Flavio Bolsonaro: Brazil's Political Heir In His Father's Shadow

Flavio Bolsonaro inherited his father's surname and powerful political base. But without the fiery style that helped Jair Bolsonaro energise and reshape Brazil's right, he has struggled to emerge from his shadow.The family brand was potent enough to propel Flavio Bolsonaro to the front of a presidential race, edging past leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who he will face in an October 25 runoff.The 45-year-old senator was little known nationally before his jailed father anointed him as his political heir, and he had never expressed ambition to follow in his footsteps.Despite a campaign marred by scandal and a corruption investigation, Flavio Bolsonaro scored 47 per cent in Sunday's election against Lula's 45 per cent.In interviews, he describes himself as a "more moderate Bolsonaro," but says his father will always be "my compass, my point of reference.""I know I look like him.