister of Finance, Nelson Barbosa, expressed the Brazilian government's support for a re-election of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde.