Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
27 October 1945 – present
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a Brazilian politician and former metalworker who served as President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 and took office again in 2023. He led the metalworkers' union of São Bernardo do Campo during the strikes of the late 1970s and co-founded the Workers' Party in 1980. He was imprisoned in 2018 following corruption convictions that the Supreme Federal Court annulled in 2021.
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Life events
He was the seventh child of a family of farm labourers in the interior of Pernambuco.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe family travelled by truck to Guarujá on the coast before settling in São Paulo.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe lost the little finger of his left hand while working a press at an automobile parts factory.
He went on to lead the metalworkers' strikes of 1978 to 1980 in the São Paulo industrial belt.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe Partido dos Trabalhadores was founded by trade unionists, intellectuals and church activists.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe took a seat in the National Congress that also served as a constituent assembly.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe served two consecutive terms, leaving office at the end of 2010.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was held for 580 days and released in November 2019 after a Supreme Federal Court ruling on appeals.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe court ruled that the Curitiba court lacked jurisdiction, restoring his eligibility for office.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe took office after defeating Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 election.
Source: en.wikipedia.org