Biography brazil inacio luiz lula president

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (27 October - 6 January ) is a Brazilian politician and former trade union leader who is the 39th President of Brazil since Previously, Lula was the 35th president from to He is a co-founder and member of the Workers' Party.

He was a Federal Deputy for São Paulo from to He had run three times for president, until winning the presidency during his fourth campaign in , when he was elected to replace Fernando Henrique Cardoso. He was re-elected in in a landslide victory.

In his first tenure as president, Lula created social programs including Bolsa Família and Fome Zero, which helped fight against poverty and the lower class citizens of Brazil. Other reforms were carried out in areas such as health,^[1]education,^[2] and social inclusion.^[3] He also had an important role in international politics such as the nuclear program of Iran and climate change.^[4] He helped lower deforestation in the