FILE PHOTO: President of the Social Liberal Party (PSL) Gustavo Bebianno arrives at Albert Einstein hospital where presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is hospitalized in Sao Paulo, Brazil September 29, 2018. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday fired one of his most senior aides and cabinet members, Gustavo Bebianno, amid a scandal involving campaign financing for some of his party's congressional candidates.
Bebianno was secretary general of the president's office. His departure punctuated Bolsonaro's first cabinet crisis since he took office on Jan. 1 and has cast a shadow over the young government's plans.
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