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Subject
A profile of Speaker of the House Rodrigo Maia.
Significance
Speaker of the House Rodrigo Maia has quickly become a key name in a Brazilian centre-right landscape that is otherwise short of skilled leaders, and in national politics more widely. In a country bitterly divided between the far-right of President Jair Bolsonaro and the centre-left, Maia has increasingly positioned himself as a moderate conservative, fiscally responsible but also socially sensitive.
Impacts
Maia will be crucial to the success of passing Bolsonaro’s ambitious reform agenda.
Maia’s unusual ability to negotiate effectively with politicians beyond his ideological field will be an asset going forward.
The political scene could be gradually changing in favour of Maia’s centre-right camp.
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