Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Biography
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a Brazilian politician who is the 39th and current president of Brazil. A member of the Workers’ Party, he previously served as Brazil’s 35th president from 2003 to 2010.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Age
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was born on October 27, 1945, in Caetés, Pernambuco State, Brazil. He is 78 years old.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Height
Inacio stands at an average height of 1.68m.
Family of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz was born and raised in Caetés, Pernambuco State, Brazil by his loving and caring parents. However, information about his family members is under review and this section will be updated as soon as possible.
Spouse Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
He is married to his beautiful wife Rosângela da Silva. The duo is blessed with five children Lurian Cordeiro, Marcos Cláudio da Silva, Fábio Luís da Silva, Sandro Luís da Silva and Luís Cláudio da Silva.
Salary Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Louise earns a salary of R1 376 831.00 per annum.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Net Worth
Silva has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Career of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Of working-class origin, Lula immigrated as a child from Pernambuco to São Paulo with his family. As a teenager he started his career as a metal worker and became a trade unionist. During the military dictatorship in Brazil, he led major labor strikes between 1978 and 1980 and helped launch the Workers’ Party in 1980, during Brazil’s political opening.
Lula was one of the main leaders of the Diretas Já movement, which demanded democratic elections. In the 1986 Brazilian parliamentary elections, he was elected federal representative in the state of São Paulo, with the most votes nationally. He ran his first major campaign in the 1989 Brazilian presidential election, losing in the second round to Fernando Collor de Mello.
Luiz lost two more presidential elections in 1994 and 1998 to Fernando Enrique Cardoso, before becoming president in the 2002 Brazilian presidential election, in which he defeated José Serra in the second round. In 2006, he was re-elected president, defeating Geraldo Alckmin in the second round.
At the age of 77, Inácio was sworn in on January 1, 2023, making him Brazil’s oldest president at the time of the inauguration. A week later, Praça dos Três Poderes was attacked in an invasion led by pro-Bolsonaro rioters. Lula condemned the attack.
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