Who is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in real life? Wife, children, net worth, facts

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, also known as Lula, is a Brazilian politician and former union leader who served as the country’s 35th president from 2003 to 2010. He was a founding member of the Workers’ Party (PT) and ran for president three times without success before winning the 2002 Brazilian general election. He is now running for re-election to a third term in the 2022 Brazilian general election against incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro. Learn more about Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wife, children, net worth, facts, and more:

Who is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wife Rosângela da Silva? Her biografia, facts, age, family

He has been married three times in his life. Currently he is happily married to his third wife Rosângela da Silva.  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wife Rosângela daSilva, often known as Janja, is a Brazilian sociologist and the current wife of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Rosângela was born on August 27, 1966, in Unio da Vitória, Paraná. During her childhood, she moved to Curitiba. In 1983, Silva joined the Workers’ Party. She enrolled in Social Science studies at the Federal University of Paraná in 1990 and specialized in History at the same institution.

Janja was hired by Itaipu Binacional on January 1, 2005; there were no civil service examinations at the time, thus she was hired based on a curriculum analysis and an interview. She worked as the Director-assistant General’s and the coordinator of initiatives supporting sustainable development at the hydroelectric power plant. Rosângela worked as a communications and institutional affairs advisor at Eletrobras in Rio de Janeiro from 2012 to 2016. She returned to Itaipu in 2016. Janja quit the firm on January 1, 2020.

When did they wed? Children

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Janja and Lula met while he was serving time in jail in Curitiba, Paraná, on corruption allegations that were eventually dropped. They started dating in 2018, and she made him many visits when he was arrested at the Federal Police headquarters in Curitiba. When Lula was released on November 8, 2019, they confirmed their engagement. Lula married Rosângela Silva in a Roman Catholic ceremony in So Paulo on May 18, 2022.

Who are Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ex-wives? Where are they? What happened to them? Children

He was married twice and had one relationship before marrying his current wife Rosângela. He married Maria de Lourdes, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s first wife, in 1969. In 1971, she died of hepatitis while pregnant with their first son, who also died.

In 1974, three years after the death of his first wife, he had a daughter named Lurian with Miriam Cordeiro, his girlfriend. They were never married, and he became involved in his daughter’s life when she was a young adult.

Lula married Marisa Letcia Rocco Casa, a widow, in 1974, and they had three kids. He also adopted Marisa’s first marriage’s children. Lula and Marisa were married for 43 years until her death from a stroke on February 2, 2017.

How much is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva net worth, earnings & salary? Election Presidente

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva net worth: He has a lot to his name as a Brazilian politician and former union leader who served as Brazil’s 35th President from 2003 to 2010. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva net worth is more than R$15,349,943.06 (about $3 million). While in office, he earned R$ 402,151 per year plus an undetermined expense account for travel, commodities, and services. As the 35th President of Brazil, he earned a total of R$ 3,217,208.

During his presidency, Lula launched massive social programs such as  Bolsa Família and Fome Zero, aimed at eliminating poverty and elevating the country’s working class. As president, Lula was a key figure in international affairs, including Iran’s nuclear program and climate change, and was described as “a man with audacious ambitions to alter the balance of power among nations”.

He is now competing for a third term in the Brazilian general election in 2022 against incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro. The BTG/FSB survey, released this Monday, 8, with updated numbers for the presidential race shows in which niches of the electorate President Jair Bolsonaro increased by three percentage points (from 31 percent to 34 percent) and fell by three percentage points. In the last two weeks, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has lost ground in the general poll (falling from 44 percent to 41 percent).

He was a founding member of the Workers’ Party (PT) and ran for president three times without success before winning the 2002 Brazilian general election. In 2006, he was re-elected.

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