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BRASIL Lula wins reelection and is set to begin a fourth term in Brazil in 2027
According to O Globo, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was returned to the presidency and, at 80, became the oldest person ever elected to the office in Brazil. Agência Brasil reported that he defeated Flávio Bolsonaro and will take office on January 5, 2027.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reelected president of Brazil on Sunday the 25th and is set to start a fourth term on January 5, 2027. O Globo reported that the result made him, at age 80, the oldest person ever elected president in the country.
The newspaper said Lula will turn 81 on October 27, 2026, two days after the runoff, and noted that he already held the record for oldest president at inauguration, set in 2023 when he began his third term at 77.
Agência Brasil reported that Lula defeated Flávio Bolsonaro in the second round. According to the agency, with 98.2% of ballot boxes counted, he had 51.75% of valid votes, or 64,060,863 votes.
If the reelection is confirmed, O Globo said Lula will become the first Brazilian president elected by direct vote to serve four terms. That sequence includes his victories in 2002, 2006, 2022 and 2026.
Folha de S.Paulo added that by the end of the new term on December 31, 2030, Lula will have spent 16 years leading the federal executive branch. The paper said that would place him second in total time in office, behind Getúlio Vargas, who spent more than 18 and a half years in power across two separate periods, and ahead of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who governed for eight years.
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