Meet the Two Finalists That Will Vie for Brazil's Presidency

(Bloomberg) -- Jair Bolsonaro, the first-placed in Brazil’s presidential election on Oct. 7 will face the runner-up, Fernando Haddad for a second-round vote on Oct. 28. Here’s a cheat sheet with the must-know points on both.

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Jair Bolsonaro

• Candidate for the rightwing Social Liberal Party, or PSL
• Ex-Army captain renowned for his provocative attacks on progressive s, women and minorities
• Sympathetic to the military dictatorship in Brazil; his running mate is General Hamilton Mourao
• Stabbed by a fanatic at a rally on Sept. 6, and spent weeks hospitalized
• Portrays himself as law-and-order candidate, pledging to ease gun control laws and give police more power to pursue and kill criminals
• Professes his ignorance of economics and says policy-making will be delegated to Paulo Guedes, who favors privatizations, lowering tax burden and government debt, and central bank independence
• Motto: “Brazil above everything, and God above everyone”

Fernando Haddad

• Replaced imprisoned former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the candidate for the leftist Workers’ Party.
• Born in Sao Paulo on Jan. 25, 1963
• Holds PhD in philosophy from University of Sao Paulo, as well as additional university degrees in law and economics
• Served as education minister under Lula and his successor, Dilma Rousseff
• Was Sao Paulo city mayor 2013-2016; his administration faced large demonstrations against bus fare increases
• Would revoke constitutional cap on government spending
• Pledges to undo market-friendly reforms of current President Michel Temer
• Known as harsh critic of banks; seeks to tax banks that have high interest rate spreads
• Opposes sale of state-owned companies, including Petrobras and Eletrobras

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