Brazil · 2003–10, 2023–
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Union leader and president. Redistribution and workers’ party politics inside a market democracy.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is on the world-leaders chart for Brazil, 2003–10, 2023–. The placement note, from the public governing record, is: Union leader and president. Redistribution and workers’ party politics inside a market democracy.
The dot is economics -40 and authority +4, on a scale from −100 to +100. That is left of center on economics. The other axis sits near the middle. Left means a larger public role. Up means more authority. Neither direction is treated as the correct one.
A second note separates what was said in public from what the government then did. Said: The worker as president: hunger ended, without tearing up the constitution. Done: Bolsa Família and growth in the first terms. Corruption cases, a jail term, then a return by election. The gap, when there is one, is part of the placement. A promise that was kept and a promise that was dropped are not given the same weight.
The nearest other figures on these two numbers are François Mitterrand (France, -32 / +10) and Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand, -34 / -6). Nearest means nearest on the chart, not alike in character.
Two governments can share a number and share nothing else. The source is the public governing record, not a news write-up and not a campaign advertisement.