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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

1945 - Today

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [luˈiz iˈnasju ˈlulɐ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ] ; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), also known as Lula da Silva or simply Lula, is a Brazilian politician who is the 39th and current president of Brazil since 2023. A member of the Workers' Party, Lula was also the 35th president from 2003 to 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has received more than 6,162,405 page views. His biography is available in 125 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the 284th most popular politician (up from 968th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Politician.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a Brazilian politician who served as the 37th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011. He was the first president to be born in a poor family, and the first president to be born in the Southern Hemisphere.

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  • 125

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  • 5.14

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ranks 284 out of 19,576Before him are Charles VII of France, Alexander II of Russia, Charles VIII of France, B. R. Ambedkar, Charles the Bald, and Edward Heath. After him are Hu Jintao, Septimius Severus, Odoacer, Martin Bormann, Charles XII of Sweden, and Sulla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ranks 6Before him are Bob Marley, Franz Beckenbauer, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Gerd Müller, and Rodrigo Duterte. After him are Vince McMahon, Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Aung San Suu Kyi, Wim Wenders, Radovan Karadžić, and Tom Selleck.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ranks 4 out of 2,236Before him are Pelé (1940), Garrincha (1933), and Paulo Coelho (1947). After him are Mário Zagallo (1931), Ronaldo (1976), Oscar Niemeyer (1907), Zico (1953), Ayrton Senna (1960), Dilma Rousseff (1947), Jair Bolsonaro (1955), and Jairzinho (1944).

Among POLITICIANS In Brazil

Among politicians born in Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ranks 1After him are Dilma Rousseff (1947), Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Pedro II of Brazil (1825), Getúlio Vargas (1882), Michel Temer (1940), Maria II of Portugal (1819), Juscelino Kubitschek (1902), Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931), Deodoro da Fonseca (1827), Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1897), and João Goulart (1918).