Jair Bolsonaro, sworn in as Brazil’s new President

Rio de Janeiro, Jan 2: Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil’s new President on Tuesday in a ceremony at Brazil’s National Congress Building.

       The 63-year-old former army captain in his inaugural speech on Tuesday talked about a “national pact” to free Brazil of corruption, crime and economic mismanagement, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

          After being sworn in in front of the Congress, Bolsonaro went on to the Planalto Palace where the outgoing President, Michel Temer, handed over the presidential sash.

          Bolsonaro won the presidential election by a wide margin against Fernando Hadded of the left-wing Workers’ Party on October 28,2018. He has been a member of several political parties but is currently in the Social Liberal Party.