Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

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Person.png Lula da Silva   Twitter WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, trade union leader)
Lula da Silva.jpg
BornLuiz Inácio da Silva
27 October 1945
NationalityBrazilian
PartyWorkers' Party

Employment.png President-elect of Brazil

In office
30 October 2022 - 31 December 2022

Employment.png President of Brazil

In office
1 January 2003 - 31 December 2010
Preceded byFernando Henrique Cardoso
Succeeded byDilma Rousseff

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (known as Lula da Silva) is a Brazilian politician and trade unionist. Having previously been 35th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, Lula da Silva is the current President-elect of Brazil, and is expected to be inaugurated as the 39th President on 1 January 2023.[1]

Lula da Silva was a founding member of the left-wing Workers' Party (PT) and ran unsuccessfully for president four times before achieving victory in the 2002 Brazilian general election. He was re-elected in 2006.[2]

In May 2021, Lula stated that he would run for a third term in the 2022 Brazilian general election, against the incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro.[3] He was elected president on 30 October 2022, defeating Bolsonaro in a close race. He is the first person to be democratically elected as President of Brazil three times, and the second to be elected to non-consecutive presidential terms (after Getúlio Vargas).

President-elect

With 99.97% of votes counted, Lula da Silva, a former factory worker who became Brazil’s first working-class president exactly 20 years ago, had secured 50.9% of the vote. Jair Bolsonaro, a firebrand who was elected in 2018, received 49.10%.

215 million Brazilians

Addressing journalists at a hotel in São Paulo, Lula vowed to reunify his country after a toxic race for power which has profoundly divided one of the world’s largest democracies:

“We are going to live new times of peace, love and hope,” said the 77-year-old, who was sidelined from the 2018 election that saw Bolsonaro claim power after being jailed on corruption charges that were later annulled. “I will govern for 215m Brazilians … and not just for those who voted for me. There are not two Brazils. We are one country, one people – a great nation,” he said to applause. “It is in nobody’s interests to live in a country that is divided and in a constant state of war.”[4]


 

Appointments by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

AppointeeJobAppointedEnd
Marina SilvaBrazil/Minister/Environment and Climate Change1 January 200313 May 2008
Marina SilvaBrazil/Minister/Environment and Climate Change1 January 2023
Nísia TrindadeBrazil/Minister/Health1 January 2023

 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthorDate
John Perkins“I asked [Lula's emissary] whether Lula had been corrupted and for how long. It was obvious that this question made him extremely uncomfortable. After a long pause, he admitted that Lula was part of the system. "Otherwise, how could he have risen to such a position?" However, Jose also professed his admiration for Lula. "He's a realist. He understands that in order to help his people he has no choice ..." Then he shook his head. "I fear," he said, "that Washington will try to bring Lula down if he goes too far."

"How do you think they'd do it?"

"Everyone has—as you say—skeletons in his closet. Every politician has done things that can look bad, if brought into the light in a certain way. Lula has skeletons. If the powers that run your empire want to bring him down, they'll open the closet door."”
John Perkins2007
Silvina RomanoLawfare is a political war through the courts, which uses legal tools improperly for political persecution, which uses the law as a weapon to destroy the adversary. Lawfare operates from high places through a judicial apparatus that rises above the Legislative and Executive Power, expanding the margin of maneuver and power of the judges, paving the way for a growing “juristocracy”.”Silvina RomanoDecember 2020

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Brazil is backemail31 October 2022Aline Piva“We defeated authoritarianism and fascism in this country. Democracy is back in Brazil,” said Lula. Today, Progressive International congratulates our friends, allies, and comrades in Brazil and celebrates the founding of a new, internationalist Brazil.
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