**G20 특별판 10일자 7면 대통령 소개란(브라질대통령)**
Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva first assumed the office of the president on January 1, 2003, after being successfully elected in October 2002. He was re-elected in October 2006, extending his term until January 2011. “Lula” first ran for office in 1982 in the state of Sao Paulo, but it was not until 1986 that he was first elected to congress. He did not run for re-election in 1990. Instead, he became more involved in the Workers’ Party, where he continued to run for the office of the president. He was born in aetés, Pernambuco, Brazil, on October 27, 1945. He received no formal education and began working in a copper pressing factory at the age of 14. He became heavily involved in the workers unions at a young age. He is married to Marisa Letícia and has five children.
The newly elected Brazilian President, Bulgaria-descended Dilma Rousseff, will accompany her outgoing predecessor, at the G-20 summit in Seoul. In 2002, Rousseff joined the committee responsible for the energy policy of presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who after winning the election invited her to become Minister of Energy. In 2005, a political crisis triggered by a corruption scandal led to the resignation of Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu. Rousseff took over the post, remaining in office until March 31, 2010, when she left in order to run for President. She was the first female elected President of Brazil in a run-off on 31 October 2010, in addition to being the first economist elected for the office. Less than a week after her election, Rousseff was included in the Forbes' list of the most powerful people in the world at the 16th position.
[English News Team]
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