Lula and his governments, with a source for every claim.

Where to start

• Learn about his life and career

  From his origins in Pernambuco to the presidency, in stages, with the source for each fact.

• Explore programs

  36 programs and policies, showing what was created, expanded, resumed or inherited in each government.

• Look up results

  10 indicators drawn from official series, without splicing different surveys and without attributing cause on their own.

• Read speeches

  13 recorded speeches, with the official text and the video when available.

• See the international gallery

  Photos of Lula with heads of state and at summits, with the source caption and credit for each image.

• Explore his international record

  26 recognitions from foreign institutions and 5 international initiatives, in addition to his participation at the UN.

By government

• First term (2003 to 2006)

  First government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

• Second term (2007 to 2010)

  Second government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

• Third term (since 2023)

  Third government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ongoing. Covered up to the cutoff date indicated on each page.

Documented programs

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  Market openings for Brazilian agricultural products (sanitary and phytosanitary negotiations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)

  Continued under Lula · Third term (since 2023)

  Sanitary requirements of importing countries that must be met for the export of Brazilian agricultural products.

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  Mercosur trade agreements with partners outside the region (India, Israel, SACU, Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, European Union, and EFTA)

  Trade conditions between Mercosur and India, Israel, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), Egypt, Palestine, Singapore, the European Union, and the EFTA states, negotiated in preferential trade agreements and free trade agreements.

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  Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty

  Created under Lula · Third term (since 2023)

  Hunger and poverty. Upon receiving the G20 presidency in New Delhi on September 10, 2023, President Lula announced that the Brazilian presidency would create two task forces, one of them the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty.

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  Bolsa Família Program

  Merged earlier initiatives · First term (2003 to 2006); Resumed under Lula · Third term (since 2023); Reshaped under Lula · Third term (since 2023)

  Poverty and extreme poverty, with federal income transfer actions divided among separate programs, such as Bolsa Escola, Bolsa Alimentação, Auxílio-Gás, and the PNAA.

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  Brasil Sem Fome Plan (Brazil Without Hunger)

  Created under Lula · Third term (since 2023)

  Hunger and food insecurity.

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  Brasil Sorridente: National Oral Health Policy

  Reshaped under Lula · First term (2003 to 2006); Reshaped under Lula · Third term (since 2023)

  Oral health care in the SUS. The guidelines of the National Oral Health Policy were published by the Ministry of Health in 2004; in 2023, Law No. 14,572, which according to Senator Jussara Lima arose from a bill by Senator Humberto Costa, instituted the policy in the SUS and included oral health in the SUS's field of action in Law 8,080/1990.

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Indicators

• Business openings and births

  558,608.0 → 733,585.0 businesses (2008 to 2010, Brazil)

  First available year of the series in SIDRA (2008) and last full year of the second term (2010), in the same series. It covers only part of the second term: the series does not have 2002 to 2007 in SIDRA.

  Source: IBGE, Business Demography and Entrepreneurship Statistics (Cempre). Change observed in the series; on its own it does not indicate cause.

• Deforestation in the Legal Amazon (PRODES)

  21,650.0 → 7,000.0 km² (2002 to 2010, Legal Amazon (9 states))

  Last year before the first term (2002) and last full year of the second (2010), in the same series. The PRODES year ends in July.

  Source: INPE, PRODES Project. Change observed in the series; on its own it does not indicate cause.

• Unemployment rate

  12.4 → 6.7 % of the labor force (2003 to 2010, See each series)

  First year of the PME series (2003) and last full year of the second term (2010). The annual PME does not have 2002 in this table.

  Source: IBGE, Monthly Employment Survey (discontinued). Change observed in the series; on its own it does not indicate cause.

• Income inequality (Gini index)

  0.589 → 0.543 index (0 to 1) (2002 to 2009, Brazil)

  Last year before the first term (2002) and last year available within the second (2009; the PNAD was not carried out in 2010, a Census year).

  Source: IBGE, Annual PNAD; Ipea calculation (Ipeadata). Change observed in the series; on its own it does not indicate cause.

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By area

• Family farming
• Science and technology
• Fight against hunger
• Economic development
• Human rights
• Education
• Energy
• Housing
• Racial equality
• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Women
• Social participation and public administration
• International relations
• Income and social protection
• Health
• Labor and wages