Editing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (section)

=== 2022 election ===
{{Main|2022 Brazilian general election|Lula da Silva 2022 presidential campaign}}
[[File:Alberto Fernández y Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva en São Paulo 2022 (2).jpg|thumb|right|Lula with [[President of Argentina]] [[Alberto Fernández]], 2022]]
In May 2021, Lula said that he would run for a third term in the October 2022 general election, against the incumbent President [[Jair Bolsonaro]].<ref name=Valor2021-05-20a>{{cite web|url=https://valorinveste.globo.com/mercados/brasil-e-politica/noticia/2021/05/20/lula-reitera-candidatura-presidencial-contra-bolsonaro-em-2022.ghtml|author=Cristiane Agostine|title=Lula reitera candidatura presidencial contra Bolsonaro em 2022|website=Valor|date=20 May 2021|access-date=5 August 2021|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805163619/https://valorinveste.globo.com/mercados/brasil-e-politica/noticia/2021/05/20/lula-reitera-candidatura-presidencial-contra-bolsonaro-em-2022.ghtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=AmQuarterly2021-07-07a>{{cite web|url=https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/lula-is-back-but-which-lula|title=Lula Is Back. But Which Lula?|website=Americas Quarterly|date=7 July 2021|access-date=5 August 2021|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805163623/https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/lula-is-back-but-which-lula/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Guardian2021-07-30a>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/30/lula-2022-brazil-poised-for-sensational-political-comeback|title=Lula 2022? Brazil poised for sensational political comeback|website=The Guardian|date=30 July 2021|access-date=5 August 2021|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805163617/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/30/lula-2022-brazil-poised-for-sensational-political-comeback|url-status=live|quote=With former president's political rights restored, polls suggest he would thrash Jair Bolsonaro if he stands for election}}</ref> He was 17% ahead of Bolsonaro in a poll in January 2022.<ref name=Nasdaq2022-01-14a>{{cite web|author=Anthony Boadle|agency=Reuters|title=Brazil poll shows Lula gaining over Bolsonaro, third candidate 'embryonic'|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/brazil-poll-shows-lula-gaining-over-bolsonaro-third-candidate-embryonic|publisher=[[Nasdaq]]|access-date=19 January 2022|date=18 January 2022|quote=Brazil's former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva increased his lead to 17 percentage points over far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in a new survey of voter preferences ahead of an October election.|archive-date=13 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713085825/https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/brazil-poll-shows-lula-gaining-over-bolsonaro-third-candidate-embryonic|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2022, Lula announced that his running mate would be [[Geraldo Alckmin]], a three-term governor of São Paulo state who had run against Lula in the 2006 presidential elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brazil's Lula taps former rival as his pick for running mate|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazils-lula-taps-rival-pick-running-mate-83961712 |access-date=22 April 2022|website=ABC News|language=en |archive-date=22 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422174838/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazils-lula-taps-rival-pick-running-mate-83961712 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On 2 October, in the first round vote, Lula was in first place with 48% of the electorate, qualifying for the second round with Bolsonaro, who received 43% of the votes. Lula was elected in the second round on 30 October with 50.89% of the vote, the smallest margin in the history of Brazil's presidential elections,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-31/lula-defeats-bolsonaro-in-the-closest-election-in-brazils-history.html|title=Lula defeats Bolsonaro in the closest election in Brazil's history|first=Naiara Galarraga|last=Gortázar|date=31 October 2022|website=EL PAÍS English|access-date=27 February 2024|archive-date=7 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907112952/https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-10-31/lula-defeats-bolsonaro-in-the-closest-election-in-brazils-history.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spec.hamilton.edu/brazilian-democracy-is-in-danger-aca8036f9cc1|title=Brazilian democracy is in danger|date=3 November 2022|website=Medium|access-date=27 February 2024|archive-date=7 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907112954/https://spec.hamilton.edu/brazilian-democracy-is-in-danger-aca8036f9cc1?gi=2d9985d8b534|url-status=live}}</ref> three days after his 77th birthday. He became the first president of Brazil elected to three terms, the first since [[Getúlio Vargas]] to serve in non-consecutive terms, and the first to unseat an incumbent president. He was sworn in on 1 January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Análise das Eleições 2022: Veja Detalhes dos Resultados da Votação|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/analise/presidente-1-turno/ |access-date=31 October 2022|website=noticias.uol.com.br|language=pt |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030225737/https://noticias.uol.com.br/eleicoes/2022/analise/presidente-1-turno/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Resultados – TSE|url=https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/eleicao/resultados |access-date=31 October 2022|website=resultados.tse.jus.br |archive-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102121453/https://resultados.tse.jus.br/oficial/app/index.html#/eleicao/resultados |url-status=dead}}</ref>  At age 77, he was the oldest Brazilian president at the time of inauguration.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-politics-brazil-brasilia-inaugurations-c6d222207d7a5bcbb71e2b6950514a9a|title=Lula sworn in as president to lead polarized Brazil|first1=Mauricio|last1=Savavrese|first2=Carla|last2=Bridi|publisher=Associated Press|date=1 January 2022|access-date=1 January 2022|archive-date=1 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101190620/https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-politics-brazil-brasilia-inaugurations-c6d222207d7a5bcbb71e2b6950514a9a|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Nicas|first=Jack|date=30 October 2022|title=Brazil Elects Lula, a Leftist Former Leader, in a Rebuke of Bolsonaro|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/30/world/brazil-presidential-election |access-date=1 November 2022|issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030225721/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/30/world/brazil-presidential-election |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Boadle">{{Cite news|last=Boadle|first=Anthony|date=31 October 2022|title=Brazil leftist Lula wins third presidential term to redeem tarnished legacy|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-leftist-lula-wins-third-presidential-term-redeem-tarnished-legacy-2022-10-31/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |archive-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102070459/https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-leftist-lula-wins-third-presidential-term-redeem-tarnished-legacy-2022-10-31/ |url-status=live}}</ref>