Editing Politics of Brazil (section)

===Lula government (2003–2011)===
{{Main|Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva}}
[[Image:Brazilian cabinet meeting.jpg|thumb|right|Meeting of the Cabinet of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Oval Room, Palácio do Planalto, 2007]]
[[File:1988- Deforestation rates in Brazil - Terra Brasilis.svg|thumb|The deforestation rate in Brazil declined significantly during Lula's first time in office, a decline that reversed in the time of Bolsonaro.<ref name=Axios_20221031>{{cite web |last1=Freedman |first1=Andrew |title=Bolsonaro's defeat is a climate turning point |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/10/31/brazil-lula-bolsonaro-climate-election |website=Axios |date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031134834/https://www.axios.com/2022/10/31/brazil-lula-bolsonaro-climate-election |archive-date=31 October 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=TerraBrasilis_1988>{{cite web |title= Taxas de desmatamento (Deforestation rates) |url=http://terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br/app/dashboard/deforestation/biomes/legal_amazon/rates |website=TerraBrasilis |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241211053835/https://terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br/app/dashboard/deforestation/biomes/legal_amazon/rates |archive-date=11 December 2024 |date=2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>]]
In 2002, at his fourth attempt, Lula was elected president. In part his victory was derived from the significant unpopularity of Cardoso's second term, which failed to address economic inequality, and to an extent from a softening of his and the party's radical stance, including a vice-presidential candidate from the [[Liberal Party (Brazil, 1985)|Liberal Party]], acceptance of an [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) agreement from the previous government administration, and a line of discourse friendly to the financial markets.

Despite some achievements in solving part of the country's biggest problems, his term was plagued by multiple corruption scandals that rocked his cabinet, forcing some members to resign their posts.

In 2006 Lula regained part of his popularity and ran for re-election. After almost winning on the first round, he won the run-off against [[Geraldo Alckmin]] from the [[Brazilian Social Democracy Party]] (PSDB), by a margin of 20 million votes.

In 2010, Lula's handpicked successor, [[Dilma Rousseff]], was elected to the Presidency.