About
Politician and world leader who served as the 35th president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010. In 2022, he was reelected and went on be inaugurated as Brazil’s 39th president in 2023. He is a founding member of the left-wing Workers’ Party in Brazil. His political fame has led him to amass more than 13 million followers on his lulaoficial Instagram account.
Before Fame
His first job at age 12 was as a shoe shiner and street vendor. Two years later he began working in a warehouse.
Trivia
He joined the labor movement when he worked at Villares Metals S.A. He and his contemporaries founded the Partido dos Trabalhadores in 1980. His first Presidential administration launched the Growth Acceleration Program.
Family Life
His parents Aristides Inácio da Silva and Eurídice Ferreira de Melo had eight children. He married his wife Rosângela da Silva in 2022.
Associated With
He ran against and defeated Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 Brazilian Presidential Election.
