He defeated Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Lula campaigned this year on a potent mix of pragmatism and populism that has shaped his career in national politics for half a century, rolling out a slew of reforms aimed at improving the lives of workers and poor Brazilians. These gained steam with late-campaign pledges that ranged from free nationwide weekend public transport to a 15% increase in his trademark welfare program that is already being implemented.
Lula also championed a constitutional amendment that became Brazil's biggest labor reform in decades, which passed with wide support in Congress.
Still, his fourth term could be his most difficult yet as Bolsonaro's Liberal Party and allied parties could control over 280 seats in the lower house and up to 50 seats in the Senate, enough for comfortable opposition majorities in both chambers.
