Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia is a Brazilian politician,lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 1 January 2019. He took office after the impeachment and removal from office of his predecessor Dilma Rousseff. He had been the 24th vice president of Brazil since 2011 and acting president since 12 May 2016,when Rousseff's powers and duties were suspended pending an impeachment trial.
Corruption in Brazil exists on all levels of society from the top echelons of political power to the smallest municipalities. Operation Car Wash showed central government members using the prerogatives of their public office for rent-seeking activities,ranging from political support to siphoning funds from state-owned corporation for personal gain. The Mensalão scandal for example used taxpayer funds to pay monthly allowances to members of congress from other political parties in return for their support and votes in congress. Politicians also used the state-owned and state-run oil company Petrobras to raise hundreds of millions of reais for political campaigns and personal enrichment.
Aldemir Bendine was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Petrobras.
General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president,National Congress and state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round,a runoff round was held of those offices on 28 October. On that day,right-wing outsider candidate Jair Bolsonaro defeated leftist Fernando Haddad and was elected President of Brazil.
The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff,the 36th president of Brazil,began on 2 December 2015 with a petition for her impeachment being accepted by Eduardo Cunha,then president of the Chamber of Deputies,and continued into late 2016. Dilma Rousseff,then more than 12 months into her second four-year term,was charged with criminal administrative misconduct and disregard for the federal budget in violation of article 85,items V and VI,of the Constitution of Brazil and the Fiscal Responsibility Law,Article 36. The petition also accused Rousseff of criminal responsibility for failing to act on the scandal at the Brazilian national petroleum company,Petrobras,on account of allegations uncovered by the Operation Car Wash investigation,and for failing to distance herself from the suspects in that investigation.
From mid-2014 onward,Brazil experienced a severe economic crisis. The country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 3.5% in 2015 and 3.3% in 2016,after which a small economic recovery began. That recovery continued until 2020,when the COVID-19 pandemic began to impact the economy again.
Pedro Pullen Parente is a Brazilian engineer,politician,administrator,and former president of the state oil company Petrobras.
Paulo Rabello de Castro is a Brazilian economist,incumbent president of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). He was also the president of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). For both offices,Rabello was appointed by president Michel Temer.
Sérgio Olímpio Gomes,best known as Major Olímpio,was a Brazilian police officer and politician,member of the Social Liberal Party (PSL). He was a state deputy for São Paulo,and leader of the Democratic Labor Party (PDT) during his term in the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo (ALESP). In the 2014 Brazilian general election,he was elected federal deputy for São Paulo. In 2018 he was elected to the Federal Senate.
Events in the year 2018 in Brazil.
Pedro Fernandes Ribeiro,mostly known as Pedro Fernandes,is a Brazilian engineer and politician,member of the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB).
Cristiane Brasil Francisco,commonly known as Cristiane Brasil,is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. Former member of the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB),had been Federal Deputy,representing the state of Rio de Janeiro between 2015 and 2019,and was nominated as Minister of Labour in January 2018,but the Federal Justice suspended the take up of office.
The 2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike,also called the diesel crisis,was a strike of self-employed truck drivers that began on 21 May 2018.
Onyx Dornelles Lorenzoni is a Brazilian politician,businessman,and veterinarian. A member of the Liberal Party (PL),he served as a federal deputy from Rio Grande do Sul for five terms. After the 2018 Brazilian general election,the president-elect Jair Bolsonaro invited Lorenzoni to be his Chief of Staff. He was also designated leader of the transition team.
Eduardo Refinetti Guardia was a Brazilian economist who served as Finance Minister of Brazil from 2018 to 2019. He was previously Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Finance from 2016 and 2018 and Secretary of the National Treasury in the early 2000s. In addition to his political career,between 2010 and 2016,he directed BM&FBOVESPA. After leaving the finance ministry,he became a partner in and the CEO of BTG Pactual Asset management.
A long series of criminal investigations have occurred in Brazil associated with Operation Car Wash. The first investigation was launched in March 2014,and is now known as phase 1 of the investigation,with subsequent inquiries numbered sequentially and having code names such as phase 2,phase 3,and so on. By February 2021,there were 80 announced phases of Operation Car Wash.
Pedro Oliveira Cunha Lima is a Brazilian politician as well as a lawyer and writer. He has spent his political career representing Paraíba,having served in the state legislature from 2014 to 2019.
The Michel Temer presidential inauguration was held on 31 August 2016. He was definitely sworn in as president after 3 months as acting president. His inauguration occurred after Dilma Rousseff impeachment process.
Maria Rita Serrano is a Brazilian administrator,employee of Caixa Econômica Federal since 1989 and chairwoman of the bank from 9 January to 28 October 2023 during the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,being the fourth woman to head the institution.
Gabriel Muricca Galípolo is a Brazilian economist,ex-banker,writer and university professor,current director of monetary policy of the Central Bank of Brazil. He had served as executive-secretary of the Ministry of Finance from 1 January to 20 June 2023 and chairman of Banco do Brasil from May to June 2023.
