Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Date of Birth : 27 October 1945
Birth Place: Caetes, Brazil
Political Party : Worker's Party
Arrival in Power : 1 January 2003
Religion: Roman Catholic
Profession: Metalworker, Politician, Union Worker
Biography:
Luiz Inacio da Silva was born in Caetes, Brazil, in 1945. He is the 35th President of Brazil and held the post since 2003. Although he has little formal education, Luiz Inacio da Silva started working in factories when he was 14 years old and saw for himself the conditions of the working class. It is during this time that he became involved with trade unions.
Following his time in factories and has a union leader, he joined politics in 1980, to form a the new left political party called the Workers' Party. He participated in several political initiative, to make brazil's electoral system more open and fair. He ran for president in 1994 and 1998 and was defeated on both occasions. He won the 2002 elections and the 2006 elections and his nearing the end of his last term, Brazil is set to obtain a new president at the end of 2010.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva