Carla Zambelli

Profile Overview

Carla Zambelli Salgado de Oliveira (born 3 July 1980) is a Brazilian right-wing politician. Founder of the movement On the Streets, Zambelli gained notoriety through her activism in favor of the impeachment of the ex-president Dilma Rousseff. In the elections of 2018, she was elected federal deputy for São Paulo, by the Social Liberal Party (PSL).
On January 30, 2025, the São Paulo Regional Electoral Court (TRE-SP) revoked Congresswoman Carla Zambelli's mandate on the basis of political abuse and misuse of media by spreading false information about the 2022 election and for the crimes of illegal possession of a firearm and illegal coercion when, in an episode in 2022, armed, she chased a citizen on the street in Jardins, São Paulo. However, the decision is not yet final. Zambelli has the right to appeal to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
Twenty days after her sentencing for the crimes of hacking into a computer device, fraudulent misrepresentation (falsidade ideológica) and insertion of false data into the National Council of Justice (CNJ) system, she fled Brazil to Italy through the Argentine border, citing alleged "political persecution by Alexandre de Moraes" as her reason, leading Interpol to include her name on the red list. She was detained in Italy in July 2025 and is expected to be extradited to Brazil.
On August 22, 2025, the Supreme Federal Court voted to sentence Zambelli to five years and three months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and illegal coercion through the use of a firearm in the armed pursuit case.
On December 11, 2025, Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes annulled the vote by the Chamber of Deputies that had upheld Zambelli's mandate. The magistrate ordered the loss of her position as a federal deputy as a consequence of the criminal conviction.
Her profile has been described by some as belonging to the far-right Bolsonarist ideology.