Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: ; born 27 October 1945), known commonly by the nickname Lula, is the thirty-fifth and current President of Brazil.

As a founding member of the Workers' Party. Having run for President three times unsuccessfully, first in 1989 election, Lula achieved victory in 2002, and was inaugurated as President on 1 January 2003. In the 2006 election he was re-elected, extending his term as President until 1 January 2011.

Luiz Inácio da Silva was born on 27 October 1945 in Caetés (then a district of Garanhuns), Pernambuco. He is the seventh of eight children of Aristides Inácio da Silva and Eurídice Ferreira de Melo. Two weeks after Lula's birth, his father moved to Santos with Valdomira Ferreira de Góis, a cousin of Eurídice.