Lula da Silva
Brazil
Workers'
President of Brazil
government
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and former metalworker who has served as president of Brazil since 2023 and from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Workers' Party.
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Oct 5, 2026
Lean Right
He is the incumbent in Brazil's presidential election, facing a strong challenge from Flavio Bolsonaro.
Conservatives criticize his socialist policies and see him as part of a corrupt political class that Bolsonaro is fighting against.
Oct 5, 2026
Center
El presidente de Brasil busca reelección en una contienda volátil contra Flávio Bolsonaro, sin margen para evitar segunda vuelta.
La centro ve en Lula un contrapeso necesario a la extrema derecha, pero critica su manejo económico y los escándalos de corrupción que aún pesan.
Oct 5, 2026
Lean Left
Brazil's left-wing incumbent faces a closely run contest on Sunday, with final polls showing a tight race.
Lula is the last major left leader standing in the Americas; a loss would compound the sense that left governance cannot survive the current global rightward turn.
Oct 5, 2026
Far Left
Brazilian music legends Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Chico Buarque released a jingle supporting his reelection.
Morena sees Lula as a key ally in the regional leftist resurgence, and his cultural support reinforces the connection between progressive politics and popular art.
Oct 5, 2026
Far Left
Brazil votes today, and polls suggest the president-candidate could win outright in the first round, a prospect the left is openly cheering.
LFI sees a first-round Lula victory as a rebuke to the global far right and a model of a left that wins on jobs, wages and anti-poverty policy.
Sep 29, 2026
Far Left
Lula is tied with right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil's presidential vote, with fake news shaking up the race.
Lula is a center-left icon, but the far left is critical of his pragmatic alliances and failure to fundamentally challenge Brazilian capitalism and imperialism.
Sep 28, 2026
Lean Left
Seeking a fourth term, Lula claims strengthened Amazon protections but faces criticism over his support for new oil exploration.
For French Socialists, Lula embodies the dilemma of governing from the left: real progress on deforestation is undermined by fossil fuel pragmatism that complicates the global climate coalition.
Sep 27, 2026
Lean Left
Brazil's left president is slipping in polls against Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of an October 25 runoff.
French Socialists watch with alarm as the global left's flagship incumbent struggles, and they see Bolsonaro's resurgence as a warning about far-right normalization that mirrors the RN threat at home.
Sep 23, 2026
Center
Scheduled to speak at the UN General Assembly right after Guterres, before Trump and Macron.
Renaissance watches Lula's pitch on climate and global governance closely, since Brazil's role shapes whether Europe can build the multilateral coalitions Macron is counting on.
Sep 15, 2026
Far Left
The Brazilian president edged ahead of Flavio Bolsonaro in a new poll amid a Supreme Court crisis and scrutiny of Bolsonaro's ties to a banking fraud figure.
The left treats Lula's polling lead as a vital line of defense against the Bolsonaro clan, but also as a cautionary tale about relying on a single charismatic leader to hold back the far right rather than building permanent working-class institutions.