The Brazilian Intelligence Agency is the main intelligence agency in Brazil. ABIN's mission is to ensure that the Federal Executive has access to knowledge related to the security of the State and society,such as those involving foreign defense,foreign relations,internal security,socioeconomic development and scientific-technological development.
Jorge Antônio de Oliveira Francisco is a Brazilian lawyer and retired military police officer. He is the current Secretary-General of the Presidency of the Republic. On 20 October 2020,Jorge Oliveira was confirmed by the Federal Senate to the Federal Court of Accounts,succeeding minister JoséMúcio,who retired on 31 December.
Sergio Fernando Moro is a Brazilian jurist,former federal judge,college professor,and politician. He was elected as a member of the Federal Senate for Paranáin October 2022. In 2015,he gained national attention as one of the lead judges in Operation Car Wash,a criminal investigation into a high-profile corruption and bribery scandal involving government officials and business executives. Moro was also Minister of Justice and Public Security under the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro from 2019 to 2020.
Alexandre de Moraes is a Brazilian jurist,ex-politician,former president of the Superior Electoral Court and currently justice of the Supreme Federal Court.
The Ministry of the Public Security of Brazil,is the civilian cabinet organization responsible for managing federal police offices and penintentiary departments. It is headed by the Minister of the Public Security.
Wilson JoséWitzel is a Brazilian politician and lawyer who was the 63rd Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. A member of the Social Christian Party,Witzel is a former federal judge and is an ex-marine. On 28 October 2018,he was elected Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro with a four-year term beginning in January 2019,replacing Luiz Fernando Pezão,until his impeachment in April 2021.
Rogério Augusto Viana Galloro is a Brazilian police officer and former Director-General of the Federal Police of Brazil (PF). Joined the PF in 1995. Between April 2011 and June 2013,Galloro was attache of the Federal Police in the United States of America.
Gustavo Bebianno Rocha was a Brazilian lawyer and advisor to President Jair Bolsonaro (PSL). Bebianno became Acting Chairman of the Social Liberal Party in March 2018 after Luciano Bivar registered to run for federal deputy in the 2018 elections.
The 56th Legislature of National Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the Federal Government of Brazil,composed by the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. It convened in Brasília on 1 February 2019,a month after the beginning of Jair Bolsonaro's only term as president,and ended on 31 January 2023.
Events in the year 2020 in Brazil.
AndréLuiz de Almeida Mendonça is a Brazilian attorney,Presbyterian pastor,and politician currently serving as Justice of the Supreme Federal Court. He is the third evangelical Christian positioned to join the top court,and former Minister of Justice and Public Security and Attorney General of the Union in the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro. Prior to assuming this role,he served as Attorney General of Brazil in the same administration.
Walter Souza Braga Netto is a Brazilian army general and former Minister of Defence. Braga was Commander of the Eastern Military Command and,until 31 December 2018,Federal Interventor in the Public Security of the state of Rio de Janeiro. He unsuccessfully ran for Vice President of Brazil as running mate of Jair Bolsonaro in 2022,narrowly losing to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin.
JoséLevi Mello do Amaral Júnior is a Brazilian jurist. He has a career as Attorney for the National Treasury,as an acclaimed legal expert and professor and held the office of Attorney General for Brazil and Acting Minister of Justice and Public Security between February and March 2017,after the nomination of former minister Alexandre de Moraes to the Supreme Federal Court. He was also Attorney General for the National Treasury and is a licensed professor at the Law School of the University of São Paulo (USP).
Events in the year 2021 in Brazil.
Moro x Bolsonaro Case,also known as Moro Case or Inquiry (INQ) 4831,refers to a police investigation in which statements made by former minister Sergio Moro about President Jair Bolsonaro's alleged attempt to interfere politically in Federal Police of Brazil and in investigations related to his family members.
Anderson Gustavo Torres is a Brazilian chief of police of the Federal Police,who served as Minister of Justice and Public Security under Jair Bolsonaro. Following the 2023 invasion of the Brazilian Congress,Torres' arrest was ordered by the Supreme Federal Court.
Events in the year 2022 in Brazil.
Police operations in the 2022 Brazilian general election were coordinated actions carried out by the Federal Police of Brazil and the Federal Highway Police,mainly during the second round of the 2022 Brazilian presidential election. They targeted public transportation vehicles,mainly in the Northeast Region,Brazil,allegedly with the aim of ensuring transportation safety according to their supporters,or delaying the arrival of these vehicles at polling places according to critics.
The 2024 Rio de Janeiro municipal election took place on 6 October 2024. Voters elected a mayor,vice mayor,and 51 city council members. The incumbent mayor,Eduardo Paes of the Social Democratic Party (PSD),was reelected with his second term to begin on 1 January 2025 and end on 31 December 2028.
During and after the 2022 Brazilian presidential election,a network of members of former president 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,arrest Supreme Federal Court (STF) justice Alexandre de Moraes and President of the Federal Senate Rodrigo Pacheco,as well as shut down several government institutions,such as the National Congress,the Superior Electoral Court and the Supreme Federal Court,in an attempt to keep Jair Bolsonaro in power and possibly consolidate his control over the federal government. The plans,evidence,and individuals involved in planning a coup d'état were gradually revealed in investigations conducted by public agencies and the press in 2023 and 2024.
