- Contenders for successor include Bolsonaro’s wife Michelle, son Eduardo and Sao Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas - ‘Bolsonaro is a big political actor for the right wing of Brazilian politics, and all of the right-wing forces are trying to understand how to behave,’ says Giovanna Semeraro, a professor at University of Santo Amaro - None of the people vying to take over from the ex-president ‘has yet managed to achieve the same bond with Bolsonaristas as Bolsonaro himself,’ political analyst