Lula da Silva
Brazilian leftist leader
Lula da Silva is a Brazilian politician who served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 and again beginning in 2023.
Born Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, he rose from poverty to lead the Workers' Party and implement social programs that lifted millions from extreme poverty.
His career has included both widespread popularity and corruption convictions later annulled: Lula won a historic third term.
- BrazilLargest South American nation
- presidentElected leader of nation
- third termOffice held thrice consecutively
- PTRehab discipline initials
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
impeachment · São Paulo · leftist · union · metalworker · poverty · political prisoner · prison · comeback · election · populist · working class · Latin America · trade · economic growth · BRICS · G20 summit · hunger
- Scandalized PoliticiansRichard Nixon, Matt Gaetz, Boris Johnson, Newt Gingrich, Al Franken
- Modern BrazilLula, PT, New Republic, democratic transition, impeachment
- EconomistsAdam Smith, Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, Paul Krugman, Malthus
- Leftist ThinkersKarl Marx, Engels, Lenin, Vladimir Lenin, Mao
- SocialistsKarl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Lenin, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky
Lula da SilvaJair Bolsonaro
Augusto Pinochet · Margaret Thatcher · Ronald Reagan · Milton Friedman · Donald Trump
Lula da SilvaDavid Cameron
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