Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday welcomed Time magazine’s readers’ election as “Person of the Year,” days before the newspaper announced its selection for 2021.
With 24% of the magazine’s 9 million votes, who voted online, the far-right Brazilian leader was named the most influential figure of 2021, “for better or worse,” Time magazine announced on Tuesday-half.
According to the magazine, Bolsonaro beat former US President Donald Trump, who is the second most voted by readers, with 9% of the vote, and health professionals working to combat the epidemic, who came in third place, with 6.3%.
“I thank the 2,160,000 voters who voted for me,” the Brazilian head of state wrote in a message posted on the social network Twitter. “We hope that Time magazine will give us this title, out of respect for the election results.” “Congratulations to Donald Trump for second place,” Bolsonaro added, referring to the former US president, who was one of his key allies and whom he has long said he admires.
